- History, BA requires 120 credit hours.
- 6 semester hours in US history beyond HY 221 and HY 222
- 6 semester hours in Non-US History beyond HY 103 and HY 104
- Students should take HY 290 in their Sophomore year or, for transfer students, in their first semester at UAH.
- Students should take HY 490 in their Senior year.
- Three History courses (9 semester hours) at the 400 level
- No more than two classes from the following count toward the major: HY 310, HY 311, HY 312, HY 410, HY 492, HY 493, HY 494, HY 495
- Students in the History, BA are not permitted to take the Public History minor
- 36 of 120 credit hours must be taken at 300 level or higher.
- Must have a 2.0 GPA in major, minor, and overall.
- No more than 6 credit hours of HPE may count in degree requirements.
- 12 of the last 18 credit hours must be taken at UAH, with an overall 25% of coursework taken at UAH.
- No more than 60 credit hours from a two-year school can be applied toward a UAH degree.
- For graduation application instructions, see here.
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Freshman Composition | 6 | |
| COLLEGE WRITING I | ||
| COLLEGE WRITING II | ||
| Humanities and Fine Arts | 12 | |
12 hours of Humanities and Fine Arts chosen from the following categories below | ||
| Fine Arts: Choose one | 3 | |
| ARH SURV:ANCIENT-MEDIEVAL | ||
| ARH SURV:RENAISSANCE-MODERN | ||
| ARH SUR:NON-WESTERN TRADITIONS | ||
| DRAWING: FOUNDATIONS | ||
| INTRO TO MUSIC LITERATURE | ||
| THEATRE APPRECIATION | ||
| Literature: Choose one or two | 3-6 | |
Students must have a two course sequence in either Literature or History. | ||
| READINGS LITERATURE/CULTURE I | ||
or EH 242 | MYTHOLOGY | |
| READINGS LITERATURE/CULTURE 2 | ||
| Humanities and Fine Arts: Choose one or two | 3-6 | |
| ARH SURV:ANCIENT-MEDIEVAL | ||
| ARH SURV:RENAISSANCE-MODERN | ||
| ARH SUR:NON-WESTERN TRADITIONS | ||
| DRAWING: FOUNDATIONS | ||
| INTRO TO MUSIC LITERATURE | ||
| THEATRE APPRECIATION | ||
| Intro to Rhetorical Communication | ||
Any WLC 100 or 200 level 1 | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY | ||
| INTRO TO ETHICS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC | ||
| TECH, SCIENCE & HUMAN VALUES | ||
| INTRO WOMEN'S & GENDER STUDIES | ||
| Mathematics and Natural Sciences | 11 | |
| Mathematics: Choose one | 3 | |
| ALGEBRA WITH APPLICATIONS | ||
| FINITE MATHEMATICS | ||
| PRECALCULUS ALGEBRA | ||
| PRECALCULUS TRIGONOMETRY | ||
| PRECALCULUS ALGEBRA & TRIG | ||
| MATH PROFESSIONAL APPLICATIONS | ||
| CALCULUS A | ||
| Natural Sciences: Choose two | 8 | |
| EXPLORING THE COSMOS I | ||
| EXPLORING THE COSMOS II | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY | ||
| ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY | ||
| INTRO TO CHEMISTRY and INTRO CHEMISTRY LAB | ||
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY II and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB II | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCE | ||
| WEATHER, CLIMATE & GLOBAL CHNG | ||
| CONCEPTUAL PHYSICS | ||
| GENERAL PHYSICS I | ||
| GENERAL PHYSICS II | ||
| GEN PHYSICS W/CALCULUS I and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB I | ||
| GEN PHYSICS W/CALC II and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB II | ||
| GEN PHYSICS W/CALC III | ||
| History and Social and Behavioral Sciences | ||
| 12 hours of History and Social and Behavioral Sciences chosen from the following categories below | ||
| History: Choose one or two | 3-6 | |
| WORLD HISTORY TO 1500 | ||
| WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1500 | ||
Social and Behavioral Sciences: Choose two or three | ||
| PRINC OF MACROECONOMICS | ||
| PRINC OF MICROECONOMICS | ||
| GLOBAL SYSTEMS AND CULTURES | ||
| WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY | ||
| INTRO TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT | ||
| INTRO TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS | ||
| GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY I | ||
| LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT | ||
| INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY | ||
| ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS | ||
| INTRO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| SOCIOLOGICAL PERSP TECH & SCI | ||
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Professional | 13 | |
Any WLC course at 100 or 200 level except for WLC 204 | ||
Pre-professional Electives | ||
Choose 10 hours from the following categories above: Humanities, Fine Arts, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Mathemaics and Lab Science. Only 6 hours Mathematics and Lab Science can be applied in this area. | ||
| History Courses | ||
| HY 221 | UNITED STATES TO 1877 | 3 |
| HY 222 | UNITED STATES SINCE 1877 | 3 |
| HY 290 | CRAFT OF HISTORY | 3 |
| HY 490 | RESEARCH SEMINAR IN HY | 3 |
| US History 300+ 6 semester hours | 6 | |
| Non US History 300+ 6 semester hours | 6 | |
| HY Electives 300+ 6 semester hours | 6 | |
| Minor Courses | 18 | |
| Elective Courses | ||
Elective hours vary by program, please see advisor. This History, BA requires 120 semester hours. | ||
| Total Semester Hours | 120 | |
Additional Information
A student majoring in history will find a variety of programs of study enabling her or him to develop depth and breadth in history and related areas from the other humanities, the social sciences, mathematics, and the natural sciences. Counseling is available in the History Department for programs of study in the following:
- general
- secondary school teaching
- graduate school preparation
- pre-professional and pre-law preparation
- international studies
- public history
- and more
Students are advised to declare a major and minor and obtain a Program of Study (POS) by the beginning of the sophomore year. Students initiate the POS by meeting with the College of Liberal Arts Academic Advisors in Morton Hall 220 and following up with a faculty advisor in the department to review and sign it. Note, that while a POS is a contract and maps out the selection of courses that a student needs to progress toward a degree, he or she can always change majors and/or minors, and even colleges, at any point.
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Semester Hours | |
| HY 103 | WORLD HISTORY TO 1500 | 3 |
| EH 101 | COLLEGE WRITING I | 3 |
| Math | 3 | |
| Fine Arts | 3 | |
| FYE 101 | CHARGER SUCCESS | 1 |
| Term Semester Hours: | 13 | |
| Spring | ||
| HY 104 | WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1500 | 3 |
| EH 102 | COLLEGE WRITING II | 3 |
| Humanities | 3 | |
| Science w/Lab | 4 | |
| Social/Behavioral Science | 3 | |
| Term Semester Hours: | 16 | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Fall | ||
| HY 221 | UNITED STATES TO 1877 | 3 |
| HY 290 | CRAFT OF HISTORY | 3 |
| WLC 101 | 3 | |
| Science w/Lab | 4 | |
| EH 207 | READINGS LITERATURE/CULTURE I | 3 |
| or EH 208 | or READINGS LITERATURE/CULTURE 2 | |
| Term Semester Hours: | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| HY 222 | UNITED STATES SINCE 1877 | 3 |
| Literature or Humanities | 3 | |
| Social/Behavioral Science | 3 | |
| Area V Course | 3 | |
| HY 200+ Course | 3 | |
| Term Semester Hours: | 15 | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Fall | ||
| HY 300+ | 3 | |
| HY 300+ | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Area V Course | 3 | |
| Minor Course | 3 | |
| Term Semester Hours: | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| HY 300+ | 3 | |
| HY 300+ | 3 | |
| Area V Course | 3 | |
| Minor Courses | 6 | |
| Term Semester Hours: | 15 | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Fall | ||
| HY 300+ | 3 | |
| HY 300+ | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Minor Course | 3 | |
| Area V Course | 3 | |
| Term Semester Hours: | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| HY 490 | RESEARCH SEMINAR IN HY | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Minor Courses | 9 | |
| Term Semester Hours: | 15 | |
| Total Semester Hours: | 120 | |