2011-2013 Undergraduate Catalog

Department of History (cont'd)

Bachelor of Arts Degree
Major in History
Teaching Licensure Option

All students desiring licensure to teach are required to file an Application for Admission to the Teacher Education Program (see page 274).

  Credits
General Education Requirements
(See page 71) Students should consult with their advisors to determine if specific courses are necessary in order to satisfy the General Education requirements within this major.
37
Professional Core (see page 288)
EDU 105 counted in General Education, 34 credits if not
31
 
Required Courses
*HSTA 101 American History I 3
*HSTA 102 American History II 3
HSTA 460 Montana and the West 3
*HSTR 101 Western Civilization I
OR
*HSTR 103 Honors Western Civilization I
3
*HSTR 102 Western Civilization II
OR
*HSTR 104 Honors Western Civilization II
3
HSTA/HSTR 499 Senior Capstone: Historical Methodology 3
Total Required Courses 18
 
Restricted Electives
A minimum of 21 credits of upper division History courses selected in consultation with the departmental advisor, distributed as follows: at least 3 credits from each of the following categories: Area 1a, Area 1b, Area 2a, Area 2b, and Area 3, and 6 credits from any Area. Please note that students may, upon consultation with and the permission of their academic advisor, count up to 6 credits of historically-oriented upper division Honors Seminars as restricted electives in their History major.
21
Area 1a: Early United States
HSTA 309 The Atlantic World 1492-1763 3
HSTA 315 Early American Republic 1787-1848 3
HSTA 316 American Civil War Era 3
HSTA 428 Historical Archeology in the Americas 3
Area 1b: Modern United States
HSTA 320 Birth of Modern United States 3
HSTA 321 America in Crisis 3
HSTA 325 United States since 1960 3
HSTA 421/HON 460 The 1960s 3
Area 1c: United States Topics
HSTA 464 Trans-Mississippi West 3
HSTA 470 American Environmental History 3
HSTA 480/PSCI 472 Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties 3
HSTA 481/PSCI 473 Constitutional Law: Powers and Structures 3
HSTA 498 Internship/Cooperative Education I, II, III 3
Area 2a: Ancient and Medieval
HSTR 302 Ancient Greece 3
HSTR 304 Ancient Rome 3
HSTR 305 Middle Ages 3
HSTR 365 History of Ancient Near East 3
HSTR 420/HON 420 Historical Archaeology of the Classical World 3
Area 2b: Modern Europe
HSTR 317 Renaissance & Reformation 3
HSTR 318 Enlightenment & Revolution 1648-1815 3
HSTR 322 19th Century Europe 3
HSTR 324 20th Century Europe 3
HSTR 423 European Intellectual History 3
HSTR 462 Holocaust in Nazi Occupied Europe 3
HSTR 473 War and Diplomacy in Europe 1648-1945 3
HSTR 491 Special Topics: Modern European History 3
Area 3: Global Studies
HSTR 330 History of Mexico 3
HSTR 332 Pre-Columbian & Colonial Latin America 3
HSTR 336 Modern Latin America 3
HSTR 366 Middle East in the 20th Century 3
HSTR 439 Colonial and Independent Africa since 1884 3
HSTR 440 Topics in Southern Asia since 1750 3
HSTR 447 Modern Asia 3
HSTR 466 Islamic Civilization 3
 
Students may, upon consultation with and the permission of their academic advisor, take any of the following courses to fit any of the above areas.
HSTA 492 Independent Study 3
HSTR 492 Independent Study 3
HSTA 494 Seminar/Workshop 3
HSTR 494 Seminar/Workshop 3
HIST 591 Independent Study 3
HIST 592 Seminar 3
HIST 593 Workshop 3
   
Total minimum credits required for major 70
Teaching minor 21
Total minimum credits required for degree 128

*May satisfy General Education requirements.

Certain courses in this program have prerequisites; students should check the course descriptions for required prerequisites

SUGGESTED PLAN OF STUDY
Bachelor of Arts Degree, History Major, Teaching Licensure Option

First Year

Fall
HSTR 101/103
HSTA 101
General Education elective
General Education elective
General Education elective

Spring
HSTR 102/104
HSTA 102
General Education elective
General Education elective
General Education elective

Second Year

Fall
History elective Area 1a
Education core
Foreign Language
General Education elective
General Education elective

Spring
Education core
Education core
Foreign Language
General Education elective
General Education elective

Third Year

Fall
HSTA 460
General Education elective
Minor elective
Minor elective
Minor elective

Spring
History elective Area 1b
General Education elective
History elective Area 2a
Minor elective
Minor elective

Fourth Year

Fall
HSTA/HSTR 499
History elective Area 2b
Minor elective
Minor elective

Spring
HSTA/HSTR elective
History elective Area 3
Minor elective
Minor elective

NEXT: Minor in History


Facebook icon
Flikr icon
Twitter icon
YouTube icon
A-Z Index: A | B |C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
myInfo
1500 University Drive | Billings, MT 59101 | 406.657.2011 | 800.565.6782 | © 2010 Montana State University Billings | webmaster@msubillings.edu