History, Bachelor of Arts
Offered by Department of History
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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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 |
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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.