Bachelor of Arts, Major in History
The Bachelor of Arts in History degree prepares students to analyze and interpret historical events; to locate and evaluate primary and secondary sources; to appraise change over time; to appreciate the range, texture, and diversity of human experiences; and to assess the complex forces at work in the past. The degree prepares students for careers requiring critical and analytical skills, including but not limited to teaching, policy analysis, government, business administration, public history, and archives/library management. The Bachelor of Arts degree requires 36 hours in History, including: HIST 1301, HIST 1302, HIST 2311, HIST 2312, and HIST 3300; three advanced hours in American history; three advanced hours in European history; and three advanced hours in world history. Among the hours students take at the 3000-level in American, European, and world history, at least one course must have a primary focus on pre-modern history. All history majors are required to complete at least one 4000-level history course.
Additional information: Reference the Program Landing Page for additional information, such as cost, delivery format, contact information, or to schedule a visit.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Bachelor of Arts, Major in History | ||
| Core Curriculum | ||
| Component Area I (Communication) | 6 | |
| Component Area II (Mathematics) 1 | 3 | |
| Component Area III (Natural Sciences) | 8 | |
| Component Area IV (Language, Philosophy, and Culture) 2 | 3 | |
| Component Area V (Creative Arts) | 3 | |
| Component Area VI (U.S. History) 3 | 6 | |
| Component Area VII (Political Science/Government) | 6 | |
| Component Area VIII (Social and Behavioral Sciences) | 3 | |
| Component Area IX (Component Area Option) | 4 | |
| Degree Specific Requirements | ||
| Foreign Language 2,4 | 14 | |
| Fine Arts: ARTS, DANC, MUSI, PHIL 3366, or THEA 7 | 3 | |
| Major: Foundation | ||
| HIST 1301 | United States History to 1876 3 | 3 |
| HIST 1302 | United States History Since 1876 3 | 3 |
| HIST 2311 | World History to 1500 | 3 |
| HIST 2312 | World History since 1500 | 3 |
| HIST 3300 | The Historian's Craft | 3 |
| HIST: American: Select one of the following: 5 | 3 | |
| Applied Public History | ||
| Black Civil Rights Movement | ||
| History of American Slavery | ||
| Era of the American Revolution: 1763-1789 | ||
| The History of the West | ||
| Economic History of the Industrial Revolution to Present | ||
| Mexican Americans Since 1848 | ||
| Urban and Suburban History | ||
| The United States and the Vietnam War | ||
| United States Religious History to 1865 | ||
| United States Religious History from 1865 | ||
| Early America to 1783 | ||
| America in Mid-Passage, 1783-1877 | ||
| Emergence of Modern America, 1877-1945 | ||
| Recent America, 1945 to Present | ||
| The American Civil War | ||
| Immigration and Ethnicity in American History | ||
| American Women's History | ||
| American Diplomatic History | ||
| Military & War In America | ||
| Public History | ||
| Native American History | ||
| African-American History | ||
| America in the 1960s | ||
| American Environmental History | ||
| The American South | ||
| Texas & the Southwest | ||
| HIST European: Select one of the following: 5 | 3 | |
| Modern France: From the Revolution to the Present | ||
| Renaissance Europe | ||
| Germany and Central Europe Since 1815 | ||
| The Bible & Reform in Europe | ||
| Economic History of the Industrial Revolution to Present | ||
| French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars | ||
| Black Europe, 1500 to present | ||
| Early Modern France, 1453-1789 | ||
| Austria-Hungary and its Legacy | ||
| World War I (1914-1918) | ||
| Germany at War and Peace | ||
| Britain to 1714 | ||
| Modern Britain 1714-Present | ||
| Russian History | ||
| Modern European Military History | ||
| Europe in the Age of Absolutism and Revolutions: 1648-1815 | ||
| European History: 1815-1914 | ||
| Ancient History | ||
| Medieval History | ||
| British Empire & Commonwealth | ||
| World War II | ||
| HIST World: Select one of the following: 5 | 3 | |
| Mesoamerican History | ||
| African Civilizations to 1800 | ||
| History of East Africa | ||
| War & Revolution in China | ||
| Contemporary Latin America | ||
| Modern China and Japan | ||
| Modern Asian History | ||
| Religion in World History | ||
| Middle East Since 1700 | ||
| The Pacific War | ||
| Modern China | ||
| Early Christianities | ||
| Japan: The Age of the Samurai | ||
| The Roman Empire to Byzantium | ||
| Silk Roads to Atlantic World | ||
| The Middle East, 500 - 1700 | ||
| The World In The 20Th Century | ||
| Historiography | ||
| Topics in the History of Science and Medicine | ||
| Africa - Past & Present | ||
| Colonial Latin America | ||
| Modern Mexico | ||
| Major: Prescribed Electives | ||
| HIST 4000 Level | 3 | |
| HIST 3000 or 4000 Level | 9 | |
| Electives: General | ||
| General Electives | 10 | |
| Minor: Required 6 | ||
| Minor | 18 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
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MATH 1332 is recommended.
- 2
Three hours of Foreign Language satisfy Core Curriculum requirement for Component Area IV (Language, Philosophy, and Culture).
- 3
If HIST 1301 and HIST 1302 are used to satisfy Core Curriculum requirement for Component Area VI (U.S. History), additional hours will be needed to satisfy the minimum total semester credit hours of 120.
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Four courses from the same World language is required.
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Pre-Modern History Requirement: Among the 3000-level courses a student takes in American, European, and World History one course must have a primary focus on content in pre-modern history (content dating to before 1600); this can overlap with other requirements. Please, see below list of courses that fulfill the pre-modern history requirement:
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All minors can be paired with this degree program.
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Course cannot double dip with core requirements.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Modern History Courses 5 | ||
| HIST 3310 | Mesoamerican History | 3 |
| HIST 3311 | African Civilizations to 1800 | 3 |
| HIST 3334 | Renaissance Europe | 3 |
| HIST 3337 | The Bible & Reform in Europe | 3 |
| HIST 3350 | Early Christianities | 3 |
| HIST 3352 | The Roman Empire to Byzantium | 3 |
| HIST 3358 | Silk Roads to Atlantic World | 3 |
| HIST 3362 | The Middle East, 500 - 1700 | 3 |
| HIST 3363 | Britain to 1714 | 3 |
| HIST 3370 | Ancient History | 3 |
| HIST 3371 | Medieval History | 3 |
| HIST 3373 | Topics in the History of Science and Medicine | 3 |
| HIST 3376 | Early America to 1783 | 3 |
| HIST 3391 | Colonial Latin America | 3 |
| HIST 3392 | Native American History | 3 |
Notes
Students must earn a 2.0 minimum overall GPA in all coursework.
Students must meet a 2.0 minimum overall major GPA in all major coursework.
Students must earn a 2.0 minimum SHSU GPA in all coursework.
Students must meet a 2.0 minimum SHSU major GPA in all major coursework.
A grade of C or higher in all History courses is required.
Additional information: Reference the Program Landing Page for additional information, such as cost, delivery format, contact information, or to schedule a visit.
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| Component Area II1 | 3 | Component Area VIII | 3 |
| Component Area V | 3 | Component Area IX | 1 |
| ENGL 13012 | 3 | ENGL 13022 | 3 |
| Foreign Language3 | 4 | Foreign Language3 | 4 |
| HIST 13014 | 3 | HIST 13024 | 3 |
| 16 | 14 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| Component Area III | 4 | Component Area III | 4 |
| Foreign Language3 | 3 | Foreign Language3 | 3 |
| HIST 2311 | 3 | HIST 2312 | 3 |
| PHIL 3366 (ARTS, DANC, MUSI, or THEA) | 3 | POLS 23065 | 3 |
| POLS 23055 | 3 | HIST 3300 | 3 |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| Component Area IX | 3 | Component Area VI | 3 |
| Component Area VI | 3 | HIST Advanced Elective | 3 |
| HIST Advanced Elective | 3 | HIST: European 7,9 | 3 |
| HIST: American6,9 | 3 | Minor10 | 6 |
| Minor10 | 3 | ||
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| HIST Advanced Elective | 3 | General Elective | 4 |
| General Elective | 6 | HIST Advanced Elective | 3 |
| HIST: World8,9 | 3 | Minor 10 | 6 |
| Minor 10 | 3 | ||
| 15 | 13 | ||
| Total Hours: 120 | |||
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MATH 1332 is recommended.
- 2
Satisfies Core Curriculum requirement for Component Area I (Communication).
- 3
Four courses from the same World language is required. Three hours of Foreign Language satisfy Core Curriculum requirement for Component Area IV (Language, Philosophy, and Culture).
- 4
If HIST 1301 and HIST 1302 are used to satisfy Core Curriculum requirement for Component Area VI (U.S. History), additional hours will be needed to satisfy the minimum total semester credit hours of 120.
- 5
Satisfies both the Core Curriculum requirement for Component Area VII (Political Science/Government) and the major.
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See, American History Course list below.
- 7
See, European History Course list below.
- 8
See, World History Course list below.
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Pre-Modern History Requirement: Among the 3000-level courses a student takes in American, European, and World History one course must have a primary focus on content in pre-modern history (content dating to before 1600); this can overlap with other requirements. Please, see below list of courses that fulfill the pre-modern history requirement.
- 10
All minors can be paired with this degree program.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| American History Courses 6 | ||
| Select one of the following: | ||
| HIST 3322 | Black Civil Rights Movement | 3 |
| HIST 3323 | History of American Slavery | 3 |
| HIST 3325 | Era of the American Revolution: 1763-1789 | 3 |
| HIST 3326 | The History of the West | 3 |
| HIST 3338 | Economic History of the Industrial Revolution to Present | 3 |
| HIST 3340 | Mexican Americans Since 1848 | 3 |
| HIST 3355 | Urban and Suburban History | 3 |
| HIST 3361 | The United States and the Vietnam War | 3 |
| HIST 3374 | United States Religious History to 1865 | 3 |
| HIST 3375 | United States Religious History from 1865 | 3 |
| HIST 3376 | Early America to 1783 | 3 |
| HIST 3377 | America in Mid-Passage, 1783-1877 | 3 |
| HIST 3378 | Emergence of Modern America, 1877-1945 | 3 |
| HIST 3379 | Recent America, 1945 to Present | 3 |
| HIST 3380 | The American Civil War | 3 |
| HIST 3382 | Immigration and Ethnicity in American History | 3 |
| HIST 3383 | American Women's History | 3 |
| HIST 3385 | American Diplomatic History | 3 |
| HIST 3386 | Military & War In America | 3 |
| HIST 3392 | Native American History | 3 |
| HIST 3393 | African-American History | 3 |
| HIST 3394 | America in the 1960s | 3 |
| HIST 3395 | American Environmental History | 3 |
| HIST 3396 | The American South | 3 |
| HIST 3398 | Texas & the Southwest | 3 |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| European History Courses 7 | ||
| Select one of the following: | ||
| HIST 3328 | Modern France: From the Revolution to the Present | 3 |
| HIST 3334 | Renaissance Europe | 3 |
| HIST 3335 | Germany and Central Europe Since 1815 | 3 |
| HIST 3337 | The Bible & Reform in Europe | 3 |
| HIST 3338 | Economic History of the Industrial Revolution to Present | 3 |
| HIST 3339 | French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars | 3 |
| HIST 3341 | Black Europe, 1500 to present | 3 |
| HIST 3356 | Austria-Hungary and its Legacy | 3 |
| HIST 3357 | World War I (1914-1918) | 3 |
| HIST 3359 | Germany at War and Peace | 3 |
| HIST 3363 | Britain to 1714 | 3 |
| HIST 3364 | Modern Britain 1714-Present | 3 |
| HIST 3365 | Russian History | 3 |
| HIST 3366 | Modern European Military History | 3 |
| HIST 3367 | Europe in the Age of Absolutism and Revolutions: 1648-1815 | 3 |
| HIST 3368 | European History: 1815-1914 | 3 |
| HIST 3370 | Ancient History | 3 |
| HIST 3371 | Medieval History | 3 |
| HIST 3381 | British Empire & Commonwealth | 3 |
| HIST 3387 | World War II | 3 |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| World History Courses 8 | ||
| Select one of the following: | ||
| HIST 3310 | Mesoamerican History | 3 |
| HIST 3311 | African Civilizations to 1800 | 3 |
| HIST 3312 | History of East Africa | 3 |
| HIST 3317 | War & Revolution in China | 3 |
| HIST 3329 | Contemporary Latin America | 3 |
| HIST 3330 | Modern China and Japan | 3 |
| HIST 3332 | Modern Asian History | 3 |
| HIST 3333 | Religion in World History | 3 |
| HIST 3336 | Middle East Since 1700 | 3 |
| HIST 3350 | Early Christianities | 3 |
| HIST 3351 | Japan: The Age of the Samurai | 3 |
| HIST 3358 | Silk Roads to Atlantic World | 3 |
| HIST 3362 | The Middle East, 500 - 1700 | 3 |
| HIST 3369 | The World In The 20Th Century | 3 |
| HIST 3373 | Topics in the History of Science and Medicine | 3 |
| HIST 3389 | Africa - Past & Present | 3 |
| HIST 3391 | Colonial Latin America | 3 |
| HIST 3397 | Modern Mexico | 3 |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-modern History Courses 9 | ||
| HIST 3310 | Mesoamerican History | 3 |
| HIST 3311 | African Civilizations to 1800 | 3 |
| HIST 3334 | Renaissance Europe | 3 |
| HIST 3337 | The Bible & Reform in Europe | 3 |
| HIST 3350 | Early Christianities | 3 |
| HIST 3352 | The Roman Empire to Byzantium | 3 |
| HIST 3358 | Silk Roads to Atlantic World | 3 |
| HIST 3362 | The Middle East, 500 - 1700 | 3 |
| HIST 3363 | Britain to 1714 | 3 |
| HIST 3371 | Medieval History | 3 |
| HIST 3373 | Topics in the History of Science and Medicine | 3 |
| HIST 3376 | Early America to 1783 | 3 |
| HIST 3391 | Colonial Latin America | 3 |
| HIST 3392 | Native American History | 3 |
Notes
Students must earn a 2.0 minimum overall GPA in all coursework.
Students must meet a 2.0 minimum overall major GPA in all major coursework.
Students must earn a 2.0 minimum SHSU GPA in all coursework.
Students must meet a 2.0 minimum SHSU major GPA in all major coursework.
A grade of C or higher in all History courses is required.
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) marketable skills initiative is part of the state’s 60x30TX plan and was designed to help students articulate their skills to employers. Marketable skills are those skills valued by employers and/or graduate programs that can be applied in a variety of work or education settings and may include interpersonal, cognitive, and applied skill areas.
The BA in History is designed to provide graduates with the following marketable skills:
- Engage effectively in regional, national, and global communities while promoting civil discourse and civic participation.
- Express ideas in written, oral, and visual communication.
- Think critically and analytically.
- Build an informed belief system by synthesizing knowledge and posing questions about different societies and cultures.
