Major

History (B.A., B.S.)

2014-2015 Course Catalog

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History

History Major (36 hours)
Courses
HIST 1010 Topics in United States History to 1877 or HIST 1020 United States Society and Culture Since 1877	4 hours
HIST 1110 World Civilizations: A Survey of the Global Twentieth Century	4 hours
HIST 2120 Western Civilization Through Religion to 1648 or HIST 2130 Western Civilization Through Literature	4 hours

Research Methods Course
HIST 4100 Voices of Slavery	4 hours

History Electives*
U.S. History	4 hours
HIST 2370 History of Women in the United States HIST 2540 African-American History HIST 2560 American Indian History HIST 3030/HIST 4030 Founding of the Americas HIST 3100/HIST 4100 Voices of Slavery HIST 3110/HIST 4110 American Presidency HIST 3120/HIST 4120 Industrial United States, 1877-1932 HIST 3130/HIST 4130 Modern United States, 1932-Present HIST 3180/HIST 4180 Topics in Indian History HIST 3500/HIST 4500 Myth and the U.S. West HIST 3550/HIST 4550 Women of the American West HIST 3650/HIST 4650 Topics in Nebraska History
World History	4 hours
HIST 2110 Introduction to Latin America HIST 2610 Environmental History HIST 2660 Disease in History HIST 2810 Introduction to East Asian History HIST 2820 Introduction to Japanese History HIST 2830 Modern Chinese History HIST 3700/HIST 4700 Revolutions in Latin America HIST 3830/HIST 4830 East Asia in the Nineteenth Century HIST 3840/HIST 4840 Meiji - The Making of Modern Japan HIST 3850/HIST 4850 Twilight of the Samurai: Early Modern Japan HIST 3860/HIST 4860 Japanese Popular Culture, Past and Present
European History	4 hours
HIST 3220/HIST 4220 The Ancient World HIST 3230/HIST 4230 The Middle Ages HIST 3280/HIST 4280 Heresy, Conflict, and Violence HIST 3350/HIST 4350 Nazi Germany

History Elective	4 hours
Choose any history course(s) to total 4 credit hours.

Senior Comprehensive	4 hours
HIST 4920 Reflecting on the Internship and HIST 4970 History Internship or HIST 4980 Introduction to Senior Thesis and HIST 4990 Senior Thesis or Students seeking secondary education endorsement must take HIST 4650 Topics in Nebraska History and complete their student teaching in history.

*Among the elective courses, at least 8 credit hours must be at the 4000-level.

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