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Undergraduate Bulletin 2010-2012 
    
Undergraduate Bulletin 2010-2012

History, B.A.


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The history major teaches students to analyze historical problems from several perspectives, to use primary sources and historical literature critically and effectively, and to employ historical perspectives and sources appropriately in the construction of oral and written accounts of the human past. History majors acquire both general knowledge of the human past and more detailed knowledge of a concentration within the field of historical inquiry.

Major Requirements:

Thirty-six semester hours, including:

Required courses:


Additional Requirements:


  • One intensified course taken after HIST 300  — student interested in graduate school are strongly encouraged to intensify at least two history courses and to study a foreign language beyond HIST 102 

A minimum of 15 hours in the major field must be completed at Dominican.

Areas of Concentration:


Students must complete one of the following concentrations:

Concentration in African History:

Fifteen semester hours chosen from courses listed under African History including two from:

 
HIST 280 - Colonial Africa 
HIST 380 - Contemporary Africa 

Concentration in European History:

Fifteen semester hours chosen from courses listed under European History, including at least one course above 200 and at least one course above 300. At least one course must address the period before 1789.

Concentration in Global History:

The department’s 100-level requirements should be fulfilled with:

HIST 111 - World History before 1500 
HIST 112 - World History after 1500 

Fifteen semester hours chosen from courses listed under global history, including at least one course above 200 and at least one course above 300.

Concentration in United States History:

Fifteen semester hours chosen from courses listed under United States history, including:

HIST 143 - History of the American People to 1877 
HIST 144 - History of the American People From 1877  

and at least one course above 300.

Concentration in Latin American History:

Fifteen semester hours chosen from courses listed under Latin American history, including:

HIST 241 - Colonial Latin America 
HIST 242 - Modern Latin America  

and at least one course above 300.

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