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2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Academic Catalog

History, B.A.


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  1. Satisfy Core Curriculum Requirements for students entering college in Fall 1999 or after. See “Bachelor’s Degree Requirements .”
  2. Satisfy the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts.
  3. Humanities Course Requirements - 18 semester hours

6 Hours Freshman Foreign Language

6 Hours Sophomore Foreign Language

6 Hours Humanities - HUMA/PHIL/ENGL/SPAN/GEOG (3 s.h. in LD or UD)

  4.  History Program Requirements (36 hours):

6 Hours U.S. History Survey - HIST 1301 U.S. History I  (Core), HIST 1302 U.S. History II  (Core)

6 Hours World History - HIST 2321 World History I HIST 2322 World History II  

3 Hours Histiography - HIST 3301 Thinking Like a Historian  

6 Hours Upper-Division (UD) U.S. History

6 Hours Upper-Division (UD) Non-U.S. History

6 Hours History Elective (LD or UD) 

3 Hours History Capstone - HIST 4350 Historical Research   

  5.  LD/UD Free Electives and/or Minor - 33 semester hours

  6.  Students seeking secondary certification should see the section on “Secondary Education Teacher Certification Programs ”.

Notes:

1.  s.h. = semester hours
2.  LD = Lower Division (Community College-Level; Freshman, 1000-level/Sophomore, 2000-level)
3.  UD = Upper Division (University-level; Junior, 3000-level/Senior, 4000-level)
4.  The student is responsible for fulfilling all requirements on this degree plan and is encouraged to review the catalog that governs this degree plan.
5.  Substitutions in this degree plan must be approved by following the same procedures as for the degree.
6.  This document is an unofficial guide to your degree.  Please contact an advisor for an official degree plan.
7.  Must meet minimum requirements:  120 s.h. overall, 36 s.h. UD, of which 30 s.h. must be completed at UHV.

The requirements are summarized below:

Core Curriculum Requirement


10 - English Composition - 6 semester hours

  • ENGL 1301
  • ENGL 1302

20 - Mathematics - 3 semester hours

  • MATH 1314 - College Math or Higher

30 - Natural Sciences - 6 semester hours

  • Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Physics, or Bio/Physical Science

40 - Humanities - 3 semester hours • Humanities, Literature, PHIL, Modern or Classical Lit.

50 - Visual/Performing Arts - 3 semester hours

ARTS, MUSI, or DRAM

60 - American History - 6 semester hours

  • HIST 1301
  • HIST 1302

70 - Political Science - 6 semester hours

  • PSCI 2305
  • PSCI 2306

80 - Social/Behavioral Sciences - 3 semester hours

  • Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology or Sociology

90 - Institutionally Designated Option - 6 semester hours

  • SPCH 1311, 1315, 1318, or 1321
  • COSC or BCIS

Humanities Course Requirements - 18 Hours


  • Freshman Foreign Language
  • Freshman Foreign Language
  • Sophomore Foreign Language
  • Sophomore Foreign Language
  • HUMA/PHIL/ENGL/SPAN/GEOG - LD/UD course*
  • HUMA/PHIL/ENGL/SPAN/GEOG - LD/UD course*

*May not use courses that satisfy other degree plan requirements.

Program Requirements - 30 Hours


  • HIST 1301 (CORE)
  • HIST 1302 (CORE)
  • HIST 2321 World History I
  • HIST 2322 World History II
  • HIST 3301 Thinking Like a Historian
  • HIST UD - 6 s.h. UD United States history coursework
  • HIST UD - 6 s.h. UD non- United States history coursework
  • HIST LD/UD - 6 s.h. LD/UD history coursework
  • HIST 4350 Historical Research

LD / UD Free Electives and/or Minor - 30 hours semester hours


  • UD Elective
  • UD Elective
  • UD Elective
  • UD Elective
  • UD Elective
  • Elective
  • Elective
  • Elective
  • Elective
  • Elective

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