The Department of History
Dr. Matt Redinger, Chairperson
LA 819, (406) 657-2896
mredinger@msubillings.edu
www.msubillings.edu/cas/history/
Professors: Edgerton, Redinger
Assistant Professors: Duncan, Rust
Lecturer: Havner
Emeritus: Fargo, Friguglietti, Moses, Rollins, Ziegler
Undergraduate Degrees and Majors
Bachelor of Arts
Major: History
Option: Teaching Certificate
Minor: History
Teaching Minors: History
Certification: Social Science (Broadfield) Endorsement
Advising Information
Students are encouraged to meet with their advisor each semester to confirm that their Plan of Study is accurate and complete. If necessary, changes and updates should be made in order to ensure that program requirements can be completed in a timely manner. Faculty advisors work with students to explore appropriate internships, cooperative education placements and/or experiential learning opportunities which will enhance the student’s academic program. In addition, advisors provide assistance in selecting elective courses which support the student’s interests, career plans and Plan of Study.
Academic advising services for all freshmen Arts and Sciences majors are provided through the Advising Center in McMullen Hall, Room 100. Upon declaring a specific major, Arts and Science majors will be assigned to a faculty advisor in their department for upper-division advising. Advising files for all upper-division students are maintained in the departmental office of the program in which the student is majoring.
Although advisors are available to assist students in designing their Plans of Study, students are ultimately responsible for meeting degree requirements.
The Department of History has a four-year program in History which leads to a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Language Requirement for the B.A. Degree in History
Requires proficiency in a language other than English, equivalent to satisfactory completion of second-year college-level work or the 101-102 active skills sequence in one foreign language plus 6 credit hours of foreign culture courses selected from the following:
HIST 357 Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin America
HIST 358 Modern Latin America
HIST 451 History of Islamic Civilization
HIST 453 The Middle East in the Twentieth Century
HIST 459 History of Mexico
HIST 462 Topics in Modern European History
HIST 463 History of Southern Asia since 1750
HIST 465 Topics in Modern Asian History
HIST 471 Colonial and Independent Africa, 1884-present
PHIL 233 Philosophies and Religions of India
PHIL 234 Philosophies and Religions of China, Tibet, and Japan
*SPAN 150 The Hispanic Tradition
*May satisfy Academic Foundations requirements.
Transfer students may use other foreign cultural courses they may have taken in another institution to fulfill this requirement upon approval by the department. History majors and extended majors in history who choose history courses from the above options will still have to fulfill the required number of credit hours of upper-division courses in history in addition to the 6 credit hours chosen from the list.
History
The history program provides a broad Academic Foundations, an intensive study of History, proficiency in a foreign language, and courses in a selected minor field of study.
Students focus their study in the following two areas: United States History and Global History.
History helps one to learn to read critically, to write carefully and to think problems through to a logical conclusion. History courses offer a basic background of knowledge essential to many professions.
Pre-law students can put their study of the past to good use in their legal work since it entails an examination of past events and the reasons how and why they happened. Business and industry are interested in hiring individuals who have an interest and knowledge in international affairs and cultures. A degree in history serves as preparation and background for management, sales and public relations.
In the area of journalism it is good to remember that newspapers and magazines have backup staffs and research oriented jobs. History provides a perspective and discipline necessary in the world of communication through the printed word, television, radio, films and the theatre. History also provides artists with the understanding of forces and conflicts that molded and influenced the arts.
Government is still the largest employer of all, and since many positions require no specific major, history is a good choice. Whatever students choose as occupations, an interest in the world around them, past and present, is very essential.
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