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Bachelor of Arts
The history concentration offers courses in three general areas. These are American
history, European history, and non-Western history. These courses prepare the
student for graduate study or, together with the necessary professional education
courses, for teaching at the secondary level.
Students, especially if they plan to go into teaching, should choose courses from all three areas. This also is true for those planning to go directly on to graduate school, since there will be plenty of opportunity then to specialize in an area of interest and correspondingly less opportunity to sample other areas.
In addition to these courses, each student takes two required courses, senior seminar in history, designed to give familiarity with the professional aspects of history, i.e., with research, writing, and interpretation, and problems in history, a reading seminar on changing topics.
For the student who is interested
in history as a major but who does not plan to teach, there are a number of
alternatives. Students of history develop skills and perspectives (basic research
and perhaps statistical skills, the ability to place problems within a broader
context, the ability to deal effectively with questions of cause and effect,
etc.) that can be widely applied in fields outside the classroom. Liberal arts
students with a history concentration may find satisfying career opportunities
in such fields as historical administration, historical editing, museum and
archival work, government, communications, publishing, law, banking, market
research, advertising, and the travel industry.
MAJOR IN HISTORY for Non-Social Studies Certification Students -- 36
semester hours
Required Courses: 16 semester hours
HIS1200 American History I (to 1877)
(4)
HIS1210 American History II (since
1877) (4)
HIS3400 Problems in History (4)
HIS4990 Senior Seminar in History (4)
Selected Courses:
Choose 20 semester hours with at least 8 semester hours in Western Civilization
/ European history and 4 semester hours in non-Western history.
HIS2500 Western Civilization I (to
1200) (4)
HIS2550 Western Civilization II (1200-1789)
(4)
HIS2600 Western Civilization III (since
1789) (4)
HIS3050 American Urban History (4)
HIS3100 The African-American Experience
(4)
HIS3150 Women in American History (4)
HIS3200 American History Since the
1960s (4)
HIS3250 Illinois History and Government
(2)
HIS3300 The American West (4)
HIS3450 Latin American History (4)
HIS3650 Hitler and the Nazi Revolution
(4)
HIS3700 History of the Middle East
(4)
HIS3750 The Far East (4)
MAJOR IN HISTORY MAJOR for Social Studies Certification Students --
42 semester hours
Required Courses: 30 semester hours
HIS1200 American History I (to 1877)
(4)
HIS1210 American History II (since
1877) (4)
HIS2500 Western Civilization I (to
1200) (4)
HIS2550 Western Civilization II (1200-1789)
(4)
HIS2600 Western Civilization III (since
1789) (4)
HIS3250 Illinois History and Government
(2)
HIS3400 Problems in History (4)
HIS4990 Senior Seminar in History (4)
Selected Courses: Choose 12 semester hours with at least 4 semester
hours in non-Western history.
HIS3050 American Urban History (4)
HIS3100 The African-American Experience
(4)
HIS3150 Women in American History (4)
HIS3200 American History Since the
1960s (4)
HIS3300 The American West (4)
HIS3450 Latin American History (4)
HIS3650 Hitler and the Nazi Revolution
(4)
HIS3700 History of the Middle East
(4)
HIS3750 The Far East (4)
Posted
31 December 2003
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