Program Description

While long recognizing that history covers all recorded expressions of human activity--political, economic, social, cultural, and intellectual--beginning in the 1970s historians adapted social science techniques to study history, including the construction of databases, statistical analysis, and mapping systems to reveal patterns in history that were not available from traditional interpretations of written records. Use of these tools has expanded dramatically over the last three decades as new technological developments have changed the way that people research and explore history, as well the way history is shared and learned. Students and scholars are pushed beyond the boundaries of books and journals into new media that require sophisticated mathematical, geographic, and technological understanding.

The Bachelor of Science degree program melds the broad perspective, analytical, and effective communication skills inherent in the Bachelor of Arts degree with a working knowledge of statistics, science, and computing to prepare students to for work or further research is economic history, digital humanities, finance, business administration, information systems, marketing, and government agencies. 

Degree Requirements 

General

Complete 120 total credit hours, with at least 30 at the 300-400 (upper division) level, with a program cumulative grade point average of 2.0 

General Education Requirements (30 credit hours)

Complete the University General Education curriculum requirements. 

Note: The following courses are not a re-statement of the Universitie's General Education Requirement but a list of specific General Education courses that are are also requirements or pre-requisites for course work in the school/major.

• ENG-W 290 Writing in the Arts & Sciences
• MATH-A 118 (or higher) Finite Math for Soc & Biol Sci

Bachelor of Science Requirements (7 credits hours)

Complete 2 courses, one with a lab; one without from Computer, Physical or Life Sciences disciplines, in addition to the lab course take to fulfill the University General Education requirements. Computer science courses are those under department heading CSCI-*. For Physical and Life Science choices, see BA Distribution Requirement list, and select from choices in the Methods of Inquiry in the Natural Sciences. 

Major Requirements:

• HIST-xx- 1xx -Any 100-level HIST course
• HIST-xx- 1xx -Any 100-level HIST course
• HIST-xx- 1xx -Any 100-level HIST course
• HIST-xx- 1xx -Any 100-level HIST course
• HIST-H 199 Careers for History Majors
• HIST-xx- 2xx-4xx -Geographical Area 1*
• HIST-xx- 2xx-4xx -Geographical Area 1*
• HIST-xx- 2xx-4xx -Geographical Area 2*
• HIST-xx- 2xx-4xx -Geographical Area 3*
• HIST-xx- 2xx-4xx -Any 200-400 level HIST course
• HIST-xx- 2xx-4xx -Any 200-400 level HIST course
• HIST-H 236 The Historian's Craft
• HIST-J 495 Proseminar for History Majors
• xxxx-x xxx -Non-HIST elective
• xxxx-x xxx- Non-HIST elective

*Students must complete 12 units from three selected geographical areas. Six (6) units must be from one of the selected areas.

World History  Can be used for 200-400 level electives)

• HIST-H 243 Environmental History
• HIST-H 376 Atlantic World History
• HIST-H 425 Topics in History
• HIST-W 255 Natural Disasters in World History
• HIST-W 300 Topics in World History