History (BA)

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Program Requirements

No grade below a C will be accepted in a course taken to fulfill the history requirements. Students must maintain a 2.5 (B.A) and a 2.6 (B.S.Ed) cumulative grade point average in the major to meet graduation requirements.

It is recommended that students take HIST 121 , HIST 122 , HIST 151 , and HIST 152 before beginning their upper-division work.

HIST 121 - Western Civilization I 3 credits
HIST 122 - Western Civilization II 3 credits
HIST 151 - United States History I 3 credits
HIST 152 - United States History II 3 credits
HIST 480 - Historical Methods and Historiography 3 credits

Upper Division U.S. History (6 credits)

Choose two:

HIST 358 - The United States Since 1941 3 credits
HIST 360 - Antebellum America and the Civil War 3 credits
HIST 361 - The United States During the 1960s 3 credits
HIST 450 - American Colonial History 3 credits
HIST 459 - Vietnam War, 1945-1975 3 credits
HIST 460 - American Military History 3 credits
HIST 464 - 20th Century Frontier 3 credits
HIST 476 - History of South Dakota 3 credits
HIST 492 - Topics 1-4 credits

Upper Division European History (6 credits)

Choose two:

HIST 326 - Renaissance and Reformation 3 credits
HIST 329 - French Revolution and Napoleon, 1789 to 1815 3 credits
HIST 330 - Nineteenth Century European History 3 credits
HIST 341 - English History to 1688 3 credits
HIST 413 - Ancient Israel 3 credits
HIST 420 - Contemporary Europe 3 credits
HIST 422 - Ancient Rome 3 credits
HIST 424 - Early Church 3 credits
HIST 425 - Medieval Europe 3 credits
HIST 440 - Ancient Greece 3 credits
HIST 444 - History of Modern Russia 3 credits
HIST 470 - History of World War II 3 credits
HIST 492 - Topics 1-4 credits

Upper Division Non-Western History (3 credits)

HIST 313 - History of the Middle East 3 credits
HIST 443 - History of Russia Under Tsars 3 credits
HIST 459 - Vietnam War, 1945-1975 3 credits
HIST 485 - History of Modern Genocide 3 credits

History Electives (9 credits)

Three courses (9 credits) of HIST courses or with advisor approval, as many as two of the following courses may be substituted.

ARTH 211 - History of World Art I 3 credits
ARTH 212 - History of World Art II 3 credits
GEOG 320 - Regional Geography 3 credits
GER 433 - German Civilization I 3 credits
HIST 240 - Introduction to Public History and Cultural Resources 3 credits
HIST 352 - Revolution and Early National United States 3 credits
HIST 365 - Cold War 3 credits
POLS 461 - Early Political Philosophy 3 credits
POLS 462 - Modern Political Philosophy 3 credits
SPAN 433 - Spanish Civilization and Culture 3 credits

Total: 39 credits

Notes

BSEd majors must also complete the professional coursework in Secondary Education, including secondary methods course, SEED 415 - 7-12 Social Science Methods .