History: Integrated Digital and Public History Concentration, BA

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This major requires a minor.

Total number of hours required for this degree:
120 hours

Total number of hours (not including prerequisites) in major:
39 semester hours

Total number of advanced hours required in major:
30 semester hours

Major Courses Required:

HIST 1301 - United States to 1865 3 hrs
HIST 1302 - United States Since 1865 3 hrs
HIST 1355 - World History: People and Events to 1600 3 hrs
HIST 1356 - World History: Trends and Issues Since 1600 3 hrs
HIST 3300 - Digital History 3 hrs
HIST 4300 - History of Information 3 hrs
HIST 4301 - Public History 3 hrs
HIST 5380 - Historical Research, Writing and Method 3 hrs
HIST 5381 - Senior Essay 3 hrs
HIST 5385 - Internship in History 3 hrs

One Course from Each of the Following:

HIST 3325 - Economic History of the United States (U.S. History) 3 hrs or
HIST 3360 - United States History through Women’s Eyes (U.S. History) 3 hrs
HIST 3354 - Mexican American Cultural History (Mexican/Latin American/Borderlands) 3 hrs or
HIST 4322 - Spanish Borderlands in North America 3 hrs
HIST 5335 - Historical Movements in 20th Century Europe (European) 3 hrs or
any Advanced Europe HIST
HIST 5337 - Modern Asia 3 hrs or
HIST 5360 - Arab World and Islamic Society Non-Western 3 hrs

Suggested Sequence of Courses:

Required for Bachelor of Arts in History - Concentration: Integrated Digital and Public History

Fall - Year One

HIST 1301 - United States to 1865 3 hrs
ENGL 1313 - Composition I 3 hrs
CISS 1310 - Current Concepts of Information and Computer Technology 3 hrs
SPAN 1411 - Elementary Spanish I 4 hrs
INDS 1311 - Application of Learning 3 hrs (For first term traditional freshmen)

Total: 16 hrs

Spring - Year One

HIST 1302 - United States Since 1865 3 hrs
ENGL 1314 - Composition II 3 hrs
POLS 1301 - American Government 3 hrs
SPAN 1412 - Elementary Spanish II 4 hrs

One of the Following: 3 hrs

THSA 1300 - The Catholic Imagination 3 hrs
THSA 1310 - Introduction to Spirituality and Providence 3 hrs
THSA 1320 - Reading the Bible 3 hrs
THSA 3383 - Leadership: Women and Spirituality (Students in Honors program only) 3 hrs (Students in Honors program only)

Total: 16 hrs

Fall - Year Two

One of the Following: 3-4 hrs

ANTH 2353 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology 3 hrs
BIOL 1400 - Introduction to Life Sciences 4 hrs
BIOL 1401 - General Biology I 4 hrs
BIOL 1402 - General Biology II 4 hrs
BIOL 1410 - Environmental Science 4 hrs
BIOL 1421 - General Human Anatomy and Physiology I 4 hrs
BIOL 1422 - General Human Anatomy and Physiology II 4 hrs
CHEM 1401 - General Chemistry I 4 hrs
CHEM 1402 - General Chemistry II 4 hrs
PHSC 1400 - Introduction to Physical Science 4 hrs
PHSC 1411 - Physical Science I 4 hrs
PHSC 1412 - Physical Science II 4 hrs

One of the Following: 3 hrs

ECON 2301 - Principles of Economics I 3 hrs
PSYC 1305 - Introduction to Psychology 3 hrs
SOCI 1301 - Introduction to Sociology 3 hrs

One of the Following: 3 hrs

Total: 16 hrs

Spring - Year Two

One of the Following: 3 hrs

Total: 15 hrs

Fall - Year Three

HIST 3354 - Mexican American Cultural History (Mexican/Latin American/Borderlands) 3 hrs or
HIST 4322 - Spanish Borderlands in North America 3 hrs
HIST 5337 - Modern Asia 3 hrs or
HIST 5360 - Arab World and Islamic Society Non-Western 3 hrs
HIST 4300 - History of Information 3 hrs
Minor 3 hrs
Minor 3 hrs

Total: 15 hrs

Spring - Year Three

Minor 3 hrs
Minor 3 hrs
HIST 3360 - United States History through Women’s Eyes (U.S. History) 3 hrs or
HIST 3325 - Economic History of the United States (U.S. History) 3 hrs
HIST 3300 - Digital History 3 hrs
Elective 3 hrs

Total: 15 hrs

Fall - Year Four

HIST 4301 - Public History 3 hrs
HIST 5380 - Historical Research, Writing and Method 3 hrs
HIST 5335 - Historical Movements in 20th Century Europe (European) 3 hrs or
any Adv Europe 3 hrs
Minor or Elective 3 hrs
Minor or Elective 3 hrs

Total: 15 hrs

Spring - Year Four

HIST 5381 - Senior Essay 3 hrs
HIST 5385 - Internship in History 3 hrs
Elective 3 hrs
Elective 3 hrs

Total: 12 hrs

Note(s):

The following components are required in all degrees:
General education, major, minor, and validation of completion of:

overall semester hours - 120
institutional semester hours - 45
overall advanced hours - 36
institutional advanced hours - 24

Foreign language requirement:
SPAN 1411 and SPAN 1412

Acceptable minor fields:
Sociology, Political Science, Philosophy, Comparative Mexican American Studies, Theology, Spanish, Kinesiology, or a discipline approved by the History faculty