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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
History, BA
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Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts with a major in history are supported by the History Help Center, which can assist you with preparing for exams and writing papers. There are also opportunities for hands-on research with professors specializing in a wide range of topics.
Degree requirements
The following requirements must be satisfied for a Bachelor of Arts with a major in history.
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Upper-level history courses, 24 hours
24 semester hours of advanced work (3000-4000 level), with four courses in a single geographic area, at least one course in each of the remaining geographic areas and two courses in a single theme.
Each student will choose a geographic focus area for his or her advanced course work by taking at least four courses in one of three groups: United States; Europe; or Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Students must take at least one course from each of the other two geographic areas outside of their focus. Each student will also select one of the following themes by taking two courses within that theme: culture and everyday life; empires and borderlands; food and the body; gender and sexuality; mass violence and atrocities; politics, policy and economics; premodern Europe and the Mediterranean; race and ethnicity; Texas, the South and the West; and war, military and society. Students must finish a history course with a grade of C or better for it to count toward the history major.
Geographic area: United States
- HIST 3060 - History of Sexualities in U.S.
- HIST 3061 - Women in the United States to 1900
- HIST 3062 - Women in the United States Since 1900
- HIST 3800 - History of the Present
- HIST 3150 - Historical and Cultural Development of the Mexican-American Community
- HIST 3200 - The Spanish Frontier in North America
- HIST 3210 - Indigenous Peoples of the Southern Plains
- HIST 3280 - French Frontier in North America
- HIST 3240 - African American History and Culture to 1865
- HIST 3250 - African American History and Culture Since 1865
- HIST 3407 - Fitness Culture in U.S. History
- HIST 3410 - History of American Childhood
- HIST 3420 - United States Constitutional Development, 1783–Present
- HIST 3430 - United States Political Parties, 1783–Present
- HIST 3480 - Colonial America
- HIST 3495 - United States Food History
- HIST 3630 - U. S. Navy, 1775–Present: Sails
- HIST 3700 - Texas History
- HIST 3850 - The Early National Period of the United States, 1789–1848
- HIST 3871 - America in the Gilded Age
- HIST 3875 - Prosperity, Depression and a New Deal, 1918-1941
- HIST 4072 - World War II in Asia and the Pacific
- HIST 4150 - Mexican Immigration and the Chicano Community
- HIST 4155 - Mexican American Autobiography
- HIST 4160 - Chicano Political History: 19th and 20th Century
- HIST 4170 - History of Tejanos/as
- HIST 4261 - Topics in United States History
- HIST 4270 - The American West
- HIST 4271 - Hollywood and the Wild West
- HIST 4272 - Explorers of North America
- HIST 4275 - American Environmental History
- HIST 4276 - Animal Histories
- HIST 4282 - Settler Colonialism and Empire
- HIST 4303 - Age of Empire 1848-1914
- HIST 4315 - History of Anti-Semitism from Ancient Times to the Present
- HIST 4391 - War Crimes, Genocide, and Justice
- HIST 4405 - History of the Body
- HIST 4406 - Sickness and Health in U.S. History
- HIST 4411 - Pirates, Smugglers, and States in the Atlantic World, 1600-1856
- HIST 4435 - American Jewish Experience
- HIST 4451 - African American History During Segregation Era
- HIST 4455 - History of Black Women in America
- HIST 4461 - Gender, Race, Class and Policy since World War II
- HIST 4462 - Religion in American History
- HIST 4475 - Jewish Women in Modern America
- HIST 4490 - The American Revolution – Causes and Consequences
- HIST 4631 - North Atlantic Maritime History: 1427-1838
- HIST 4640 - Early United States Military History to 1815
- HIST 4641 - History of U.S. Military in 20th Century
- HIST 4642 - War and American Society, 1608-2001
- HIST 4771 - U.S. in the World 1898-1945
- HIST 4772 - U.S. in the World Since 1945
- HIST 4830 - Rise and Fall of the Slave South
- HIST 4840 - Making of the Modern South
- HIST 4860 - The Civil War and Reconstruction
- HIST 4870 - Making of the Modern United States, 1877–1929
- HIST 4881 - Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories in U.S. History
- HIST 4882 - The United States During the 1960s
- HIST 4885 - History of Sports and American Society
- HIST 4890 - Civil Rights and Black Power Movements in the U.S.
Geographic area: Europe
- HIST 3090 - Britain and Ireland in the Age of Revolution, 1603–1832
- HIST 3302 - Ancient Greece
- HIST 3303 - The Roman Republic and Augustus
- HIST 3305 - The Early Byzantine Empire
- HIST 3307 - Roman Warfare
- HIST 3308 - Ancient Israel
- HIST 3600 - Evolution of Warfare to Napoleon
- HIST 3610 - Evolution of Warfare from Napoleon
- HIST 3762 - Rome: The Biography of a City
- HIST 3770 - Ancient and Medieval Women, Gender and Sexuality
- HIST 4004 - The Roman Empire
- HIST 4006 - Roman Law and Order
- HIST 4008 - Ancient Religion and Magic
- HIST 4050 - Russia from the 9th to the 19th Century
- HIST 4055 - The Russian Empire from 1700 to 1917
- HIST 4060 - Russia in the 20th and 21st Centuries
- HIST 4061 - Russian Cultural History of the 19th and 20th Centuries
- HIST 4065 - Warfare and Society in Europe from the French Revolution to World War II
- HIST 4066 - World War I
- HIST 4070 - World War II: European Theater
- HIST 4073 - World War II: The Soviet-German War
- HIST 4080 - History of Early England from the Anglo-Saxons Through the Tudors
- HIST 4081 - The Rise of English Sea Power: 1399-1714
- HIST 4100 - Modern Britain Since 1830
- HIST 4104 - The British Raj
- HIST 4110 - British Empire in Asia, Africa, and the Pacific
- HIST 4114 - Race and Gender in British Imperial Wars 1830-present
- HIST 4124 - Risings, Revolts, and Rebels of the British Empire, 1900-1930
- HIST 4125 - The Military History of England and its Colonies
- HIST 4215 - Jews Under Greek and Roman Rule
- HIST 4216 - Rome’s Eastward Expansion: From the Punic Wars to the Jewish Wars
- HIST 4217 - Jew, Greek and Roman: Backgrounds of Early Christianity
- HIST 4218 - Early Medieval Europe, ca. 312–1095
- HIST 4219 - Late Medieval Europe, 1095 to 1400
- HIST 4220 - The Renaissance
- HIST 4221 - Early Modern Europe and the World
- HIST 4222 - Medieval Travelers
- HIST 4223 - Crusade and Jihad
- HIST 4224 - History of the Book
- HIST 4230 - The Age of the Reformation
- HIST 4262 - Topics in European History
- HIST 4282 - Settler Colonialism and Empire
- HIST 4290 - Intellectual, Cultural and Social History of Medieval and Early Modern Europe
- HIST 4300 - The French Revolution, 1774–1799
- HIST 4301 - Napoleonic Europe, 1799–1815
- HIST 4302 - Wars of Napoleon, 1792–1815
- HIST 4303 - Age of Empire 1848-1914
- HIST 4310 - Gender and Sexuality in Early Modern Europe
- HIST 4311 - Rebellious Women in Eighteenth-Century Britain and France
- HIST 4315 - History of Anti-Semitism from Ancient Times to the Present
- HIST 4320 - Anti-Semitism in Europe, French Revolution to Present
- HIST 4330 - Absolutism and Enlightenment in Europe, 1648–1789
- HIST 4335 - Age of Revolutions: Europe, 1700–1918
- HIST 4350 - Europe, 1914–1945
- HIST 4360 - Europe since 1945
- HIST 4364 - Germany from Luther to Napoleon, 1500 to 1815
- HIST 4365 - Modern Germany, 1815–Present
- HIST 4370 - Intellectual, Cultural and Social History of Modern Europe since 1789
- HIST 4380 - The European Witch Hunts
- HIST 4385 - Nazi Germany
- HIST 4390 - The Holocaust, 1933–1945
- HIST 4391 - War Crimes, Genocide, and Justice
- HIST 4411 - Pirates, Smugglers, and States in the Atlantic World, 1600-1856
- HIST 4631 - North Atlantic Maritime History: 1427-1838
Geographic area: Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East
- HIST 3200 - The Spanish Frontier in North America
- HIST 3300 - Ancient Near East
- HIST 3301 - Ancient Egypt
- HIST 3305 - The Early Byzantine Empire
- HIST 3308 - Ancient Israel
- HIST 3450 - Islam and its Empires
- HIST 3460 - Modern Middle Eastern History
- HIST 3550 - Imperial China
- HIST 3560 - Modern China
- HIST 3570 - Japanese History
- HIST 4008 - Ancient Religion and Magic
- HIST 4066 - World War I
- HIST 4072 - World War II in Asia and the Pacific
- HIST 4075 - The Korean and Vietnam Wars
- HIST 4104 - The British Raj
- HIST 4110 - British Empire in Asia, Africa, and the Pacific
- HIST 4114 - Race and Gender in British Imperial Wars 1830-present
- HIST 4124 - Risings, Revolts, and Rebels of the British Empire, 1900-1930
- HIST 4171 - Latin America: The Colonial Experience, 1492–1821
- HIST 4172 - Modern Latin America: 1810-Present
- HIST 4173 - Latin American Food History
- HIST 4174 - Revolutions in Twentieth-Century Latin America
- HIST 4180 - Colonial Mexico and the Spanish Southwest
- HIST 4190 - Mexico, 1810–Present
- HIST 4215 - Jews Under Greek and Roman Rule
- HIST 4216 - Rome’s Eastward Expansion: From the Punic Wars to the Jewish Wars
- HIST 4217 - Jew, Greek and Roman: Backgrounds of Early Christianity
- HIST 4221 - Early Modern Europe and the World
- HIST 4222 - Medieval Travelers
- HIST 4223 - Crusade and Jihad
- HIST 4224 - History of the Book
- HIST 4240 - Nationalism, Zionism and Islamism in Modern Middle Eastern History
- HIST 4241 - World Histories of Pop Music
- HIST 4245 - Gender, Race and Class Issues in Middle Eastern History
- HIST 4246 - Imperialism in the Modern Middle East
- HIST 4247 - A History of Jews in the Middle East
- HIST 4248 - Palestinian History
- HIST 4249 - Food, Sex, and Drugs in Middle Eastern History
- HIST 4250 - Modern Middle Eastern Diasporas
- HIST 4263 - Topics in African-, Asian- or Latin American History
- HIST 4282 - Settler Colonialism and Empire
- HIST 4283 - Decolonization in Asia and Africa
- HIST 4303 - Age of Empire 1848-1914
- HIST 4315 - History of Anti-Semitism from Ancient Times to the Present
- HIST 4391 - War Crimes, Genocide, and Justice
- HIST 4395 - The State of Israel
- HIST 4565 - Chinese Military History, 1750-Present
- HIST 4580 - Africa to the Nineteenth Century
- HIST 4590 - Modern Africa
- HIST 4605 - History of South Asia, 1757–1947
- HIST 4610 - Contemporary South Asia
Theme: Culture and everyday life
- HIST 3060 - History of Sexualities in U.S.
- HIST 3061 - Women in the United States to 1900
- HIST 3062 - Women in the United States Since 1900
- HIST 3150 - Historical and Cultural Development of the Mexican-American Community
- HIST 3240 - African American History and Culture to 1865
- HIST 3250 - African American History and Culture Since 1865
- HIST 3407 - Fitness Culture in U.S. History
- HIST 3410 - History of American Childhood
- HIST 3450 - Islam and its Empires
- HIST 3495 - United States Food History
- HIST 3770 - Ancient and Medieval Women, Gender and Sexuality
- HIST 3800 - History of the Present
- HIST 4061 - Russian Cultural History of the 19th and 20th Centuries
- HIST 4155 - Mexican American Autobiography
- HIST 4173 - Latin American Food History
- HIST 4215 - Jews Under Greek and Roman Rule
- HIST 4217 - Jew, Greek and Roman: Backgrounds of Early Christianity
- HIST 4218 - Early Medieval Europe, ca. 312–1095
- HIST 4219 - Late Medieval Europe, 1095 to 1400
- HIST 4221 - Early Modern Europe and the World
- HIST 4222 - Medieval Travelers
- HIST 4223 - Crusade and Jihad
- HIST 4224 - History of the Book
- HIST 4230 - The Age of the Reformation
- HIST 4241 - World Histories of Pop Music
- HIST 4247 - A History of Jews in the Middle East
- HIST 4249 - Food, Sex, and Drugs in Middle Eastern History
- HIST 4250 - Modern Middle Eastern Diasporas
- HIST 4276 - Animal Histories
- HIST 4290 - Intellectual, Cultural and Social History of Medieval and Early Modern Europe
- HIST 4310 - Gender and Sexuality in Early Modern Europe
- HIST 4311 - Rebellious Women in Eighteenth-Century Britain and France
- HIST 4315 - History of Anti-Semitism from Ancient Times to the Present
- HIST 4320 - Anti-Semitism in Europe, French Revolution to Present
- HIST 4330 - Absolutism and Enlightenment in Europe, 1648–1789
- HIST 4350 - Europe, 1914–1945
- HIST 4360 - Europe since 1945
- HIST 4370 - Intellectual, Cultural and Social History of Modern Europe since 1789
- HIST 4435 - American Jewish Experience
- HIST 4451 - African American History During Segregation Era
- HIST 4461 - Gender, Race, Class and Policy since World War II
- HIST 4462 - Religion in American History
- HIST 4881 - Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories in U.S. History
- HIST 4882 - The United States During the 1960s
Theme: Empires and borderlands
- HIST 3200 - The Spanish Frontier in North America
- HIST 3210 - Indigenous Peoples of the Southern Plains
- HIST 3280 - French Frontier in North America
- HIST 3305 - The Early Byzantine Empire
- HIST 3450 - Islam and its Empires
- HIST 3460 - Modern Middle Eastern History
- HIST 3480 - Colonial America
- HIST 3550 - Imperial China
- HIST 3570 - Japanese History
- HIST 3700 - Texas History
- HIST 3850 - The Early National Period of the United States, 1789–1848
- HIST 4004 - The Roman Empire
- HIST 4050 - Russia from the 9th to the 19th Century
- HIST 4055 - The Russian Empire from 1700 to 1917
- HIST 4060 - Russia in the 20th and 21st Centuries
- HIST 4100 - Modern Britain Since 1830
- HIST 4104 - The British Raj
- HIST 4110 - British Empire in Asia, Africa, and the Pacific
- HIST 4124 - Risings, Revolts, and Rebels of the British Empire, 1900-1930
- HIST 4125 - The Military History of England and its Colonies
- HIST 4150 - Mexican Immigration and the Chicano Community
- HIST 4170 - History of Tejanos/as
- HIST 4171 - Latin America: The Colonial Experience, 1492–1821
- HIST 4172 - Modern Latin America: 1810-Present
- HIST 4174 - Revolutions in Twentieth-Century Latin America
- HIST 4180 - Colonial Mexico and the Spanish Southwest
- HIST 4216 - Rome’s Eastward Expansion: From the Punic Wars to the Jewish Wars
- HIST 4221 - Early Modern Europe and the World
- HIST 4222 - Medieval Travelers
- HIST 4230 - The Age of the Reformation
- HIST 4240 - Nationalism, Zionism and Islamism in Modern Middle Eastern History
- HIST 4246 - Imperialism in the Modern Middle East
- HIST 4248 - Palestinian History
- HIST 4250 - Modern Middle Eastern Diasporas
- HIST 4270 - The American West
- HIST 4271 - Hollywood and the Wild West
- HIST 4272 - Explorers of North America
- HIST 4282 - Settler Colonialism and Empire
- HIST 4283 - Decolonization in Asia and Africa
- HIST 4301 - Napoleonic Europe, 1799–1815
- HIST 4303 - Age of Empire 1848-1914
- HIST 4335 - Age of Revolutions: Europe, 1700–1918
- HIST 4364 - Germany from Luther to Napoleon, 1500 to 1815
- HIST 4365 - Modern Germany, 1815–Present
- HIST 4395 - The State of Israel
- HIST 4411 - Pirates, Smugglers, and States in the Atlantic World, 1600-1856
- HIST 4490 - The American Revolution – Causes and Consequences
- HIST 4580 - Africa to the Nineteenth Century
- HIST 4590 - Modern Africa
- HIST 4605 - History of South Asia, 1757–1947
- HIST 4610 - Contemporary South Asia
- HIST 4870 - Making of the Modern United States, 1877–1929
Theme: Gender and sexuality
Theme: Mass violence and atrocities
Theme: Politics, policy and economics
- HIST 3090 - Britain and Ireland in the Age of Revolution, 1603–1832
- HIST 3240 - African American History and Culture to 1865
- HIST 3250 - African American History and Culture Since 1865
- HIST 3410 - History of American Childhood
- HIST 3420 - United States Constitutional Development, 1783–Present
- HIST 3430 - United States Political Parties, 1783–Present
- HIST 3460 - Modern Middle Eastern History
- HIST 3480 - Colonial America
- HIST 3550 - Imperial China
- HIST 3560 - Modern China
- HIST 3570 - Japanese History
- HIST 3762 - Rome: The Biography of a City
- HIST 3800 - History of the Present
- HIST 3850 - The Early National Period of the United States, 1789–1848
- HIST 3871 - America in the Gilded Age
- HIST 3875 - Prosperity, Depression and a New Deal, 1918-1941
- HIST 4006 - Roman Law and Order
- HIST 4050 - Russia from the 9th to the 19th Century
- HIST 4055 - The Russian Empire from 1700 to 1917
- HIST 4060 - Russia in the 20th and 21st Centuries
- HIST 4080 - History of Early England from the Anglo-Saxons Through the Tudors
- HIST 4100 - Modern Britain Since 1830
- HIST 4160 - Chicano Political History: 19th and 20th Century
- HIST 4171 - Latin America: The Colonial Experience, 1492–1821
- HIST 4172 - Modern Latin America: 1810-Present
- HIST 4180 - Colonial Mexico and the Spanish Southwest
- HIST 4190 - Mexico, 1810–Present
- HIST 4218 - Early Medieval Europe, ca. 312–1095
- HIST 4219 - Late Medieval Europe, 1095 to 1400
- HIST 4221 - Early Modern Europe and the World
- HIST 4222 - Medieval Travelers
- HIST 4223 - Crusade and Jihad
- HIST 4224 - History of the Book
- HIST 4240 - Nationalism, Zionism and Islamism in Modern Middle Eastern History
- HIST 4241 - World Histories of Pop Music
- HIST 4246 - Imperialism in the Modern Middle East
- HIST 4250 - Modern Middle Eastern Diasporas
- HIST 4270 - The American West
- HIST 4275 - American Environmental History
- HIST 4276 - Animal Histories
- HIST 4300 - The French Revolution, 1774–1799
- HIST 4301 - Napoleonic Europe, 1799–1815
- HIST 4303 - Age of Empire 1848-1914
- HIST 4330 - Absolutism and Enlightenment in Europe, 1648–1789
- HIST 4335 - Age of Revolutions: Europe, 1700–1918
- HIST 4350 - Europe, 1914–1945
- HIST 4360 - Europe since 1945
- HIST 4364 - Germany from Luther to Napoleon, 1500 to 1815
- HIST 4365 - Modern Germany, 1815–Present
- HIST 4380 - The European Witch Hunts
- HIST 4406 - Sickness and Health in U.S. History
- HIST 4411 - Pirates, Smugglers, and States in the Atlantic World, 1600-1856
- HIST 4451 - African American History During Segregation Era
- HIST 4461 - Gender, Race, Class and Policy since World War II
- HIST 4462 - Religion in American History
- HIST 4490 - The American Revolution – Causes and Consequences
- HIST 4580 - Africa to the Nineteenth Century
- HIST 4590 - Modern Africa
- HIST 4605 - History of South Asia, 1757–1947
- HIST 4610 - Contemporary South Asia
- HIST 4631 - North Atlantic Maritime History: 1427-1838
- HIST 4771 - U.S. in the World 1898-1945
- HIST 4772 - U.S. in the World Since 1945
- HIST 4870 - Making of the Modern United States, 1877–1929
- HIST 4881 - Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories in U.S. History
- HIST 4882 - The United States During the 1960s
- HIST 4890 - Civil Rights and Black Power Movements in the U.S.
Theme: Premodern Europe and the Mediterranean
Theme: Race and ethnicity
Theme: Texas, the South and the West
Theme: War, military and society
- HIST 3090 - Britain and Ireland in the Age of Revolution, 1603–1832
- HIST 3307 - Roman Warfare
- HIST 3600 - Evolution of Warfare to Napoleon
- HIST 3610 - Evolution of Warfare from Napoleon
- HIST 3630 - U. S. Navy, 1775–Present: Sails
- HIST 3850 - The Early National Period of the United States, 1789–1848
- HIST 4065 - Warfare and Society in Europe from the French Revolution to World War II
- HIST 4066 - World War I
- HIST 4070 - World War II: European Theater
- HIST 4072 - World War II in Asia and the Pacific
- HIST 4073 - World War II: The Soviet-German War
- HIST 4075 - The Korean and Vietnam Wars
- HIST 4081 - The Rise of English Sea Power: 1399-1714
- HIST 4114 - Race and Gender in British Imperial Wars 1830-present
- HIST 4124 - Risings, Revolts, and Rebels of the British Empire, 1900-1930
- HIST 4125 - The Military History of England and its Colonies
- HIST 4174 - Revolutions in Twentieth-Century Latin America
- HIST 4216 - Rome’s Eastward Expansion: From the Punic Wars to the Jewish Wars
- HIST 4223 - Crusade and Jihad
- HIST 4300 - The French Revolution, 1774–1799
- HIST 4301 - Napoleonic Europe, 1799–1815
- HIST 4302 - Wars of Napoleon, 1792–1815
- HIST 4385 - Nazi Germany
- HIST 4391 - War Crimes, Genocide, and Justice
- HIST 4490 - The American Revolution – Causes and Consequences
- HIST 4565 - Chinese Military History, 1750-Present
- HIST 4631 - North Atlantic Maritime History: 1427-1838
- HIST 4640 - Early United States Military History to 1815
- HIST 4641 - History of U.S. Military in 20th Century
- HIST 4642 - War and American Society, 1608-2001
- HIST 4771 - U.S. in the World 1898-1945
- HIST 4772 - U.S. in the World Since 1945
- HIST 4860 - The Civil War and Reconstruction
- HIST 4870 - Making of the Modern United States, 1877–1929
Other course requirements
None. Electives
Hours required for electives may vary based on course selection and the University Core Curriculum requirements . Electives may be required to satisfy the advanced hour requirement (42) and/or the minimum total hours required for the degree. For specific information, see an academic advisor in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences.
Four-year degree plan (example)
The following four-year plan is one example of a variety of ways in which you can complete your chosen degree in four years, and will serve as a guide for you to design your pathway to degree completion. Variations will depend on whether you need to take prerequisites or have college credit from exams or dual enrollment.
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
| Semester 1 |
Semester 2 |
| History-African, Asian, Middle Eastern and Latin American History-advanced |
3 hours |
History-American History-advanced |
3 hours |
| Theme selection |
3 hours |
Theme selection |
3 hours |
| Elective |
3 hours |
Elective |
3 hours |
| Elective |
3 hours |
Elective |
3 hours |
| Elective-advanced |
3 hours |
Elective-advanced |
3 hours |
| Total |
15 hours |
Total |
15 hours |
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