Academic Catalog 2022-2023

Bachelor of Arts in History

120 credits

Major Requirements (39 crs)

Required Courses

HI 301Historical Methods

3

HI 569Capstone Seminar for History Majors

3

Upper Level History Electives

9

History Electives

6

Second Language Exploration

6

 

The Americas - choose at least two of the following:

HI 133United States History I: 1776-1877

3

HI 134United States History II: 1877-1992

3

HI 135Perspectives in United States History

3

HI 331Conquest and Resistance: The History of Peoples in the American Borderlands

3

HI 340The Struggle for Equality: African American History in the 20th Century

3

HI 345The Quagmire: The History of the Vietnam War and the Rise of the American Counterculture

3

HI 360Witches, Cranks and Assassins: Political Hysteria and Conspiracy Theory in United States History

3

HI 380American Sports History

3

HI 420Anarchists and Radicals: Challenges to American Capitalism

3

HI 455Kansas and the American West

3

 

The World - choose at least two of the following

HI 155Themes in World Civilizations I

3

HI 156Themes in World Civilizations II

3

HI 343Tradewinds: The History of the Modern Middle East

3

HI 355The History of Genocide

3

HI 390The Holocaust and its Legacy

3

HI 401The Great War and Failed Peace

3

HI 402The History of World War II

3

HI 440The Long Cold War: America and the Soviet Union, 1919-1989

3

Three (3) credits of general education requirements are met through the history electives or concentration electives

General Education for the Bachelor’s Degree (37 crs)

General Education Requirements

EN 110Principles of Composition

3

Or

EN 111English Composition I

3

EN 112English Composition II

3

GE 102Saint Mary Experience

2

GE 301General Education Capstone

2

TH 112Introduction to Spirituality

3

Arts (Art, Music, Theatre)

3

Mathematics - MA 134 or higher

3

Humanities - must be from two different areas of study (Communication, English (including literature; excluding EN 200), History (excluding HI 301, HI 455, and HI 569), Philosophy, Theology)

6

Natural Science with Lab

3-4

Social or Behavioral Sciences - must be from two different areas of study (Criminology, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Social Work)

6

Theology

3

Electives to reach 120 credit hours

General Electives

Electives

47