History (BSEd)

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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 , , , and 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
IDL 190 - Seminar 1-3 credits

Upper Division U.S. History (6 credits)

Choose two:

HIST 352 - Revolution and Early National United States 3 credits
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 363 - The United States from 1890-1940 3 credits
HIST 365 - Cold War 3 credits
HIST 379 - Environmental History of the United States 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)

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.

Total: 39 credits

Notes

BSEd majors must also complete the professional coursework in Secondary Education, including secondary methods course, .