History Option

Freshman YearCredits
Choose one European history course:3-4
HSTR 101IH - Western Civilization I
HSTR 102IH - Western Civilization II
HSTR 282CS - Darwinian Revolution
Choose one lower division American History4
HSTA 101IH - American History I
HSTA 102IH - American History II
HSTA 129IH - Asian American History
HSTA 160D - Introduction to the American West
HSTA 220IH - Shaping of America: History of American Religion
AMST 101D - Introduction to American Studies
AMST 201IH - American Identity, American Dreams
One Year Modern Language. The student may elect to take an additional nine credits of upper-division history courses instead of one-year modern language requirement. 6
University Core and Electives14
Year Total: 28
Sophomore YearCredits
Choose two lower division World History classes:6
HSTR 105IH - Making Our World-Ten Events
HSTR 130D - Latin American History
HSTR 135D - The Modern Middle East
HSTR 140D - Modern Asia
HSTR 145D - Reinventing Japan
HSTR 146IH - The Silk Road: Religion and Globalization
HSTR 160D - Modern World History
HSTR 205CS - The World Environment
HSTR 207CS - Sci and Tech in World History
HSTR 208RH - Sci,Envir,Tech,Soc: Common Exp
HSTR 210IH - History of the Bible
HSTR 221IH - God - Past, Puzzle, Present
Choose 1 upper division American History class:3
AMST 301 - Reproduction in America
AMST 410 - Religion and the United States Supreme Court
HSTA 311 - Early America
HSTA 315 - Early American Republic, 1787-1848
HSTA 316 - American Civil War Era
HSTA 320 - Birth of Modern US: 1865-1945
HSTA 322 - Am History: WWII to Present
HSTA 334 - American Myth, Memory and Monuments
HSTA 402 - Sex and Sexuality in America
HSTA 406 - McCarthy, Populism and Fear in US Politics
HSTA 407 - Gender in US & Canadian West
HSTA 408 - Gender in America
HSTA 409 - Food in America
HSTA 410 - Disease in America
HSTA 412IH - American Thought and Culture
HSTA 416 - Race and Class in America
HSTA 450 - History of American Indians
HSTA 460 - Montana and the West
HSTA 464 - History of the American West
HSTA 468 - History of Yellowstone
HSTA 470 - American Environmental History
HSTA 472 - American Built Environment
HSTA 474 - Fire in America
HSTA 482 - Technology and the Fate of Humanity
NASX 450 - History of American Indians
University Core and Electives20
Year Total: 29
Junior YearCredits
Choose 1 upper division European history class:3
HSTR 302 - Ancient Greece
HSTR 304 - Ancient Rome
HSTR 322 - 19th Century Europe
HSTR 324 - 20th Century Europe
HSTR 350 - Modern Britain
HSTR 352 - France Revolution: 1789-1848
HSTR 353 - Modern France
HSTR 359 - Russia to 1917
HSTR 360 - Cold War Europe
HSTR 362 - Modern Germany
HSTR 364 - Modern Austria
HSTR 365 - The History of the Ancient Near East
HSTR 367 - Nazi Art and Propaganda
HSTR 372 - The World at War
HSTR 376 - Twentieth Century War
HSTR 407 - Soviet Union: Rise & Fall
HSTR 419 - Modern Science
HSTR 423 - European Intellectual History
HSTR 425 - Mapping the World
HSTR 427 - Nature & Culture in European History
HSTR 462 - Holocaust in Nazi Occupied Europe
HSTR 467 - History of Mountaineering
HSTR 488 - The Nuclear World
Choose 2 upper division World history classes:6
HSTR 308 - Ancient Egypt
HSTR 313 - Religion and Violence
HSTR 316 - Ancient India: Text and Ritual
HSTR 330 - History of Mexico
HSTR 331 - Archaeology, Exploration, and Religion
HSTR 340 - Age of the Shoguns
HSTR 342 - Japan's Meiji Revolution
HSTR 345 - Modern China
HSTR 346 - Modern India
HSTR 359 - Russia to 1917
HSTR 366 - Middle East/20th Century
HSTR 372 - The World at War
HSTR 375 - Eurasian Borderlands
HSTR 402 - Witches and Witchraft
HSTR 405 - American Holy Land
HSTR 407 - Soviet Union: Rise & Fall
HSTR 416 - Global History of Food
HSTR 425 - Mapping the World
HSTR 426 - History of Yoga: East and West
HSTR 430 - Latin Amer Social History
HSTR 431 - Race in Latin America
HSTR 432 - Colonial Latin America
HSTR 433 - Latin American Perspectives
HSTR 434 - Gender in Latin America
HSTR 435 - Latin America: Human Rights
HSTR 436 - Armed Conflict in Modern Latin America
HSTR 438 - Latin American Nature in History and Culture
HSTR 443 - Gender in Asia
HSTR 445 - Environ, Health & Sci in Japan
HSTR 446 - Science and Medicine in China
HSTR 468 - From Empire to Republic
HSTR 469 - Memoir & Biography in History
HSTR 474 - Foundations of Public History
HSTR 475 - Public History Lab
HSTR 476 - Oral History: Theory and Practice
HSTR 482 - Animal Histories
HSTR 483 - Africa: Colonial Through Modern Era
HSTR 484 - World Environmental History
SPNS 430 - Latin Amer Perspectives
University Core and Electives21
Year Total: 30
Senior YearCredits
HSTR 499R - Senior Capstone: History Methodology3
Choose any five upper division (@300 or @400) history electives (HSTA or HSTR), excluding courses taken to fulfill above requirements*15
University Core and Electives15
Year Total: 33
Total Program Credits: 120
*

Three of the five history electives from the electives list constitute the student's Field of Concentration. Fields of Concentration include Environmental History, History of Race & Gender, History of Science & Technology, Asian History, Latin American History, European History, U.S. History, History of the American West, Cultural & Intellectual History. Courses taken in the electives area cannot overlap with courses taken to fulfill the World Regions requirement.

A minimum of 120 credits is required for graduation; 42 of these credits must be in courses numbered 300 and above. Students must receive a grade of C- or better in all required courses.