Offered by Department of History:

History Major

History Option
Bachelor of Arts

NSS BA 5704

• Minimum General Studies = 45
  • 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 = 2
• BA Language requirement = a minimum of 6
  For specific language requirements see Bachelor of Arts Degree requirements.
• Major Option = 36
• Minor or 2nd Major, minimum = 24
  Minors are 24 hours; 18 must be unduplicated. Electing a second major may add as many as 18 required hours. Should 6 hours of the minor also meet other requirements, the unrestricted electives will be greater.
• Minimum total hours required coursework = 111
• Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 14
• Minimum total hours required for BA in History = 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.

1. History Option Core Requirements (12 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
     • HIST 250GS, American History - 3 hours
     • HIST 251GS, American History - 3 hours
   • Take 6 hours 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
2. History Option Advanced Courses (24 hours required) Take 24 hours from Advanced History Courses. At least 9 hours of the advanced history hours must be 400 level courses.
   1. History Option-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. History Option-Advanced US History.
      • Take 9 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. History Option-Advanced European History
      • Take 9 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, Saints and Sinners - 3 hours
        • HIST 412, Society and Gender 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. History Option-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