History (Bachelor of Arts, B.A.)
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
---|---|---|
General Studies | ||
Students must complete General Studies courses | 42-47 | |
Major Requirements | ||
HIS 120 | Modern World History | 3 |
HIS 140 | American History to 1865 | 3 |
HIS 150 | American History since 1865 | 3 |
HIS 200 | Ancient and Medieval Civilization | 3 |
HIS 210 | Early Modern Civilization | 3 |
HIS 230 | Modern Europe: 1789 to the Present | 3 |
HIS 290 | The Historian's Craft | 3 |
GEO 100 | World Geography | 3 |
PHL 219 | Reasoning and Argumentation | 3 |
Select twenty-one credit hours in upper level History from the following 1 | ||
American History elective | 3 | |
Non-American History Pre-1500 elective | 3 | |
Non-American History Post-1500 elective | 3 | |
Upper level History 300 or higher | 12 | |
Plus six additional credits from the following 2 | ||
Cognate elective numbered 200 or higher | 3 | |
Cognate elective | 3 | |
Bachelor of Arts Foreign Language Requirement | ||
Credit hours in one foreign language | 12 |
1 | Excluding HIS 365 Methods of Teaching Social Studies |
2 | Courses are to be chosen from across Geography, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion or Sociology. |
Program Graduation Requirements
- Earn a grade of C or higher in all major coursework, including History coursework not used within the major.
- Earn a grade of C or higher in all foreign language coursework.
- Earn an overall GPA of at least 2.00 and a major GPA of at least 2.0.
- Earn 12 credit hours in one foreign language.
University Graduation Requirements
- Earn a minimum of 120 credit hours (100 level and higher, maximum of 6 CED credit hours applicable).
- Earn a minimum of 30 credit hours in upper-division courses. Lower-division transfer courses accepted as meeting upper-division departmental course requirements cannot be used to fulfill this requirement.
- Earn 30 of the last 45 credit hours at MWSU in institutional coursework (exclusive of credit by examination).
- Participate in required departmental and campus wide assessments.
- Fulfill the Missouri Constitution requirement.
- Successfully pass the Missouri Higher Education Civics Achievement exam.