History / Bachelor of Arts

Total Credit Hours:  128

Major Credit Hours: 39

History majors must select History electives from courses numbered 20000 and above. No 10000 level History courses, except for Global History and Culture 1 and 2 (HIST 10100 and HIST 10200), may count toward the 39 credit hours required by the major.

Degree Requirements

Program: BA-HIST-A

I. Core Courses (15)

HIST-10100	Global History and Culture 1	3
HIST-10200	Global History and Culture 2	3

Choose one of the following courses on the History of the United States:

HIST-32000	United States Colonial and National History	3
HIST-32200	U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction	3
HIST-32300	The Emergence of Modern America, 1877-1941	3
HIST-32500	United States Since 1941	3

Historiography Sequence required:

HIST-20300	Historiography 1: Sophomore Writing Seminar	3
HIST-40300	Historiography 2: Senior Research Seminar	3

II. Select appropriate courses in each of the following areas: (12)

United States History (3)

HIST-11100	Survey of United States History to 1876	3
HIST-11200	Survey of United States History Since 1876	3
HIST-23600	History of Illinois	3
HIST-32000	United States Colonial and National History	3
HIST-32200	U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction	3
HIST-32300	The Emergence of Modern America, 1877-1941	3
HIST-32500	United States Since 1941	3
HIST-32600	U. S. Urban History	3
HIST-33100	A History of the U.S. Military	3
HIST-33300	The American Presidency	3
HIST-33400	African-American History 1	3
HIST-33600	Native American History	3
HIST-33700	Immigration, Ethnicity, and Race in American History	3
HIST-33800	U.S. Women's History	3

European History (3)

HIST-34400	History of Western Ideas	3
HIST-35000	History of the British Empire	3
HIST-36700	Ancient World to 476 AD	3
HIST-36800	Medieval Europe (476-1500)	3
HIST-36900	Early Modern Europe (1500-1815)	3
HIST-37200	Modern Europe (1815-Present)	3
HIST-38000	History of Ireland	3
HIST-38100	History of England and Great Britain after 1450	3
HIST-38200	Germany: Ancient Times to the Present	3
HIST-38300	Germany: From Bismarck to Hitler	3
HIST-38400	France and Spain	3
HIST-38500	Russia: Ancient Times to the Present	3
HIST-38600	Eastern Europe: From the Baltic to the Black Sea	3
HIST-38700	History of Modern Revolutions: 1789 to the Present	3

Outside the European and United States Experience (6)

III. Four Department of History Electives (12)

(Please note: Up to 3 credits in one-hour workshops / courses may be taken.)

IV. The Senior Capstone

The History major is required to complete the senior capstone. This non-course requirement consists of one researched essay, which will be orally defended by the student in a meeting with the Department of History faculty. The senior capstone must be successfully completed if the Department of History is to endorse the student in continuing on to graduate studies or teaching the subject at the secondary school level.

V. Advanced Writing Requirement

The advanced writing requirement of the General Education curriculum is satisfied by successful completion of:

HIST-20300	Historiography 1: Sophomore Writing Seminar	3
HIST-40300	Historiography 2: Senior Research Seminar	3