History Major (BA)
College: College of Social Sciences & Professional Studies
- Master a rich body of historical knowledge. Students will learn to recognize, understand, discuss, and debate key historical events, issues, and ideas.
- Become skilled researchers. Students will learn to locate and work with a wide variety of historical sources and source-formats, including online resource databases and digital media, and to analyze them in support of their own claims about the past.
- Become critical, analytical readers. Students will learn to read historical sources and digest their meanings, themes, arguments, and conclusions, and to recognize subjective challenges present in those sources, such as bias and ambiguity.
- Become skilled writers and communicators. Students will learn to write about and discuss their findings and claims clearly, concisely, and effectively, and to document their claims and sources accurately with correct scholarly apparatus.
- Become critical, global thinkers. Students will learn to understand and to articulate the value of ethnic and cultural diversity to the study of History and the important perspectives that they provide.
Requirements for the History Major
At least 15 credits of upper-level courses in the major must be completed at UW-Parkside.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| HIST 101 | The United States: Origins to Reconstruction | 3 |
| HIST 102 | The United States: Reconstruction to Recent Times | 3 |
| HIST 118 | Western Civilization I: From Antiquity to 1300 | 3 |
| or HIST 126 | World History I: From Antiquity to 1300 | |
| HIST 119 | Western Civilization II: The Middle Ages to 1815 | 3 |
| or HIST 127 | World History II: From 1300 to 1800 | |
| HIST 120 | Western Civilization III: From 1815 to the Present | 3 |
| or HIST 128 | World History III: From 1800 to the Present | |
| HIST 250 | Sources and Methods in History | 3 |
| HIST 497 | History Capstone | 3 |
| Required Courses Subtotal | 21 | |
| Elective Courses | ||
| Select twelve credits of 300-400 level HIST courses | 12 | |
| Select one 300-400 level non-Western area e.g. Africa, Asia, Middle East HIST course | 3 | |
| Select one any level HIST course | 3 | |
| Elective Courses Subtotal | 18 | |
| Total Credits | 39 | |
General University Degree Requirements (Bachelor's Degree)
In addition to individual program requirements, students must also fulfill the following requirements:
| Requirement | Credits |
|---|---|
| Skills | 7-8 |
| General Education | 36 |
| Foreign Language** | 6-8 |
| Ethnic Diversity | 3 |
| Total | 52-55 |
** Transfer students in sustainable management, and health information management and technology collaborative, online degree-completion programs, the business management online degree-completion program, and the flexible option degree-completion program will be exempt from the university’s foreign language requirement. See appropriate academic section for further information.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Reading and Writing | ||
| ENGL 101 | Composition and Reading | 3 |
| Computational Skills | ||
| Select one of the following: | 4-5 | |
| Quantitative Reasoning | ||
| Elementary Statistics | ||
| College Mathematics with Applications | ||
| College Algebra I | ||
| Total Credits | 7-8 | |
Degree Requirements
| Requirement | Credits |
|---|---|
| Minimum Total Credits | 120 |
| Upper Level Credits (300 level or above) | 36 |
| Residency | 30 |
Cumulative Degree GPA: 2.0 minimum
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall Semester | Credits | |
| MATH 102 | Quantitative Reasoning | 4 |
| ENGL 100 | Fundamentals of English | 3 |
| HIST 101 | The United States: Origins to Reconstruction | 3 |
| Introductory Language | 4 | |
| General Education (HU) | 3 | |
| Credits | 17 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| ENGL 101 | Composition and Reading | 3 |
| HIST 102 | The United States: Reconstruction to Recent Times | 3 |
| HIST 120 or HIST 128 |
Western Civilization III: From 1815 to the Present or World History III: From 1800 to the Present |
3 |
| General Education (NS) | 3 | |
| Introductory Language | 4 | |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Total Credits | 33 | |
| Year 2 | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| HIST 118 or HIST 126 |
Western Civilization I: From Antiquity to 1300 or World History I: From Antiquity to 1300 |
3 |
| HIST 250 | Sources and Methods in History | 3 |
| General Education (HU) | 3 | |
| General Education (NS) | 3 | |
| General Education (SS) | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| HIST 119 or HIST 127 |
Western Civilization II: The Middle Ages to 1815 or World History II: From 1300 to 1800 |
3 |
| General Education (HU) | 3 | |
| General Education (SS) | 3 | |
| General Education (NS) | 3 | |
| General Education (NS) | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Total Credits | 30 | |
| Year 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall Semester | Credits | |
| HIST 300/400 Level Elective | 3 | |
| HIST 300/400 Level Elective | 3 | |
| HIST 300/400 Level Elective | 3 | |
| General Education (HU) | 3 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| HIST Elective | 3 | |
| HIST 300/400 Level Elective | 3 | |
| HIST 300/400 Level Elective | 3 | |
| 300/400 Level General Elective | 3 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Total Credits | 30 | |
| Year 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall Semester | Credits | |
| 300/400 Level General Elective | 3 | |
| 300/400 Level General Elective | 3 | |
| 300/400 Level General Elective | 3 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| HIST 497 | History Capstone | 3 |
| 300/400 Level General Elective | 3 | |
| 300/400 Level General Elective | 3 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Total Credits | 30 | |