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History, B.A.
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The history major teaches students research, analytical, writing, and presentation skills that can be applied to any career. Programs in the History Department offer the student understanding in the scholarly discipline of history through the expansion of historical knowledge, the comprehension of historiography, and the practice of critical inquiry. Framing the questions that define particular scholarly debates underlies critical analysis of primary and secondary sources. Students gain exposure to these questions in course work and demonstrate their familiarity with them in discussions, written work, and presentations. Through the department’s skills-based curriculum, history majors learn how to think and write like historians. History faculty teach students to think contextually, analyze historical documents, and become better researchers and writers. The Department offers majors and minors in history with options for emphasis in United States, Latin American, European, Eastern European, African and Asian History.
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Graduation Requirements
- Total Units | 120
- Cumulative GPA | 2.0
- University GPA | 2.0
- Major GPA | 2.0
- Residency Requirement | 30 Upper-Division Units at UNR
- Major Residency Requirement | 15 Upper-Division Units in the major at UNR
- Upper-Division Requirement | 42 Upper-Division Units
- Half Program Units/4 Year Institution | 60 Units
I. Core General Education Requirements (24-27 units)
NOTE: Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter of this catalog for information regarding the “Core English and Math Completion Policy .”
Students must meet all Core Objectives (CO1 through CO14). Courses satisfying Core Objectives are designated (e.g., CO9) in General Catalog curricula and course description.
A. Composition & Communication; Critical Analysis & Use of Information (3-6 units) - CO1, CO3
B. Quantitative Reasoning (3 units minimum) - CO2
Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter for a list of approved CO2 courses .
C. Physical & Natural Phenomena (6 units minimum) - CO4, CO4L
Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter for a list of approved CO4/CO4L courses .
D. Cultures, Societies, & Individuals (3 units) - CO6
Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter for a list of approved CO6 courses .
E. Artistic Composition, Interpretation, & Expression (3 units) - CO7
Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter for a list of approved CO7 courses .
F. History & Culture; Constitution (6 units) - CO5, CO8
Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter in this catalog.
II. Additional Core Requirements (15 units maximum)
Students must take courses that satisfy the following Core Objectives. Some or all of these Core Objectives may be satisfied in the Major Requirements (Section IV). Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter in this catalog.
A. Science, Technology & Society - CO9
Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter for a list of approved CO9 courses.
B. Diversity & Equity - CO10
Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter for a list of approved CO10 courses.
C. Global Context - CO11
Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter for a list of approved CO11 courses.
D. Ethics - CO12
Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter for a list of approved CO12 courses.
E. Capstone Integration & Synthesis - CO13
Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter for a list of approved CO13 courses.
Note(s)
The History Department offers many courses that satisfy these COs, and students are encouraged to take courses meeting these requirements within the major whenever possible. III. Additional College Requirements (6-20 units)
Units may vary depending on initial course placement in foreign language coursework.
A. Foreign Language (0-14 units)
Successful completion of the foreign language requirement may be accomplished through one of four options:
- complete a fourth semester college course in a foreign language or in American Sign Language;
- demonstrate proficiency through placement examination or other means determined by the Department of World Languages and Literatures, including minimum CBAPE, SAT II, or IB scores;
- show transcript evidence of successful completion of four years of high school coursework in the same foreign language; or
- participate in a Studies Abroad program pre-approved by the college to meet the foreign language requirement.
B. College Breadth Requirement (6 units)
Students seeking a Bachelor of Arts degree in the college shall be required to take, within the College of Liberal Arts, 6 units that are outside the departments in which they major or minor, and that exclude courses taken to fulfill the Core General Education requirements (Core Objectives 1 through 8).
IV. Major Requirements (36 units)
- Majors in History must complete at least eighteen units in the field of history within the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE).
- Twenty-four units (which include HIST 300 OR HIST 300A and HIST Capstone (CO13) OR HIST 499A OR HIST 499B) must be at the 300 - 400 level.
- Majors must earn a grade of “C” or better in HIST 300 OR HIST 300A.
- Only 100-level correspondence, continuing education or distance education courses will be accepted in fulfillment of major or minor requirements.
A. Survey courses (6 units)
Choose any two of the following: B. Non-U.S. and Non-European History (6 units)
Consult a History advisor for appropriate courses.
C. Research Methods (3 units)
Majors must earn a grade of “C” or better in one of the following: D. Senior Experience (3 units)
E. History Electives (18 units)
Consult a History advisor for appropriate courses. V. Minor Requirements (18-21 units)
The History Department accepts any minor approved by the College of Liberal Arts. VI. Electives (1-21 units)
Consult a history advisor for appropriate courses. Fall Semester (16 units)
- Prerequisite Core English (3 units) *
- Quantitative Reasoning (3 units) CO2*
- Foreign Language 111 (4 units)
- Cultures, Societies, & Individuals (3 units) CO6
- HIST Survey (3 units)
Spring Semester (16-17 units)
Fall Semester (15-16 units)
Spring Semester (15 units)
Spring Semester (15 units)
- 300-400 Level HIST Elective (6 units)
- 300-400 Level Minor (3 units)
- 300-400 Level College Breadth Requirement (3 units)
- Global Contexts (3 units) CO11
Fall Semester (14-16 units)
- Capstone Integration & Synthesis (3 units) CO13 (with HIST prefix) OR
- HIST 499A - Senior Thesis (3 units) CO14 OR
- HIST 499B - Applied History 3 units (CO14)
- General Elective (2-4 units)
- Capstone Integration & Synthesis (3 units) CO13
- 300-400 Level Minor (3 units)
- Ethics (3 units) CO12
Spring Semester (12 units)
- 300-400 Level HIST elective (6 units)
- 300-400 Level Minor (3 units)
- Minor (3 units)
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