Dec 23, 2025

2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

History, B.A. 4-Year Plan

The Bachelor of Arts with a major in History requires a minimum of 120 credit hours.

Suggested Four-Year Plan

Year 1

First Semester

CIS 110 - Composition and Communication I 3 Credit Hours
OR
WRD 110 - Composition and Communication I 3 Credit Hours
HIS Premajor Sequence - Europe or U.S.:
HIS 104 - A History of Europe Through the Mid-Seventeenth Century 3 Credit Hours
OR
HIS 108 - History of the United States Through 1876 3 Credit Hours
Foreign Language - First Semester Credit(s): 4
UK Core - Arts and Creativity Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Natural, Physical and Mathematical Sciences Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

CIS 111 - Composition and Communication II 3 Credit Hours
OR
WRD 111 - Composition and Communication II 3 Credit Hours
HIS Premajor Sequence - Europe or U.S.:
HIS 105 - A History of Europe From the Mid-Seventeenth Century to the Present 3 Credit Hours
OR
HIS 109 - History of the United States Since 1877 3 Credit Hours
Foreign Language - Second Semester Credit(s): 4
UK Core - Social Sciences Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Quantitative Foundations Credit(s): 3

Year 2

First Semester

HIS 301 - History Workshop: Introduction to the Study of History 3 Credit Hours
Foreign Language - Third Semester Credit(s): 3
200+ HIS Major Course Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Statistical Inferential Reasoning Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

Foreign Language - Fourth Semester Credit(s): 3
200+ HIS Major Course Credit(s): 3
300+ HIS Major Course - Pre-1789 Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Year 3

First Semester

300+ HIS Major Course - Pre-1789 Credit(s): 3
200+ A-S - Social Science Outside HIS Credit(s): 3
A&S - Natural Science Credit(s): 3
300+ Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

300+ HIS Major Course - Post-1789 Credit(s): 3
300+ HIS Major Course - Post-1789 Credit(s): 3
200+ A-S - Social Science Outside HIS Credit(s): 3
A&S - Natural Science Credit(s): 3
A&S - Lab Credit(s): 1
Elective Credit(s): 3

Year 4

First Semester

HIS 499 - Senior Seminar for History Majors: (Subtitle Required) 3 Credit Hours (GCCR Course)
300+ Course Outside HIS Credit(s): 3
300+ Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

300+ HIS Major Course - US History Credit(s): 3
300+ HIS Major Course - European History Credit(s): 3
300+ Course Outside HIS Credit(s): 3
300+ Course Outside HIS Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3