Apr 19, 2024

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

History (HIST) - BA Major

48 credits (no minor required)

2.0 GPA required.

Letter grade required in all major courses unless otherwise noted.

Students must complete at least 18 credits of History courses at WSU.

History Major Map

Required Courses (24 credits)

Western Civilization Sequence (6 credits)

Choose two:

HIST 120 - Western Civilization to 1500 (3 credits)
HIST 121 - Western Civilization 1500-1815 (3 credits)
HIST 122 - Western Civilization 1815 to Present (3 credits)
HIST 140 - History of Medicine, Drugs and Life Sciences (3 credits)

United States History Sequence (6 credits)

Choose two:

HIST 150 - United States History to 1865 (3 credits)
HIST 151 - United States History Since 1865 (3 credits)
HIST 214 - The Mississippi River in U.S. History (3 credits)

Cultural Diversity & Global Perspectives (6 credits)

Choose two:

HIST 115 - Modern World History (3 credits)
HIST 123 - East Asian Civilization (3 credits)
HIST 165 - Latin American History (3 credits)
HIST 220 - Introduction to African-American History (3 credits)
HIST 235 - Introduction to Native American History (3 credits)
△ HIST 463 - History of Mexico (3 credits)

History (6 credits)

◆ HIST 395 - Historical Research Methods (3 credits)
△ HIST 495 - Senior Research Seminar (3 credits) *

Electives (24 credits)*

Electives are subject to advisor approval.

European (3 credits)

Choose at least one:

HIST 335 - The Holocaust (3 credits)
HIST 340 - History of Christianity (3 credits)
HIST 355 - European Intellectual and Cultural History (3 credits)
HIST 401 - Ancient Rome (3 credits)
△ HIST 403 - Middle Ages (3 credits)
HIST 408 - Renaissance (3 credits)
HIST 409 - Reformation (3 credits)
HIST 412 - French Revolution and Napoleon (3 credits)
HIST 417 - Hitler and Nazi Germany (3 credits)
HIST 421 - Tudor and Stuart England (3 credits)
HIST 423 - Modern England (3 credits)
△ HIST 434 - Modern Russia and the USSR since 1905 (3 credits)
HIST 440 - World War II (3 credits)

United States (3 credits)

Choose at least one:

◎ HIST 315 - Women in U.S. History (3 credits)
HIST 325 - American Diplomatic History (3 credits)
HIST 345 - History of American Sports (3 credits)
△ HIST 365 - American Legal History (3 credits)
△ HIST 447 - America in the Vietnam War Era (3 credits)
HIST 476 - The American Revolution (3 credits)
HIST 477 - The Age of Jackson (3 credits)
HIST 478 - The Old South (3 credits)
HIST 479 - The Civil War and Reconstruction (3 credits)
HIST 480 - Gilded Age of America (1877-1900) (3 credits)
HIST 481 - History of the American West (3 credits)
HIST 483 - The Progressive Era and the “New Era” Twenties (1901-1929) (3 credits)
HIST 485 - Contemporary America 1945-Present (3 credits)
HIST 486 - American Intellectual and Cultural History (3 credits)
◎ HIST 488 - American Constitutional History (3 credits)

Cultural Diversity & Gobal Perspectives (3 credits)

Choose at least one:

HIST 320 - Topics in Native American History (3 credits)
HIST 341 - Modern Japan (3 credits)
HIST 343 - Modern China (3 credits)
HIST 461 - Latin American Social Revolution (3 credits)
△ HIST 463 - History of Mexico (3 credits)
HIST 468 - History of the Andean Nations (3 credits)
HIST 469 - History of Brazil (3 credits)

Additional Elective Options

HIST 360 - Introduction to Historical Museums (3 credits)
HIST 397 - Topics in History (3 credits)
◎ HIST 398 - Topics in History with Oral Communication Emphasis (3 credits)
HIST 409 - Reformation (3 credits)
HIST 499 - Independent Readings in History (1-3 credits)

Note

* C grade or better required.
HIST 397 - Topics in History and HIST 499 - Independent Readings in History are counted in the sequence area the department deems appropriate.
History majors cannot count Legal Studies Sequence courses.

Legend

◎ = Oral Intensive

◆ = Math/Critical Analysis Intensive

△ = Writing Intensive

✽ = Physical Development and Wellness Graduation Requirement

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