History, Bachelor of Arts
Offered by Department of History
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| General Studies | ||
| Foundational Requirements (LOPERs 1-4) | 12 | |
| Including: | ||
| LOPER 2: Writing Skills | ||
| Introduction to Academic Writing | ||
| Broad Knowledge Requirements (LOPERs 5-8) | 12 | |
| Dispositional Requirements (LOPERs 9-10) 1 | 6 | |
| Wellness (LOPER 11) Optional | 0 | |
| BA Language requirement | ||
| Complete all required courses 2 | 6 | |
| Program-Specific Requirements | 3 | |
| Special Topics in Academic Writing and Research | ||
| Major Option | ||
| Complete all required courses | 36 | |
| Minor or 2nd Major | ||
| Complete all required courses 3 | 24 | |
| Unrestricted electives | ||
| Needed to reach 120 credit hour minimum | 21 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 120 | |
Major Option
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| History Option Core Requirements | ||
| HIST 299 | The Historian's Craft | 3 |
| Select 9 hours total: | 9 | |
| Select 3 to 6 credit hours of the following: | ||
| Lower-division US History courses | ||
| Nebraska in the World | ||
| American History | ||
| American History | ||
| Select 3 to 6 credit hours of the following: | ||
| Lower-division World History course | ||
| History of Science & Medicine | ||
| History of Religions in the World | ||
| Western Civilization | ||
| Western Civilization | ||
| Non-Western World History | ||
| Introduction to Latin America | ||
| World History to 1600 | ||
| World History since 1600 | ||
| History Option Advanced Courses | ||
| Select 24 credit hours of Advanced History Courses. | 24 | |
| At the junior or senior level select: | ||
| Senior Seminar in History: Variable Topics | ||
| Advanced US History | ||
| Select 6 to 9 credits hours of the following: | ||
| American Military History | ||
| World War I | ||
| World War II | ||
| The Plains Indians | ||
| History and Film | ||
| Women in America | ||
| Religion in America | ||
| Colonial America 1492-1750 | ||
| Revolutionary America, 1750-1800 | ||
| The Early Republic, 1800-1850 | ||
| The Civil War and Reconstruction | ||
| Regional Field Study | ||
| History of the Pacific Rim | ||
| American Constitutional History I | ||
| American Constitutional History II | ||
| American Thought and Culture, 1620-1865 | ||
| American Thought and Culture, 1865-1990 | ||
| Nebraska and the Great Plains History | ||
| North American Frontiers, 1500-1850 | ||
| The American West, 1850-Present | ||
| The Gilded Age 1870-1898 | ||
| The United States: 1898-1945 | ||
| The United States Since 1945 | ||
| Topical Studies | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Advanced European History | ||
| Select 6 to 9 credits hours of the following: | ||
| World War I | ||
| World War II | ||
| English History | ||
| English History | ||
| War and Society | ||
| The High Middle Ages 1050-1350 | ||
| Saints and Sinners | ||
| Society and Gender in the Middle Ages | ||
| Women in Europe | ||
| Nazi Germany | ||
| Comparative Studies in Ethnic Conflict | ||
| Regional Field Study | ||
| British Empire | ||
| European Expansion and Exploration | ||
| Renaissance and Reformation | ||
| Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Europe | ||
| French Revolution and Napoleon | ||
| Imperial Russia | ||
| Nineteenth Century Europe | ||
| Fascism and Communism in Twentieth Century Europe | ||
| Twentieth Century Europe | ||
| Soviet Russia | ||
| Modern Eastern Europe | ||
| Topical Studies | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Advanced Latin American, Asian, or African History | ||
| Select 6 to 9 credits hours of the following: | ||
| World War I | ||
| World War II | ||
| History of Sea Power | ||
| War and Society | ||
| History of Christianity | ||
| Pre-Hispanic and Colonial Latin America | ||
| Modern Latin America | ||
| Variable Topics in Latin American History | ||
| Comparative Colonialism: Asia and Africa | ||
| Colonial India | ||
| Modern India | ||
| Comparative Studies in Ethnic Conflict | ||
| Regional Field Study | ||
| British Empire | ||
| European Expansion and Exploration | ||
| History of the Pacific Rim | ||
| Imperial Russia | ||
| Topical Studies | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Advanced Public or Digital History | ||
| Select 0 to 3 credits hours of the following: | ||
| Introduction to Public History | ||
| Community History & Preservation | ||
| Museums & Archives | ||
| Digital History | ||
| Internship in History | ||
| Applied Digital History | ||
| Topical Studies | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 36 | |
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Designated courses with the appropriate content may be approved to satisfy one of the Broad Knowledge requirements plus LOPER 9 or Broad Knowledge plus LOPER 10. Courses may be approved to satisfy LOPER 9 or LOPER 10 alone. (Courses satisfying LOPER 9 or LOPER 10 alone must be 3 credit hours.) Students applying this option will need to take additional hours in other categories to meet the required GS hours.
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For specific language requirements see #2 of Bachelor of Arts Degree requirements.
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A minor or second major is required for a complete degree program. The number of required electives needed to reach 120 total credit hours overall will depend upon the specific program chosen.