Offered by Department of History:

History Major

History-Social Science Comprehensive Option
Bachelor of Science

NSS BS 5703

Minimum General Studies = 45

including General Studies coursework required by major

English Language minimum = 9

Humanities minimum = 9

Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3

Natural Sciences minimum = 7

Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9

Personal Development minimum = 3

CSIS 108GS, Computers in Society - 3 hours

BS Science-related course requirements = 0

Major Option = 57

Minimum total hours required coursework = 102

Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 23

Minimum total hours required for BS in Social Science Comprehensive/History Emphasis = 125

All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above taken at a 4-year college or university.

A. Social Science Comprehensive/History Emphasis Core Requirements (12 hours required)

Take all of the following:

HIST 250GS, American History - 3 hours

HIST 251GS, American History - 3 hours

Take 6 hour total:

Take 3 to 6 hours from:

HIST 210GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours

HIST 211GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours

Take 0 to 3 hours from:

HIST 212GS, Non-Western World History - 3 hours

HIST 215GS, Introduction to Latin America - 3 hours

B. Social Science Comprehensive/History Emphasis Advanced Courses (18 hours required)

Take 18 hours from Advanced History Courses
At least 6 hours must be 400 level courses.

1. Social Science Comprehensive/History Emphasis -Senior Seminar

At the junior or senior level take:
HIST 496, Senior Seminar in History: Variable Topics - 3 hours
Course topic reduces the hours required accordingly in Advanced US History, Advanced European History OR Advanced Non-Western History.

2. Advanced US History

Take 6 hours from:
HIST 405, The Plains Indians - 3 hours
HIST 406, History and Film - 3 hours
HIST 421, Women in America - 3 hours
HIST 431, Colonial America, 1492-1750 - 3 hours
HIST 432, Revolutionary America, 1750-1800 - 3 hours
HIST 433, The National Period, 1800-1850 - 3 hours
HIST 445, The Civil War and Reconstruction - 3 hours
HIST 456, Regional Field Study - 1-4 hours
HIST 471, History of the Pacific Rim - 3 hours
HIST 473, American Constitutional History I - 3 hours
HIST 474, American Constitutional History II - 3 hours
HIST 475, Internship in History - 1-9 hours
HIST 477, American Thought and Culture, 1620-1865 - 3 hours
HIST 478, American Thought and Culture, 1865-1990 - 3 hours
HIST 479, Nebraska and the Great Plains History - 3 hours
HIST 481, North American Frontiers, 1500-1850 - 3 hours
HIST 482, The American West, 1850-present - 3 hours
HIST 483, The Gilded Age, 1870-1898 - 3 hours
HIST 484, The United States, 1898-1941 - 3 hours
HIST 485, The United States Since 1941 - 3 hours
HIST 495, Topical Studies - 3 hours
HIST 499, Independent Study - 1-4 hours

3. Advanced European History

Take 6 hours from:
HIST 375, English History - 3 hours
HIST 376, English History - 3 hours
HIST 407, History of Sea Power - 3 hours
HIST 408, War and Society - 3 hours
HIST 409, The High Middle Ages, 1050-1350 - 3 hours
HIST 411, Society and Culture in the Middle Ages - 3 hours
HIST 420, Women in Europe - 3 hours
HIST 455, Comparative Studies in Ethnic Conflict - 3 hours
HIST 456, Regional Field Study - 1-4 hours
HIST 457, British Empire - 3 hours
HIST 459, European Expansion and Exploration - 3 hours
HIST 461, Renaissance and Reformation - 3 hours
HIST 462, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Europe - 3 hours
HIST 463, French Revolution and Napoleon - 3 hours
HIST 475, Internship in History - 1-9 hours
HIST 486, Imperial Russia - 3 hours
HIST 488, Nineteenth Century Europe - 3 hours
HIST 489, Fascism and Communism in Twentieth Century Europe - 3 hours
HIST 490, Twentieth Century Europe - 3 hours
HIST 492, Soviet Russia - 3 hours
HIST 493, Modern Eastern Europe - 3 hours
HIST 495, Topical Studies - 3 hours
HIST 499, Independent Study - 1-4 hours

4. Advanced Non-Western History

Take 6 hours from:
HIST 407, History of Sea Power - 3 hours
HIST 408, War and Society - 3 hours
HIST 439, Pre-Hispanic and Colonial Latin America - 3 hours
HIST 441, Modern Latin America - 3 hours
HIST 450, Variable Topics in Latin American History - 3 hours
HIST 451, Comparative Colonialism: Asia and Africa - 3 hours
HIST 452, Colonial India - 3 hours
HIST 453, Modern India - 3 hours
HIST 455, Comparative Studies in Ethnic Conflict - 3 hours
HIST 456, Regional Field Study - 1-4 hours
HIST 457, British Empire - 3 hours
HIST 475, Internship in History - 1-9 hours
HIST 486, Imperial Russia - 3 hours
HIST 495, Topical Studies - 3 hours
HIST 499, Independent Study - 1-4 hours

C. Social Science Courses-From Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology (27 hours required)

Take 15 hours in ONE area, and at least 3 hours in each remaining area to total 27.

1. Economics Emphasis

Take 3 to 15 hours from:

ECON 100GS-499

2. Geography Emphasis

Take 3 to 15 hours from:

GEOG 100-499

3. Political Science Emphasis

Take 3 to 15 hours from:

PSCI 100GS-499

4. Psychology Emphasis

Take 3 to 15 hours from:

PSY 100-499

5. Sociology Emphasis

Take 3 to 15 hours from:

SOC 100-499