B.A. History
Program Admissions Requirements
There are no program admission requirements for the B.A. in History.
General Education
The listing below includes program requirements that also fulfill General Education requirements.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Objective 1 | 6 | |
| Objective 2 | 3 | |
| Objective 3 - MATH 1123 Recommended 1 | 3 | |
| Objective 4 | 6 | |
| Objective 5 | 7 | |
| Objective 6 - HIST 1101, HIST 1102, HIST 1105, HIST 1106, HIST 1111, or HIST 1112, and one Objective 6 course from outside of History. | 6 | |
| Students must fulfill Objective 7 or Objective 8 | 3 | |
Objective 8 - HIST 2291 | ||
| Objective 9 - HIST 2201, HIST 2251, HIST 2252, HIST 2254, HIST 2255 or HIST 2258 | 3 | |
| Total Credits | 37 | |
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“P” courses are equivalent to the original course.
Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| World Regions and Historical Themes - Complete three classes from the following: | 9 | |
| History in Film (Fulfills Objective 7) | ||
| World History I (Partially Fulfills Objective 6) | ||
| World History II (Partially Fulfills Objective 6) | ||
| Foundations of Europe (Partially Fulfills Objective 6) | ||
| Modern Europe (Partially Fulfills Objective 6) | ||
| United States History I (Partially Fulfills Objective 6) | ||
| United States History II (Partially Fulfills Objective 6) | ||
| US History and Culture (Fulfills Objective 7) | ||
| Themes in World History (Fulfills Objective 7) | ||
| Women In U.S. History (Fulfills Objective 9) | ||
| Latin American History and Culture (Fulfills Objective 9) | ||
| Asian History and Culture (Fulfills Objective 9) | ||
| Middle East History and Culture (Fulfills Objective 9) | ||
| African History and Culture (Fulfills Objective 9) | ||
| Native American History (Fulfills Objective 9) | ||
| Research Skills - Complete both of the following: | 6 | |
| Introduction to Research (Fulfills Objective 8) | ||
| Senior Thesis | ||
| Upper Division United States History - Complete two of the following: | 6 | |
| Early North America | ||
| American Industrialization | ||
| Modern United States | ||
| Religion in American History | ||
| Topics in U.S. History | ||
| Federal Indian Relations | ||
| Idaho History | ||
| Women in the American West | ||
| American West | ||
| African American History | ||
| U.S. Environmental History | ||
| History of Energy | ||
| Atomic Age | ||
| American Military Experience | ||
| Cold War Culture in the U.S. | ||
| U.S. Civil War and Memory | ||
| Historical Geography of Idaho | ||
| Upper division world, comparative, and non-U.S. history - Complete two of the following: | 6 | |
| History of Christianity | ||
| Renaissance and Reformation | ||
| History of World Religions | ||
| French Revolution and Napoleon | ||
| Foodways in History | ||
| Global Environmental History | ||
| Topics in Global History | ||
| Slavery in History | ||
| Families in Former Times | ||
| Women in World History | ||
| History of Revolutions | ||
| Witchcraft and Magic | ||
| Topics in European History | ||
| Modern Irish History | ||
| Topics in Ancient History and Culture | ||
| Topics in Medieval History and Culture | ||
| Topics in Latin American History and Culture | ||
| Topics in Asian History and Culture | ||
| Topics in Middle East History and Culture | ||
| World War I | ||
| World War II and Holocaust | ||
| Historical Geography of the Atlantic World | ||
| Modern Art | ||
| Contemporary Art | ||
| Islam in the Modern World | ||
| Modern Middle East | ||
| History of Empires | ||
| History of Disease, Medicine, and Society | ||
| Early Modern Europe | ||
| Upper division history electives - take 9 credits of any upper division history course. | 9 | |
| Students in the accelerated BA to MA program can use a total of twelve credits of 5000-level graduate coursework from the History Department in any of these three areas: | ||
| Upper division United States History | ||
| Upper division world, comparative, and non-U.S. history | ||
| Upper division history electives | ||
| Total Credits | 36 | |
Students who may want to pursue a graduate degree in History or a related discipline are urged to take at least two years of a foreign language.
Degree Totals
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Program Admission Requirements | 0 | |
| General Education | 37 | |
| Major Requirements (w/o General Education) | 27 | |
| Upper Division Free Electives | 12 | |
| Free Electives | 44 | |
| Total Credits | 120 | |