History - Public History Honors Emphasis Requirements (BA/BS)

Major Requirements 1, 2
HISTRY 200HISTORICAL METHODS2
HISTRY 202INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HISTORY3
HISTRY 493PUBLIC HISTORY INTERNSHIP 33
Capstone Seminars - Select 3 units:3
HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN WEST
HISTRY 425
STUDIES IN EUROPEAN OR US HISTORY (VARIABLE TOPIC)
STUDIES IN AFRICA, ASIA, MIDDLE EAST OR LATIN AMERICA (VARIABLE)
Senior Portfolio - Select 1 unit:
HISTRY 475SENIOR PORTFOLIO1
Honors Thesis - Select 3 units:3
INDEPENDENT STUDY 4
PUBLIC HISTORY INTERNSHIP
Geographical/Thematic Breadth - Select at least 3 units in each of the following groups:12
A. European History
WESTERN CIVILIZATION
HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE
HISTRY 351
SOCIETY AND CULTURE IN MODERN BRITAIN 1763-PRESENT
ANCIENT HISTORY
MEDIEVAL EUROPE
RENAISSANCE IN EUROPE, 1300-1600
FROM GODDESSES TO WITCHES: WOMEN IN PREMODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY
MODERN EUROPEAN WOMEN'S HISTORY
HISTRY 371
HISTORY OF RUSSIA SINCE 1815
THE AGE OF ATLANTIC REVOLUTIONS
HISTORY OF TWENTIETH CENTURY EUROPE
B. African, Asian, Latin American, or Middle Eastern History
THE EAST ASIAN TRADITION
EAST ASIA SINCE 1800
HISTORY OF ISLAMIC CIVILIZATIONS
ANCIENT AFRICAN HISTORY
SOUTHEAST ASIA SINCE 1800 - TENSIONS OF DEVELOPMENT
EMPIRES & INVASIONS IN THE PRE-MODERN MIDDLE EAST: 500-1500
MODERNIZATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST
ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT, 1900-PRESENT
MODERN AFRICA
AFRICAN WOMEN'S HISTORY FROM 1800 TO THE 1970S
CONQUEST AND COLONIALISM IN LATIN AMERICA
MODERN LATIN AMERICA
HISTORY OF MEXICO
HISTRY 347
MODERN CHINA
MODERN JAPAN
SOUTHEAST ASIA SINCE 1800 - TENSIONS OF DEVELOPMENT
EAST ASIAN TRADITION
EAST ASIA SINCE 1800
MODERN CHINA
MODERN JAPAN
HISTORY OF ISLAMIC CIVILIZATIONS
AFRICAN WOMEN'S HISTORY FROM 1800 TO THE 1970S
C. U.S. History
INTRODUCTION TO INDIGENOUS/FIRST NATIONS STUDIES
AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1877
AMERICAN HISTORY SINCE 1877
MODERN BLACK AMERICAN HISTORY
CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY: TRAVELING FREEDOM'S MAIN LINE
AMERICAN COLONIAL HISTORY TO 1763
REVOLUTION AND CONFEDERATION 1763-1789
THE AGE OF CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION 1850-1877
HISTRY 305
AMERICA IN PROSPERITY, DEPRESSION AND WORLD WAR II, 1919-1945
RECENT AMERICA, 1945 TO THE PRESENT
HMONG AMERICANS: HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORY, 1850-PRESENT
WISCONSIN HISTORY
WOMEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY I: 1600-1875
WOMEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY II: 1875 TO THE PRESENT
A HISTORY OF BLACK MIGRATION IN THE U.S.
UNITED STATES FOREIGN RELATIONS AND EMPIRE, 1790 TO RECENT PAST
RACE, ROCK & ROLL AND AMERICAN HISTORY
INDIGENOUS HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
U.S. IMMIGRATION: HISTORY, LAW, AND POLITICS
HISTRY 362
HISTRY 390
THE U.S. AT WAR IN VIETNAM
MODERN BLACK AMERICAN HISTORY
CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY: TRAVELING FREEDOM'S MAIN LINE
A HISTORY OF BLACK MIGRATION IN THE U.S.
INTRODUCTION TO INDIGENOUS/FIRST NATIONS STUDIES
HMONG AMERICANS: HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORY, 1850-PRESENT
CHICANX HISTORY
D. Global/Comparative History
ATLANTIC HISTORY
THE GREAT WAR AND EMPIRE
NORTH AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY
20TH CENTURY COMPARATIVE GENOCIDES
THE CRUSADES IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
HISTORY OF SEXUALITY
HISTRY 367
DRINKING, DRUGS, AND HISTORY
HISTRY 376
ATLANTIC HISTORY
WOMEN, SCIENCE & SOCIETY
Select additional HISTRY courses to bring total units to 369
Total Units36
Unique Requirement
Select at least 6 units from the following:6
ORGANIZING INFORMATION
FOUNDATIONS OF ADVERTISING
PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
URBAN GEOGRAPHY
GOVERNMENT IN ACTION: AN INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
THE POLITICS OF GOVERNMENT BUDGETING
BUSINESS WRITING
SURVEY OF ART - ANCIENT TO 1400CE
SURVEY OF ART - 1400 TO 1900CE
ART OF THE 19TH CENTURY
ARTHIST 317
MODERN ART
CONTEMPORARY ART
VIDEO PRODUCTION I: FUNDAMENTALS OF VIDEO
Select 3-4 units from the following options (must be personalized):3-4
A. Third semester or higher of college-level Foreign Language:
INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I
INTERMEDIATE GERMAN I
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I
BEGINNING JAPANESE III
Or equivalent competency demonstrated by examination
B. 3 units of International Travel Study or Study Abroad
C. Quantitative Reasoning
INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL REASONING AND ANALYSIS
BUSINESS STATISTICS
Chronological Breadth - Select at least 6 units of Pre-Modern History (These courses may also count in the major requirements):6
AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1877
THE EAST ASIAN TRADITION
ANCIENT AFRICAN HISTORY
ATLANTIC HISTORY
WESTERN CIVILIZATION
AMERICAN COLONIAL HISTORY TO 1763
REVOLUTION AND CONFEDERATION 1763-1789
THE AGE OF CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION 1850-1877
WOMEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY I: 1600-1875
INDIGENOUS HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
EMPIRES & INVASIONS IN THE PRE-MODERN MIDDLE EAST: 500-1500
CONQUEST AND COLONIALISM IN LATIN AMERICA
HISTRY 351
MEDIEVAL EUROPE
RENAISSANCE IN EUROPE, 1300-1600
FROM GODDESSES TO WITCHES: WOMEN IN PREMODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY
HISTRY 371
ATLANTIC HISTORY
1

3.50 GPA required.

2

An approved minor required.

3

Must be taken for 3 units.

4

3 units of HISTRY 498 or HISTRY 493 beyond the minimum in #2 (must be personalized).

Note: The following courses must be personalized into your Geographical Depth or Geographical/Thematic Breadth category:

HISTRY 110HISTORY THROUGH FILM3
HISTRY 395THEMATIC OR REGIONAL TOPICS IN HISTORY (VARIABLE TOPIC)3
HISTRY 490WORKSHOP1-6
HISTRY 491TRAVEL STUDY1-3
HISTRY 492FIELD STUDY3-6
HISTRY 496SPECIAL STUDIES IN HISTORY1-3
HISTRY 498INDEPENDENT STUDY1-3

Distributional Requirements

The courses chosen to complete the 36 units in the History major must satisfy the following distribution requirements:

  1. Introductory Level (100s-200s excluding HISTRY 200 and HISTRY 202): Select at least 9 units.
  2. Upper Level (300s-400s, excluding HISTRY 403, HISTRY 425, HISTRY 455, HISTRY 465, and HISTRY 475): Select at least 15 units.