History, B.A.
Requirements for a Major in History
Code | Title | Hours |
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Thirty-six semester hours, six of which must be at the 4000-level, including the following: | ||
Required Courses | ||
Introductory Surveys 1 | ||
HIS 1305 | World History to 1500 | 3 |
HIS 1307 | World History since 1500 | 3 |
HIS 1365 | United States History to 1877 | 3 |
HIS 1366 | United States History since 1877 | 3 |
HIS 2395 | Research Writing: History | 3 |
Six semester hours from each of the following subfields: | ||
U.S. History | 6 | |
Global History | 6 | |
European History | 6 | |
History Capstone. 2 | ||
Capstone Seminar in U.S. History | ||
Capstone Seminar in Global History | ||
Capstone Seminar in European History | ||
Three additional semester hours of 2000, 3000, or 4000-level HIS courses | 3 | |
Additional Requirements | ||
A grade of “C” or better must be earned in HIS courses used for the major. 3 | ||
Total Hours | 36 |
- 1
HIS 1300 The United States in Global Perspective does not count toward the major. Students completing World Cultures I, II, III, and IV in the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core receive credit toward the major by petition for HIS 1305 World History to 1500 and HIS 1307 World History since 1500
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All majors are required to take at least one capstone seminar. There are capstone seminars for each of the three subfields in the major, and they are included as a part of the six credits required for each subfield.
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HIS 1300 The United States in Global Perspective does not calculate into the major grade point average.
The department strongly recommends that all history majors take a fourth semester language course, as well as electives in other humanities and social science fields.
Subfields
U.S. History
Code | Title | Hours |
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Internship in History | ||
Special Topics in U.S. History | ||
History of the American Presidency | ||
Religion in America to 1877 | ||
Slavery in Film | ||
History of Black Americans | ||
Texas History | ||
A Cultural History of Hunting in North America | ||
History of Indigenous Peoples of America | ||
Capstone Seminar in U.S. History | ||
Advanced Special Topics in U.S. History | ||
Religion and War in U.S. History | ||
American Colonial History | ||
American Revolution and Constitution | ||
The Early Republic, 1789-1860 | ||
American Legal History to 1877 | ||
The Civil War and Reconstruction | ||
Religion in America since 1877 | ||
The United States, 1877-1920 | ||
The United States since 1920 | ||
The American Civil Rights Movement | ||
American Women's History to 1865 | ||
American Women's History since 1865 | ||
The Cold War | ||
The American West | ||
History of the South | ||
The United States in the 1960s | ||
The City in American History | ||
American Environmental History | ||
The Vietnam War | ||
U.S. Foreign Relations since 1919 | ||
American Military History to 1890 | ||
American Military History since 1890 | ||
History of American Thought, 1630-1859 | ||
History of American Thought since 1859 | ||
Readings in American History |
Global History - African, Asian, Latin American, and Middle Eastern
Code | Title | Hours |
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Introduction to Model Organization of American States | ||
Traditional China | ||
Women and Gender in Chinese History | ||
Modern Japan | ||
Middle East History, 600-1798 | ||
Global Maritime History | ||
West African History | ||
Modern Africa | ||
Women and Gender in Modern Africa | ||
History of Childhood | ||
Modern India | ||
Special Topics in Global History | ||
Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin America | ||
Modern Latin America | ||
Brazil since 1808 | ||
The Mexican Revolution and Its Legacies | ||
Modern China | ||
Modern Middle East History | ||
War and Peace in the Middle East | ||
The African Diaspora | ||
Capstone Seminar in Global History | ||
Medieval Mediterranean World | ||
HIS 4350 | ||
Advanced Special Topics in Global History | ||
Inter-American Relations | ||
Readings in Global History | ||
Advanced Model Organization of American States |
European History
Code | Title | Hours |
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The Holocaust | ||
Greek History and Civilization | ||
Roman History and Civilization | ||
European Imperialism, 1800-1975 | ||
Festivals of Renaissance Europe | ||
Byzantine History and Civilization | ||
Russia to 1861 | ||
Russia since 1861 | ||
History of Ukraine | ||
Modern Germany | ||
The Vikings | ||
Early Medieval Europe, 300-1000 | ||
Late Medieval Europe, 1000-1450 | ||
Medieval Britain | ||
The Renaissance and Reformation | ||
European Colonialism, 1400-1800 | ||
Early Modern Europe | ||
The French Revolution | ||
European Women's History to 1200 | ||
European Women's History since 1200 | ||
Twentieth-Century Europe | ||
Nineteenth-Century Europe | ||
Tudor-Stuart Britain | ||
Nationalism in Modern France | ||
Britain in the Nineteenth Century | ||
Britain in the Twentieth Century | ||
Readings in European History | ||
The Cold War |