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Bachelor of Arts in History Degree

History majors acquire an education that promotes citizenship and personal enrichment while preparing them for a wide range of professional career goals. The History program helps to prepare majors for graduate or law school, teacher education, public service and private sector careers. Internship opportunities are available.

Department

History and Political Science Department

Degree Requirements

A.	General Education Requirements			38-41 sem. hrs
	Ethics Course Requirement			3 hrs
	PHIL 330		Ethics	3 hrs
B.	Foreign Language Requirement			6 sem. hrs
C.	Multicultural Requirement			3 sem. hrs
	(Courses from this list are noted in the major requirements below with an asterisk.)
D.	Core Requirements			18 sem. hrs
	(All courses must be completed with a grade of C or higher. Courses in the major cannot be taken as Pass/Fail.)
	HIST 101		Western Civilization I or	3 hrs
	HIST 111		World History to 1500
	HIST 102		Western Civilization II or	3 hrs
	HIST 112		World History Since 1500
	HIST 121		American History to 1877	3 hrs
	HIST 122		American History Since 1877	3 hrs
	HIST 294		Introduction to the Historian's Craft	3 hrs
	HIST 494		Historical Research & Methods	3 hrs
E.	History Electives			24 sem. hrs
	Nine semester hours selected from the following United States History cluster:
	HIST 312		Twentieth Century American Diplomatic History	3 hrs
	HIST 321		History of the Modern U.S.	3 hrs
	HIST 342		American Civil War	3 hrs
	HIST 350		American Revolution	3 hrs
	HIST 352		American Environmental History	3 hrs
	HIST 362		History of the American West	3 hrs
	HIST 370		American Military History	3 hrs
	HIST 371		History of American Business	3 hrs
	HIST 372		American Indian History*	3 hrs
	HIST 373		Women and Gender in American History	3 hrs
	HIST 374		African American History	3 hrs
	Nine semester hours selected from the following European History cluster:
	HIST 303		History and Philosophy of Modern Science	3 hrs
	HIST 322		(WMST 322) Women and Gender in European History	3 hrs
	HIST 329		Warfare,Witches and the Outlines of Modern Life: Early Modern Europe, 1550-1700
	HIST 332		The European Renaissance	3 hrs
	HIST 334		The European Enlightenment	3 hrs
	HIST 335		Nineteenth Century Europe	3 hrs
	HIST 336		Twentieth Century Europe	3 hrs
	HIST 337		Facism in Europe, 1900-1945	3 hrs
	HIST 340		Philosophy of Revolution	3 hrs
	HIST 358		The Making of Modern Britain	3 hrs
	HIST 359		Rise and Fall of the British Empire	3 hrs
	HIST 381		History of Christianity: The Early Church	3 hrs
	HIST 382		Christianity in the Modern World	3 hrs
	Three semester hours selected from the following Comparative History cluster:
	HIST 231		Imperial Russia*	3 hrs
	HIST 232		History of Russia 1825 to Present	3 hrs
	HIST 234		History of Latin America*	3 hrs
	HIST 235		(ANTH 235) History and Democracy in the Modern Middle East*	3 hrs
	HIST 314		Modern China*	3 hrs
	HIST 316		Modern Japan*	3 hrs
	HIST 318		The Vietnam War*	3 hrs
	At least three additional semester hours with the HIST prefix at or above the 200-level. Students are encouraged to complete a history internship or a special topics course or another elective in one of the clusters above. A maximum of thirty semester hours of history requirements may be met in transfer. At least six semester hours of upper-level credit must be taken from Columbia College.
F.	Other Electives			28-31 sem. hrs
				120 sem. hrs
G.	HIST 494, Historical Research and Methods, is the culminating evaluative course that assesses the outcomes of the major. Students (majors) must pass the course with a grade of C or higher prior to graduation.

Locations

The Bachelor of Arts in History degree is available at the following locations:

Main Campus, Day Program
Main Campus, Evening Program
Online Campus
Kansas City, MO Lake of the Ozarks, MO Rolla, MO Fort Leonard Wood, MO	Fort Drum, NY Hancock Field, NY Fort Worth, TX