1996-98 UNK UG Catalog/BA History

University of Nebraska at Kearney

1996-98 UNK Undergraduate Catalog

Offered by Department of History:

History Major - Bachelor of Arts

NSS BA 5704

General Studies = 45
BA Language requirement = a minimum of 5: The BA requires completion of two intermediate or advanced courses in a single modern language. Students coming to campus having met the 1997- admission requirements will typically have a 5-6 hour requirement. Students without two years of high school language study will typically take 10 hours of first year language before completing this requirement.
Major = 36
Minor or 2nd Major = 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 = 110
Unrestricted elective in 125 hour program = 15
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.
A. History Major Core Requirements
Take all of the following:: HIST 210GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours; HIST 211GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours; HIST 250GS, American History - 3 hours; HIST 251GS, American History - 3 hours
B. History Major Advanced Courses: Take 24 hours from Advanced History Courses; at least 9 hours of the advanced history hours must be 400 level courses.; 1. History Major-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 Major - Advanced US History.; Take 9 hours from:; HIST 306, Explorations in History - 3 hours; HIST 315, American Military History - 3 hours; HIST 405, The Plains Indians - 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 469, American Diplomatic History to 1898 - 3 hours; HIST 470, Twentieth Century American Diplomacy - 3 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, Special Topics in History - 3 hours; HIST 499, Independent Study - 1-4 hours; 3. History Major-Advanced European History; Take 9 hours from:; HIST 302, Ancient Near East and Greece - 3 hours; HIST 303, History of Rome - 3 hours; HIST 304, Decline & Fall of Rome - 3 hours; HIST 306, Explorations in History - 3 hours; HIST 336, Modern Eastern Europe - 3 hours; HIST 358, Medieval History - 3 hours; HIST 360, Renaissance and Reformation - 3 hours; HIST 375, English History - 3 hours; HIST 376, English History - 3 hours; HIST 402, Age of Alexander the Great - 3 hours; HIST 404, The Age of Christ and the Caesars - 3 hours; HIST 420, Women in Europe - 3 hours; HIST 456, Regional Field Study - 1-4 hours; HIST 457, British Empire - 3 hours; HIST 462, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Europe - 3 hours; HIST 463, French Revolution and Napoleon - 3 hours; HIST 472, History of Modern Germany - 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 495, Special Topics in History - 3 hours; HIST 499, Independent Study - 1-4 hours; 4. History Major-Advanced Non-Western History; Take 6 hours from:; HIST 306, Explorations in History - 3 hours; HIST 316, A History of Africa - 3 hours; HIST 317, A History of the Islamic World to 1914 - 3 hours; HIST 339, Pre-Hispanic and Colonial Latin America - 3 hours; HIST 340, Modern Latin America - 3 hours; HIST 350, History of Modern East Asia - 3 hours; HIST 402, Age of Alexander the Great - 3 hours; HIST 418, A History of the Islamic World and the Arab Israeli Conflicts 1914 to Present - 3 hours; HIST 419, History of Jews in Modern Times - 3 hours; HIST 450, Variable Topics in Latin American History - 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, Special Topics in History - 3 hours; HIST 499, Independent Study - 1-4 hours

1996-1998 UNK Undergraduate Catalog

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