Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Major in History
Minimum required: 120 semester credit hours
General Requirements
- The general education core curriculum courses are listed in the degree plan below along with the statewide component code number. See the General Education Core Curriculum section of this catalog for the Texas State requirements and options in the core curriculum, including Honors courses. The History courses HIST 2327, HIST 2328, HIST 2381, and HIST 2382 are for general education core curriculum credit only and cannot apply toward the History major.
- In addition to the general education core curriculum requirements, the Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A.) requires three additional hours of English literature, three hours of math/science/logic/computer science courses, six hours of 2000-level modern language courses, and a minor.
- Nine hours of writing intensive (WI) courses are required for graduation.
- Students must select a minor from the approved list of Undergraduate Minors.
- Students must complete a minimum of 36 advanced hours (3000 or 4000 level courses).
- This major requires 33 semester credit hours including the following History courses:
Course List Code Title Hours HIST 1310 History of the United States to 1877 3 HIST 1320 History of the United States, 1877 to Date 3 HIST 2310 Western Civilization to 1715 3 or HIST 2311 History of World Civilization to the 17th Century HIST 2320 Western Civilization, 1715 to Date 3 or HIST 2312 History of World Civilization from the 17th Century HIST 4399 Senior Seminar 3 Advanced HIST electives 18 Total Hours 33 - The minimum number of hours required for this degree program is 120. The number of free elective hours a student will complete depends on the number of hours a student may need to achieve the required 120 total or 36 advanced hours.
- In choosing advanced History electives, students are required to complete one course from Group A (World History), one course from Group B (European History), one course from Group C (U.S. History), and three courses from any Group as long as no more than three courses are taken from any one group. (See Group lists below).
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For transfer students, 12 semester credit hours in History (or equivalents) may be transferred from a Texas public institution of higher education for the History Field of Study and be applied to the Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in History at Texas State University. More information about the Field of Study is available in the Academic Policies section of this catalog. The transferable Texas Common Course Number (TCCN) is listed below the Texas State University course number in the following course list.
Course List Code Title Hours HIST 1310 History of the United States to 1877 3 TCCN: HIST 1301HIST 1320 History of the United States, 1877 to Date 3 TCCN: HIST 1302Choose two of the following eight courses: 6 Western Civilization to 1715 TCCN: HIST 2311History of World Civilization to the 17th Century TCCN: HIST 2321History of World Civilization from the 17th Century TCCN: HIST 2322Western Civilization, 1715 to Date TCCN: HIST 2312Texas History: A Survey TCCN: HIST 2301History of Mexican America to 1865 TCCN: HIST 2327History of Mexican America from 1865 TCCN: HIST 2328African American History to 1877 TCCN: HIST 2381African American History from 1877 TCCN: HIST 2382Total Hours 12
Course Requirements
| Freshman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| Communication Component Code 010 | 3 | Communication Component Code 010 | 3 |
| Mathematics Component Code 020 | 3 | Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 | 3 |
| Government/Political Science Component Code 070 | 3 | HIST 1310 (American History Component Code 060 [TCCN HIST 1301]) | 3 |
| Modern Language 1410 | 4 | Government/Political Science Component Code 070 | 3 |
| US 1100 | 1 | Modern Language 1420 | 4 |
| 14 | 16 | ||
| Sophomore | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| Language, Philosophy, and Culture Component Code 040 | 3 | Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 | 3 |
| Creative Arts Component Code 050 | 3 | ENG Literature (Component Area Option Code 090/094)1 | 3 |
| HIST 1320 (American History Component Code 060 [TCCN HIST 1302]) | 3 | Modern Language 2320 | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences Component Code 080 | 3 | HIST 2310 or 2311 (TCCN HIST 2311 or 2321) | 3 |
| Modern Language 2310 | 3 | Minor | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Junior | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| Component Area Option Code 090/091 | 3 | BA English Literature | 3 |
| HIST 2320 or 2312 (TCCN HIST 2312 or 2322) | 3 | HIST Group B - European History | 3 |
| HIST Group A - World History | 3 | HIST Group C - U.S. History | 3 |
| Minor | 6 | Minor | 3 |
| Elective (as needed) | 3 | ||
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Senior | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| BA Science, Math, Computer Science, or Logic | 3 | HIST Advanced Elective | 3 |
| HIST Advanced Electives | 6 | HIST 4399 | 3 |
| Minor | 3 | Minor | 3 |
| Elective (as needed) | 3 | Electives (as needed) | 6 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Total Hours: 120 | |||
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An ENG Literature course may be selected from the following: ENG 2310 (TCCN ENGL 2322), ENG 2320 (TCCN ENGL 2323), ENG 2330 (TCCN ENGL 2332), ENG 2340 (TCCN ENGL 2333), ENG 2359 (TCCN ENGL 2327), ENG 2360 (TCCN ENGL 2328), ENG 2371
HIST Advanced Group Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| GROUP A - WORLD HISTORY | ||
| HIST 3319 | History of Brazil | 3 |
| HIST 3320 | History of Mexico | 3 |
| HIST 3322 | Colonial History of Latin America to 1828 | 3 |
| HIST 3324 | Latin America from Independence to Present | 3 |
| HIST 3325G | Modern Revolutions in Latin American History | 3 |
| HIST 3325I | 3 | |
| HIST 3326 | The Southern Cone of Latin America | 3 |
| HIST 3327 | History of Mexico to 1848 | 3 |
| HIST 3328 | Militarism in Latin America | 3 |
| HIST 3337 | History of U.S. Foreign Policy Making in the Muslim World 1 | 3 |
| HIST 3338 | History of Religion in India | 3 |
| HIST 3368U | U.S. - Cuban Relations 1 | 3 |
| HIST 3368Z | A Global History of Pandemics | 3 |
| HIST 3384 | History and Culture of Modern India | 3 |
| HIST 4318S | Britain and the World 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4318Y | 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4324 | A Global History of Pandemics | 3 |
| HIST 4325 | Islamic History to 1798 | 3 |
| HIST 4326 | The Modern Middle East | 3 |
| HIST 4327 | The Problem of Palestine | 3 |
| HIST 4328 | History of India | 3 |
| HIST 4331 | Piracy Through the Ages 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4332 | European Colonialism 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4333 | Russian Empire and its Peoples: Histories of Eurasia before 1917 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4334 | The Soviet Union and After: Histories of Eurasia Since 1917 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4342 | Modern Africa | 3 |
| HIST 4343 | Modern China, 1600-Present | 3 |
| HIST 4344 | Modern Japan, 1600-Present | 3 |
| HIST 4345 | Postwar Japan | 3 |
| HIST 4346 | Modern Korea | 3 |
| HIST 4347 | Hong Kong in the Modern World | 3 |
| HIST 4348 | Mahatma Gandhi and Nonviolence | 3 |
| HIST 4349 | History of Drugs | 3 |
| HIST 4350A | Slavery and Emancipation in the Americas | 3 |
| HIST 4350D | Empire and Identity in Central Asia | 3 |
| HIST 4350E | Gender in Latin American History | 3 |
| HIST 4350K | 3 | |
| HIST 4350L | 3 | |
| HIST 4350R | 3 | |
| HIST 4350T | Japanese Urban Life | 3 |
| HIST 4350V | 3 | |
| HIST 4350Y | 3 | |
| HIST 4353 | WWI: The Great War 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4362 | Peace and Nonviolence Movements 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4368 | War and Society 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4369 | Introduction to Ethnohistory 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4373 | Economic and Social History of the Americas 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4387 | The Historian's Craft: Methods and Research | 3 |
| HIST 4388 | Problems in History 2 | 3 |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| GROUP B - EUROPEAN HISTORY | ||
| HIST 3310 | History of Europe, 1815-1919 | 3 |
| HIST 3311 | History of Europe Since 1919 | 3 |
| HIST 3312 | Renaissance and Reformation | 3 |
| HIST 3313 | Europe During the Old Regime, 1600-1760 | 3 |
| HIST 3314 | Revolutionary Europe, 1760-1815 | 3 |
| HIST 3315 | History of England to 1603 | 3 |
| HIST 3316 | History of England Since 1603 | 3 |
| HIST 3332 | Rebels and Power in Renaissance Spain, 1492-1700 | 3 |
| HIST 3333 | Dictatorships and Democracy in Modern Spain, 1808 to Present | 3 |
| HIST 3335 | Spain of the Three Religions: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Premodern Iberia | 3 |
| HIST 3368P | 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4304 | Ancient Rome and the Mediterranean 500 B.C. to 500 A.D. | 3 |
| HIST 4307 | The Medieval Mediterranean, 500-1500 | 3 |
| HIST 4308 | Medieval Queens and Kings: Islamic and Christian Rulers of the Mediterranean | 3 |
| HIST 4316 | Roman and Medieval Britain | 3 |
| HIST 4317 | Tudor-Stuart England, 1485-1689 | 3 |
| HIST 4318N | 3 | |
| HIST 4318S | Britain and the World 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4318U | 3 | |
| HIST 4318W | Queer Youth History | 3 |
| HIST 4318X | Scottish History from the Wars of Independence to the Present | 3 |
| HIST 4318Y | 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4318Z | Podcasting History: Making Marginalized Voices Heard | 3 |
| HIST 4320 | The Evolution of Christianity, 300-1500 | 3 |
| HIST 4324 | A Global History of Pandemics | 3 |
| HIST 4323 | France and the Modern World | 3 |
| HIST 4331 | Piracy Through the Ages 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4332 | European Colonialism 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4333 | Russian Empire and its Peoples: Histories of Eurasia before 1917 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4334 | The Soviet Union and After: Histories of Eurasia Since 1917 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4335 | 20TH CENT EAST EUR | 3 |
| HIST 4336 | Germany from 1815 to Present | 3 |
| HIST 4337 | Germany and National Socialism, 1918-1945 | 3 |
| HIST 4341 | The History of Modern Britain | 3 |
| HIST 4353 | WWI: The Great War 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4368 | War and Society 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4387 | The Historian's Craft: Methods and Research | 3 |
| HIST 4388 | Problems in History 2 | 3 |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| GROUP C - U.S. HISTORY | ||
| HIST 3317 | U.S. Women's History to 1877 | 3 |
| HIST 3318 | U.S. Women's History since 1877 | 3 |
| HIST 3329 | Spanish Borderlands, 1521-1821 | 3 |
| HIST 3337 | History of U.S. Foreign Policy Making in the Muslim World 1 | 3 |
| HIST 3340 | History of the United States, 1877-1914 | 3 |
| HIST 3341 | History of the United States, 1914-1945 | 3 |
| HIST 3342 | Social and Intellectual History of the United States, 1607-1865 | 3 |
| HIST 3343 | Social and Intellectual History of the United States Since 1865 | 3 |
| HIST 3346 | The Civil War and Reconstruction | 3 |
| HIST 3349 | The Constitution of the United States | 3 |
| HIST 3352 | Western America | 3 |
| HIST 3353 | The U.S. - Mexico Border and its Communities: A History | 3 |
| HIST 3357 | History of U.S. Foreign Relations | 3 |
| HIST 3359 | African American History | 3 |
| HIST 3363 | Colonial North America to 1763 | 3 |
| HIST 3365 | US Early Republic, 1788-1828 | 3 |
| HIST 3366 | Introduction to Public History | 3 |
| HIST 3368B | Law and Society in Early America | 3 |
| HIST 3368E | 3 | |
| HIST 3368H | 3 | |
| HIST 3368J | 3 | |
| HIST 3368K | Topics in American Cultural History | 3 |
| HIST 3368L | History of Mexican American Music in the Southwest | 3 |
| HIST 3368M | 3 | |
| HIST 3368P | 1 | 3 |
| HIST 3368S | History of Music and Race in the American South | 3 |
| HIST 3368T | 3 | |
| HIST 3368U | U.S. - Cuban Relations 1 | 3 |
| HIST 3368X | Organization of the Modern American State | 3 |
| HIST 3368Y | Walking in the Way of Peace, War & Slavery: Quakers in American History | 3 |
| HIST 3371A | Conflict and Creativity in U.S. Urban and Suburban History | 3 |
| HIST 3371B | Health and Illness in American History | 3 |
| HIST 3371C | History Behind the Headlines: Current Debates in a Historical Perspective | 3 |
| HIST 3372 | Texas History: A Survey | 3 |
| HIST 3373C | The History of Rural Women | 3 |
| HIST 3373D | History of American Feminisms, 1960-2020 | 3 |
| HIST 3374A | History of Christianity 1300-1700 | 3 |
| HIST 3375A | Topics in Working Class History | 3 |
| HIST 3375E | History of Women’s Health in the United States | 3 |
| HIST 3376 | American Religious History | 3 |
| HIST 3377 | History of Country Music | 3 |
| HIST 3378 | History of the Blues | 3 |
| HIST 3379 | History of Rock and Roll | 3 |
| HIST 3380 | The Desegregation of the South from 1944-1970 | 3 |
| HIST 3381 | Democracy and Education | 3 |
| HIST 3382 | Immigration and US History | 3 |
| HIST 4352 | Black Women and Black Protest in America | 3 |
| HIST 4354 | Labor and the Working Class in the United States | 3 |
| HIST 4360 | History of the United States, 1945 to 1968 | 3 |
| HIST 4361 | History of the United States, 1968 to the Present | 3 |
| HIST 4362 | Peace and Nonviolence Movements 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4364 | Military History of the United States | 3 |
| HIST 4365 | Age of Revolution in North America, 1763-1789 | 3 |
| HIST 4367 | Freedom and Slavery in the United States before the Civil War, 1812-1861 | 3 |
| HIST 4368 | War and Society 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4369 | Introduction to Ethnohistory 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4371 | Introduction to American Indian History | 3 |
| HIST 4372 | Latina/o/x Histories | 3 |
| HIST 4373 | Economic and Social History of the Americas 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4374A | History of American Sexualities | 3 |
| HIST 4375A | Critical Issues in Texas History | 3 |
| HIST 4375B | African-American Experience in Texas | 3 |
| HIST 4376 | The History of Texas Music | 3 |
| HIST 4377 | Social Justice and Reform Movements in the United States | 3 |
| HIST 4379 | Internship in Public History | 3 |
| HIST 4387 | The Historian's Craft: Methods and Research | 3 |
| HIST 4388 | Problems in History 2 | 3 |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| GROUP D - HISTORY CAPSTONE AND TEACHER CERTIFICATION PREPARATION | ||
| HIST 4380 | Historical Resources and Practices | 3 |
| HIST 4399 | Senior Seminar | 3 |
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Course is listed in multiple groups based on content from a variety of regions; however, such courses may only apply to one group upon completion.
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HIST 4388 is an independent study and may be applied to Group A, B, or C depending on content.
