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 210GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
HIST 211GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
HIST 250GS, American History - 3 hours
HIST 251GS, American History - 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 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 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. Advanced European History
Take 6 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. 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

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
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