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 5
The BA requires completion of two intermediate or advanced courses in a single modern language. Students coming to campus having met the admission requirements taking effect in 1997 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 for intermediate or advanced courses.
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 = 110
Unrestricted electives 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 Option Core Requirements (12 hours required)
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 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 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, Special Topics in History - 3 hours
HIST 499, Independent Study - 1-4 hours
3. History Option-Advanced European History
Take 9 hours from:
HIST 360, Renaissance and Reformation - 3 hours
HIST 375, English History - 3 hours
HIST 376, English History - 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 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, Special Topics in History - 3 hours
HIST 499, Independent Study - 1-4 hours
4. History Option-Advanced Non-Western History
Take 6 hours from:
HIST 339, Pre-Hispanic and Colonial Latin America - 3 hours
HIST 340, Modern Latin America - 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
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