History B.A.
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
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Lower-Division Core Courses | 9 | |
Methods | ||
Introductory History | ||
| American History Electives | 9 | |
| World History Electives | 9 | |
| European History Electives | 9 | |
| Advanced Writing Courses in History | 3 | |
| Total Hours | 39 | |
Lower-Division Core Courses
Rule: Complete the following subcategories. 9 total credits required.
Methods
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete the following course: | ||
| HSTR 200 | Intro: Historical Methods | 1 |
| Total Hours | 1 | |
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.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete two of the following courses: | 8 | |
| American History I | ||
or HSTA 103H | Honors American History I | |
| American History II | ||
or HSTA 104H | Honors American History II | |
| Western Civilization I | ||
or HSTR 103H | Honors Western Civilization I | |
| Western Civilization II | ||
or HSTR 104H | Honors Western Civilization II | |
| Total Hours | 8 | |
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Note: Courses with historical content offered in other departments at UM may count toward the History degree with consent of the History Department chair.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Hours | 9 | |
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.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Hours | 9 | |
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.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Hours | 9 | |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Advanced Writing Courses in History
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Hours | 3 | |
Minimum Required Grade: C-