- History, BA requires 120 total credit hours.
- 36 of 120 credit hours must be taken at 300 level or higher.
- Students must have a 2.0 GPA in the 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.
- 25% of the major, minor, and overall coursework must be taken at UAH.
- No more than 60 credit hours from a two-year school can be applied toward a UAH degree.
- Any double counting of classes must be approved through the CAHS Academic Advising office.
- In the History major, students must take 6 semester hours in US history beyond HY 221 and HY 222.
- In the History major, students must take 6 semester hours in Non-US History beyond HY 103 and HY 104.
- For graduation application instructions, see here.
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Area I: Freshman Composition | 3-6 | |
| COLLEGE WRITING I | ||
or EH 101S | COLLEGE WRITING I W/STUDIO | |
| COLLEGE WRITING II | ||
| ACCELERATED COLLEGE WRITING | ||
| HONORS ENGLISH SEMINAR | ||
| Area II: Humanities and Fine Arts* | 12 | |
| Fine Arts | 3 | |
| ARH SUR: ANCIENT-MEDIEVAL | ||
| ARH SUR: RENAISSANCE-MODERN | ||
| ARH SUR: WORLD ART | ||
| DRAWING: FOUNDATIONS | ||
| THEATRE APPRECIATION | ||
| INTRO TO FILM STUDIES | ||
| INTRO TO MUSIC LITERATURE | ||
| Literature | 3-6 | |
| READINGS LITERATURE/CULTURE I | ||
| READINGS LITERATURE/CULTURE 2 | ||
| HONORS SEM READINGS LIT/CUL I | ||
| HONORS SEM READINGS LIT/CUL 2 | ||
| MYTHOLOGY | ||
| Humanities and Fine Arts | 3-6 | |
| Intro to Rhetorical Communication | ||
| INTRO FOREIGN LANG I: SPANISH | ||
or WLC 101A | INTRO FOREIGN LANG I: ARABIC | |
or WLC 101F | INTRO FOREIGN LANG I:FRENCH | |
or WLC 101G | INTRO FOREIGN LANG I:GERMAN | |
or WLC 101J | INTRO FOREIGN LANG I:JAPANESE | |
or WLC 101R | INTRO FOREIGN LANG I:RUSSIAN | |
| INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:SPANISH | ||
or WLC 102A | INTRO FOREIGN LANG II: ARABIC | |
or WLC 102F | INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:FRENCH | |
or WLC 102G | INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:GERMAN | |
or WLC 102J | INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:JAPANESE | |
or WLC 102R | INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:RUSSIAN | |
| INTERM FOREIGN LANG:SPANISH | ||
or WLC 201A | INTERM FOREIGN LANG I: ARABIC | |
or WLC 201F | INTERM FOREIGN LANG:FRENCH | |
or WLC 201G | INTERM FOREIGN LANG:GERMAN | |
or WLC 201J | INTERM FOREIGN LANG: JAPANESE | |
or WLC 201R | INTERM FOREIGN LANG:RUSSIAN | |
| INTERM FOREIGN LANG II:SPANISH | ||
or WLC 202A | INTERM FOREIGN LANG II: ARABIC | |
or WLC 202F | INTERM FOREIGN LANG II:FRENCH | |
or WLC 202G | INTERM FOREIGN LANG II:GERMAN | |
or WLC 202J | INTERM FORGN LANG II:JAPANESE | |
or WLC 202R | INTERM FOREIGN LANG II:RUSSIAN | |
| INTERNATIONAL CINEMA | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY | ||
| INTRO TO ETHICS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC | ||
| TECH, SCIENCE & HUMAN VALUES | ||
| INTRO WOMEN'S & GENDER STUDIES | ||
| ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL WORLDS | ||
| ARH SUR: ANCIENT-MEDIEVAL | ||
| ARH SUR: RENAISSANCE-MODERN | ||
| ARH SUR: WORLD ART | ||
| DRAWING: FOUNDATIONS | ||
| THEATRE APPRECIATION | ||
| INTRO TO FILM STUDIES | ||
| INTRO TO MUSIC LITERATURE | ||
| Area III: Mathematics and Sciences | 11-12 | |
| Mathematics | 3-4 | |
| NATURE OF MATHEMATICS | ||
| ALGEBRA WITH APPLICATIONS | ||
| FINITE MATHEMATICS | ||
| PRECALCULUS ALGEBRA | ||
| PRECALCULUS TRIGONOMETRY | ||
| PRECALCULUS ALGEBRA & TRIG | ||
| MATH PROFESSIONAL APPLICATIONS | ||
| CALCULUS A | ||
| Natural Sciences (Lab) | 8 | |
| SURVEY OF ASTRONOMY | ||
| EXPLORING THE COSMOS I | ||
| EXPLORING THE COSMOS II | ||
| FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY | ||
| ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY | ||
| HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY I | ||
| INTRO TO CHEMISTRY and INTRO CHEMISTRY LAB | ||
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY I and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB I | ||
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY II and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB II | ||
| GENERAL, ORGANIC, BIOCHEMISTRY and INTRO CHEMISTRY LAB | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCE | ||
| 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 and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB III | ||
| Area IV: History and Social and Behavioral Sciences* | 12 | |
| History | 3-6 | |
| WORLD HISTORY TO 1500 | ||
| WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1500 | ||
| UNITED STATES TO 1877 | ||
| UNITED STATES SINCE 1877 | ||
| Social and Behavioral Sciences | 6-9 | |
| 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 | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | ||
| GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY I | ||
| LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT | ||
| INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY | ||
| ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS | ||
| INTRO TO CRIMINOLOGY | ||
* Take either 1 EH (Area II) + 2 HY (Area IV) <OR> 2 EH (Area II) + 1 HY (Area IV). In Area V, take no more than six hours in a single discipline from Areas II, III, or IV. Area V should cover a breadth of disciplinary study.
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Area V: Pre-Professional Courses | 19 | |
Choose one from WLC 101, 102, 201, or 202 | ||
Pre-professional Electives: Choose 10 additional hours from Areas II, III, and IV listed above. | ||
| History Major Requirements 1 | 30 | |
| HY 221 | UNITED STATES TO 1877 | 3 |
| HY 222 | UNITED STATES SINCE 1877 | 3 |
| HY 300 | CRAFT OF HISTORY 2 | 3 |
| HY 490 | RESEARCH SEMINAR IN HY 3 | 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. | ||
| Total Semester Hours | 120 | |
| 1 | Students must take three History courses (9 semester hours) at the 400 level within the HY major. 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, or HY 495. |
| 2 | Students should take HY 300 in their Sophomore year or, for transfer students, in their first semester at UAH. |
| 3 | Students should take HY 490 in their Senior year. |
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 initiate the POS by meeting with the CAHS Academic Advisors and following up with a faculty advisor in the department to review 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 300 | 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 | 6 | |
| 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 | 6 | |
| Term Semester Hours: | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| HY 490 | RESEARCH SEMINAR IN HY | 3 |
| Elective | 6 | |
| Minor Courses | 6 | |
| Term Semester Hours: | 15 | |
| Total Semester Hours: | 120 | |