History B.A.

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Bachelor of Arts - History

College of Humanities & Sciences

Degree Specific Credits: 39

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0

Catalog Year: 2018-2019

Note: A minimum of 40 credits in History are required, 21 of which must be upper-division credits. A maximum of 60 credits in History are allowed. Penalties will apply for more than 60 credits.

General Education Requirements

Information regarding these requirements can be found in the General Education Section of the catalog. 

Summary

Lower-Division Core Courses9
Methods
Introductory History
American History Electives9
World History Electives9
European History Electives9
Advanced Writing Courses in History3
Total Hours39

Lower-Division Core Courses

Rule: Complete the following subcategories. 9 total credits required.

Methods

Complete the following course:
HSTR 200Intro: Historical Methods1
Total Hours1

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Introductory History

Note: Must select either the regular or honors version of a course to apply to the requirement.

AP Policy: Those students scoring a "5" on either the American History or European History AP exam are excused from the above requirement. These students earn credit toward graduation but do not earn credit toward the history degree.

Complete two of the following courses:8
American History I
Honors American History I
American History II
Honors American History II
Western Civilization I
Honors Western Civilization I
Western Civilization II
Honors Western Civilization II
Total Hours8

Minimum Required Grade: C-


American History Electives

Note: Courses with historical content offered in other departments at UM may count toward the History degree with consent of the History Department chair.

Complete 9 credits of the following courses:9
Black: From Africa to Hip-Hop
American History I
American History II
Honors American History I
Honors American History II
Special Topics
Montana History
Abolitionism
Special Topics
Early American Republic
American Civil War Era
Birth of Modern US
America in Crisis
U.S. History: WWII to Present
U.S. in the 1950s
U.S. in the 1960s
American Military History
Movie America
Afr Amer Hist to 1865
Afr Amer Hist Since 1865
Voodoo, Muslim, Church: Black Religion
African-American Struggle for Equality
The American South
Wmn Amer Colonial to Civil War
Wmn Amer Civil War to Present
Alcohol in American History
AmericanConstitutional History
History of American Law
Families & Children in America
Special Topics
The Black Radical Tradition
Prayer & Civil Rights
Research in Montana History
Writing Women's Lives
Special topics
Seminar
Writing For History
Environmental History
20th Cent Amer West
Historical Research Seminar
Total Hours9

Minimum Required Grade: C-


World History Electives

Note: Courses with historical content offered in other departments at UM may count toward the History degree with consent of the History Department chair.

Complete 9 credits of the following courses:9
The Silk Road
Special Topics
Colonial Latin America
Modern Latin America
East Asian Civilizations
Central Asian Cult & Civ
Islamic Civil: Classical Age
Islamic Civ: Modrn Era
Terrorism:Viol Mod Wrld
Special Topics
Writing For History
Latin America: Reform & Revolution
Modern China
Iran Between Two Revolutions
Nationalism Modern Middle East
Special Topics
Independent Study
Historical Research Seminar
Lat Am Human Rgts & Memory
US-Latin America Relations
Special Topics
Independent Study
Total Hours9

Minimum Required Grade: C


European History Electives

Note: Courses with historical content offered in other departments at UM may count toward the History degree  with consent of the History Department chair.

Complete 9 credits of the following courses:9
Western Civilization I
Western Civilization II
Honors Western Civilization I
Honors Western Civilization II
Writing For History
Ancient Greek Social History
Ancient Greece
Age of Absolut 1648-1789
Reformation
European Social and Intellectual History: 1450-1789
European Social and Intellectual History: The 19th Century
Contemporary Europe
Britain 1485-1688
Britain from Rev - Reform 1688
Modern Britain
France Revol 1789-1848
Modern France
Italy: 1300-1800
Italy: 1800-Present
Russia to 1881
Russia Since 1881
Germ:Augsburg-Bismarck
Eastern Europe
European Internal Relat
Special Topics
Independent Study
Historical Research Seminar
The Great Historians
Britain 1500 - 1800
Special Topics
Independent Study
Total Hours9

Minimum Required Grade: C-


Advanced Writing Courses in History

Complete one of the following courses:3
The Black Radical Tradition
Prayer & Civil Rights
Research in Montana History
Writing Women's Lives
Historical Research Seminar
Britain 1500 - 1800
US-Latin America Relations
Total Hours3

Minimum Required Grade: C-