History, B.A.

Two 100-Level Courses:

Take two 100-level courses and no more than four-

• HIS 101I - World Civilizations I: Ancient to Medieval, 3 credit hours
• HIS 102I - World Civilizations II: Imperialism and World War, 3 credit hours
• HIS 151 - History of the United States I, 3 credit hours
• HIS 152 - History of the United States II, 3 credit hours
• HIS 170D - Diversity in America, 3 credit hours

One Additional 200-Level History Course

Two Additional 300-Level History Courses

Areas of Study:

For all areas of study, HIS 260(D)  and HIS 360 : Topics in History; HIS 491 : Departmental Thesis/Project; and transfer courses may be counted where appropriate. Note: The same three courses may not be used to complete two separate areas of study that happen to have overlapping requirements.  In such cases, the student needs to complete four courses, rather than three, in one of the two areas of study.

Take at least three courses from one of the following areas of study-

Required 400-Level Courses:

• HIS 400 - Advanced Historical Research and Writing, 1 credit hour
• HIS 461 - Historiography, 4 credit hours

Note(s):

In addition, history majors must successfully pass the Department of History Comprehensive Examination, which is individually-tailored to reflect the student’s coursework at BW. They must also complete a Senior Learning Survey, which is a brief survey that we use to assess the value and continuing relevance of our courses. It is strongly recommended that a history major take more than the absolute minimum hours required, and that students who plan to attend graduate school seek out opportunities to do research (for example, through Faculty Student Collaborative Scholarship projects or the departmental thesis). Special programs may be designed for the student seeking a double University major, such as business-history, art-history, sociology-history, political science-history, psychology-history, etc. History majors may also declare additional Areas of Study.