Offered by Department of History

History-Social Science Major

History-Social Science Comprehensive
Bachelor of Science
Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology Emphases

• General Studies Program Hours = 45
  • Foundational Core (Written, Math, Oral, Democracy) = 12
  • Portal = 3
  • Distribution = 27
    • Aesthetics minimum = 3
    • Humanities minimum = 6
    • Social Sciences minimum = 6
    • Natural Sciences minimum = 7
    • Analytical and Quantitative Thought minimum = 0
    • Wellness minimum = 0
  • Capstone = 3
• BS Science-related course requirements = 0
• Major Option = 60
• Minimum total hours required coursework = 105
• Unrestricted electives in 120 hour program = 15
• Minimum total hours required for BS in Social Science Comprehensive - History Emphasis = 120
• All UNK degrees require a minimum of 120 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. Social Science Comprehensive/History Emphasis Core Requirements (15 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
     • HIST 250GS, American History - 3 hours
     • HIST 251GS, American History - 3 hours
     • CSIT 108GS, Computers in Society - 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. 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 315, American Military History - 3 hours
          • HIST 405, The Plains Indians - 3 hours
          • HIST 406, History and Film - 3 hours
          • HIST 421, Women in America - 3 hours
          • HIST 429, Religion 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, 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. Advanced Non-Western History
        • Take 6 hours from:
          • HIST 407, History of Sea Power - 3 hours
          • HIST 408, War and Society - 3 hours
          • HIST 416, History of Christianity - 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
3. 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 100-ECON 499
        • (except ECON 188GS or ECON 388GS)
     2. Geography Emphasis
        • Take 3 to 15 hours from GEOG 100-GEOG 499
        • (except GEOG 188GS or GEOG 388GS)
     3. Political Science Emphasis
        • Take 3 to 15 hours from PSCI 100-PSCI 499
        • (except PSCI 188GS or PSCI 388GS)
     4. Psychology Emphasis
        • Take 3 to 15 hours from PSY 100-PSY 499
        • (except PSY 188GS or PSY 388GS)
     5. Sociology Emphasis
        • Take 3 to 15 hours from SOC 100-SOC 499
        • (except SOC 188GS)