History - B.A.

Department of History and Political Science Core

All majors in the Department of History and Political Science require the following 8-credit Department Core

• POSC 276 - Introduction to Methodology in Political Science
• POSC 440 - Senior Capstone

• or

• HIST 440 - Senior Capstone

Major Requirements

Students must complete the requirements of one of the areas of concentration listed below.

History Concentration

Forty-three (43) credit hours, including the above core:

• One U.S. History Course (3 credit hours)
• One Latin America History Course (3 credit hours)
• One African History Course (3 credit hours)
• One European History Course (3 credit hours)
• One Global History Course (3 credit hours)
• Two additional courses in History (6 credit hours)
• Two courses from Political Science (6 credit hours) 
• Two courses from the following Informatics courses: (6-7 hours) 
  • INF 110 Foundations of Informatics  (4 credit hours)
  • INF 120 Foundations of Information Technology  (3 credit hours)
  • INF 130 Research and Design for Informatics  (3 credit hours)

or

• Two courses from the following English courses (6 hours):
  • ENGL 252 Explorations in Professional Writing  (2 credit hours)
  • ENGL 335 ENGL 335 - Writing as Social Action  (4 credit hours) 

History for Education Concentration

Fifty (50) credit hours, including the above core:

• One U.S. history course (3 hours)
• One Latin American history course (3 hours)
• One African history course (3 hours)
• One European history course (3 hours)
• One Global history course (3 hours)
• HIST 201 - A History of Globalization
    (3 hours)
• Three (3) History Electives (9 hours)
• ECON 101 - Principles of Microeconomics
    (3 hours)
• Either
  POSC 140 - International Relations
    or
  POSC 150 - Comparative Politics
    (3 hours)
• POSC 160 - Geography and International Politics
    (3 hours)
• POSC 170 American Government  (3 hours)
• SOC 110 Introduction to Sociology  (3 hours)

Students may take two (2) additional POSC courses to receive a Political Science Endorsement

Additional Major Requirements:

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