History (B.A.)

Print this Page

Bulletin/Catalog Year 2018-2019

College of Arts and Letters

Department of History

Location: Harned Hall, Room 340
Phone: 931-221-7919
Website: www.apsu.edu/history

Description of Major

Graduates in History can pursue any number of careers. Only about 1/3 of our graduates follow careers in education, many have careers in management in various fields. Some continue their education and attend graduate school.

General Education Core

	Credit Hours
see Common Core	41
University-Wide Freshman Seminar Requirement	1
Foreign Language	6

Major Core Requirements

Take two (2) courses of the following: HIST HIST 2010/2010E (3 hours); HIST 2020 (3 hours); HIST 2030 (3 hours)
HIST 2310 (3 hours); HIST 2320 (3 hours).
HIST 3000 Historical Methods
Two HIST courses (6 hours) from courses numbered 4000-4499
Two HIST courses (6 hours) from courses numbered 4500-4890
One HIST course (3 hours) numbered 3001-4890
HIST 4999 Senior Capstone (3 hours)
General Electives (39 hours)

Total Program Hours 120

History with Education Licensure

General Education Core

	Credit Hours
Required courses from the Common Core Humanities: ENGL 2330 plus six hours from approved ART, THEA, MUS, PHIL (9) Social Science: ECON 2100, POLS 2010 (6)* *Limitation within Social Science Core Specific to History Education	41
University-Wide Freshmen Requirement	1
Foreign Language	6

Lower Division

GEOG 1035 - World Regional Geography 1 3
or

GEOG 1045 - World Regional Geography 2 3
Note: History Education students must take these courses as a separate Social Studies Component. History majors with other minors may take these courses in fulfillment of the Social Science Core requirement
HIST 2310 - Early World History 3
HIST 2320 - Modern World History 3

Total Hours 12

Upper Division

HIST 3000 - Historical Methods 3
HIST 4410 - Teaching History in the Middle School 3
HIST 4950 - Teaching Social Studies Secondary Schools 3
Depending upon which course is taken during R1 Semester, either HIST 4410 or 4950 requires Milestone II status and replaces HIST 4999 as Senior Capstone

Total Hours 27

Electives

U. S. History Upper Division - 9 credit hours (Social Studies Methods course may not be utilized)
Non-U. S. History Upper Division - 9 credit hours (Social Studies Methods course may not be utilized)

Complete one option below:

POLS 2040 - Introduction to Public Policy  3
choose one (1) course from the following
POLS 2070 - International Politics  3
POLS 3120 - European Politics  3
POLS 3140 - Latin American Politics  3
POLS 3190 - Russian Politics and Government  3
GEOG 3110 - Geography of the United States and Canada 3
GEOG 4200 - Historical Data Management and GIS 3
ECON 2200 - Principles of Microeconomics 3
ECON 3210 - Money and Banking 3

Total Hours 6

Total Hours 45 to 46

Professional Education Minor

Education Requirements

Student Teaching

Total Program Hours 128

Print this Page