Dec 05, 2025  
2025-2027 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2027 Undergraduate Catalog

History, B.A.


Credit Requirements*


  • Foreign Language Requirement: 0 3 credits
  • General Education: 45 credits
  • Major Requirements: 30 credits
  • Free Electives: 42 - 45 credits
  • Total Credits to Graduate: 120 credits

* All undergraduate degree programs require a minimum of 120 credits.  Some courses meet multiple requirements, but are only counted once toward the 120 credit total required to graduate.

Bachelor of Arts Foreign Language Requirement:


All students completing a Bachelor of Arts degree are required to attain proficiency in a foreign language. Proficiency may be satisfied by completing a language class at the 103 (intermediate) level or three years of any one foreign language in high school. Students may also meet this requirement through AP or CLEP testing.

History-Field of Specialization (30 crs.)


Restricted Electives (12 crs.)


  • One level 300 or above American History Course
  • One level 300 or above European History Course
  • Two level 300 or above Non-Western History Courses

Free Electives in History (6 crs.)


  • 6 credits and 2 courses in history atleast level 300 or above. 

Portfolio Requirement:


For assessment and career development purposes, all B.A. and B.S.Ed. majors are required to assemble and submit a portfolio documenting their academic growth and their major accomplishments.

General Education


General Education Requirements

General Education Requirements Specific for this major

Advising Notes:


  1. Year I: HIST 105, HIST 106
  2. History minor also available - 18 cr.