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 theGeneral Education Core Curriculumsection of this catalog for the Texas State requirements and options in the core curriculum, including Honors courses. TheHistory coursesHIST2327,HIST2328,HIST2381, andHIST2382are for general education core curriculum credit only and cannot apply toward the History major.
- In addition to the general education core curriculum requirements, theBachelor 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 HIST1310 History of the United States to 1877 3 HIST1320 History of the United States, 1877 to Date 3 HIST2310 Western Civilization to 1715 3 orHIST2311 History of World Civilization to the 17th Century HIST2320 Western Civilization, 1715 to Date 3 orHIST2312 History of World Civilization from the 17th Century HIST4399 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.
See AlsoCalendar Layout IdeasMen's gymnastics at the 2024 Olympics: Full schedule, how to watch, TV and streaming channelsCourse List Code Title Hours HIST1310 History of the United States to 1877 3 TCCN: HIST 1301
HIST1320 History of the United States, 1877 to Date 3 TCCN: HIST 1302
Choose two of the following eight courses: 6 HIST2310
Western Civilization to 1715 TCCN: HIST2311
HIST2311
History of World Civilization to the 17th Century TCCN: HIST 2321
HIST2312
History of World Civilization from the 17th Century TCCN: HIST 2322
HIST2320
Western Civilization, 1715 to Date TCCN: HIST2312
HIST ELNA
TCCN: HIST 2301
HIST ELNA
TCCN: HIST2327
HIST ELNA
TCCN: HIST2328
HIST ELNA
TCCN: HIST2381
Total 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 | HIST1310 (American History Component Code 060 [TCCN HIST 1301]) | 3 |
| Modern Language 1410 | 4 | Government/Political Science Component Code 070 | 3 |
| US1100 | 1 | Modern Language 1420 | 4 |
| 14 | 16 | ||
| Sophom*ore | |||
| 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 |
| HIST1320 (American History Component Code 060 [TCCN HIST 1302]) | 3 | Modern Language 2320 | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences Component Code 080 | 3 | HIST2310 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 |
| HIST2320 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 | HIST4399 | 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:ENG2310(TCCN ENGL 2322),ENG2320(TCCN ENGL 2323),ENG2330(TCCN ENGL 2332),ENG2340(TCCN ENGL 2333),ENG2359(TCCN ENGL 2327),ENG2360(TCCN ENGL 2328),ENG2371
HIST Advanced Group Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| GROUP A - WORLD HISTORY | ||
| HIST3319 | History of Brazil | 3 |
| HIST3320 | History of Mexico | 3 |
| HIST3322 | Colonial History of Latin America to 1828 | 3 |
| HIST3324 | Latin America from Independence to Present | 3 |
| HIST3325G | Modern Revolutions in Latin American History | 3 |
| HIST3325I | Resistance and Rebellion in Colonial Latin America | 3 |
| HIST3326 | The Southern Cone of Latin America | 3 |
| HIST3327 | History of Mexico to 1848 | 3 |
| HIST3328 | Militarism in Latin America | 3 |
| HIST3337 | History of U.S. Foreign Policy Making in the Muslim World 1 | 3 |
| HIST3338 | History of Religion in India | 3 |
| HIST3368U | U.S. - Cuban Relations 1 | 3 |
| HIST3368Z | A Global History of Pandemics | 3 |
| HIST3384 | History and Culture of Modern India | 3 |
| HIST4318S | Britain and the World 1 | 3 |
| HIST4318Y | The Global Teenager 1 | 3 |
| HIST4325 | Islamic History to 1798 | 3 |
| HIST4326 | The Modern Middle East | 3 |
| HIST4327 | The Problem of Palestine | 3 |
| HIST4328 | History of India | 3 |
| HIST4331 | Piracy Through the Ages 1 | 3 |
| HIST4332 | European Colonialism 1 | 3 |
| HIST4333 | The History of Russia and Eurasia to 1917 1 | 3 |
| HIST4334 | The History of Russia and Eurasia from 1917 to Present 1 | 3 |
| HIST4342 | Modern Africa | 3 |
| HIST4343 | Modern China, 1600-Present | 3 |
| HIST4344 | Modern Japan, 1600-Present | 3 |
| HIST4345 | Postwar Japan | 3 |
| HIST4346 | Modern Korea | 3 |
| HIST4347 | Hong Kong in the Modern World | 3 |
| HIST4348 | Mahatma Gandhi and Nonviolence | 3 |
| HIST4349 | History of Drugs | 3 |
| HIST4350A | Slavery and Emancipation in the Americas | 3 |
| HIST4350D | Empire and Identity in Central Asia | 3 |
| HIST4350E | Gender in Latin American History | 3 |
| HIST4350K | Gender & Militarization in the Arab World | 3 |
| HIST4350L | History of Southeast Asia | 3 |
| HIST4350R | Workers and Work in the Arab World | 3 |
| HIST4350T | Japanese Urban Life | 3 |
| HIST4350V | History of Pakistan | 3 |
| HIST4350Y | Development of Secularism in Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey | 3 |
| HIST4353 | WWI: The Great War 1 | 3 |
| HIST4362 | Peace and Nonviolence Movements 1 | 3 |
| HIST4368 | War and Society 1 | 3 |
| HIST4369 | Introduction to Ethnohistory 1 | 3 |
| HIST4373 | Economic and Social History of the Americas 1 | 3 |
| HIST4388 | Problems in History 2 | 3 |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| GROUP B - EUROPEAN HISTORY | ||
| HIST3310 | History of Europe, 1815-1919 | 3 |
| HIST3311 | History of Europe Since 1919 | 3 |
| HIST3312 | Renaissance and Reformation | 3 |
| HIST3313 | Europe During the Old Regime, 1600-1760 | 3 |
| HIST3314 | Revolutionary Europe, 1760-1815 | 3 |
| HIST3315 | History of England to 1603 | 3 |
| HIST3316 | History of England Since 1603 | 3 |
| HIST3332 | History of Early Modern Spain from 1492 to 1808 | 3 |
| HIST3333 | History of Modern Spain from 1808 to Present | 3 |
| HIST3368P | The U.S. and Britain in the Sixties 1 | 3 |
| HIST4304 | Ancient Rome and the Mediterranean 500 B.C. to 500 A.D. | 3 |
| HIST4307 | Medieval European History, 300-1400 | 3 |
| HIST4316 | Roman and Medieval Britain | 3 |
| HIST4317 | Tudor-Stuart England, 1485-1689 | 3 |
| HIST4318N | Immigration in European History | 3 |
| HIST4318S | Britain and the World 1 | 3 |
| HIST4318U | Topics in Industrial Britain | 3 |
| HIST4318W | Queer Youth History | 3 |
| HIST4318X | Scottish History from the Wars of Independence to the Present | 3 |
| HIST4318Y | The Global Teenager 1 | 3 |
| HIST4318Z | Podcasting History: Making Marginalized Voices Heard | 3 |
| HIST4320 | Origins of Christianity | 3 |
| HIST4323 | France and the Modern World | 3 |
| HIST4331 | Piracy Through the Ages 1 | 3 |
| HIST4332 | European Colonialism 1 | 3 |
| HIST4333 | The History of Russia and Eurasia to 1917 1 | 3 |
| HIST4334 | The History of Russia and Eurasia from 1917 to Present 1 | 3 |
| HIST4335 | 20TH CENT EAST EUR | 3 |
| HIST4336 | Germany from 1815 to Present | 3 |
| HIST4337 | Germany and National Socialism, 1918-1945 | 3 |
| HIST4341 | The History of Modern Britain | 3 |
| HIST4353 | WWI: The Great War 1 | 3 |
| HIST4368 | War and Society 1 | 3 |
| HIST4388 | Problems in History 2 | 3 |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| GROUP C - U.S. HISTORY | ||
| HIST3317 | U.S. Women's History to 1877 | 3 |
| HIST3318 | U.S. Women's History since 1877 | 3 |
| HIST3329 | Spanish Borderlands, 1521-1821 | 3 |
| HIST3337 | History of U.S. Foreign Policy Making in the Muslim World 1 | 3 |
| HIST3340 | History of the United States, 1877-1914 | 3 |
| HIST3341 | History of the United States, 1914-1945 | 3 |
| HIST3342 | Social and Intellectual History of the United States, 1607-1865 | 3 |
| HIST3343 | Social and Intellectual History of the United States Since 1865 | 3 |
| HIST3346 | The Civil War and Reconstruction | 3 |
| HIST3349 | The Constitution of the United States | 3 |
| HIST3352 | Western America | 3 |
| HIST3353 | The U.S. - Mexico Border and its Communities: A History | 3 |
| HIST3357 | History of U.S. Foreign Relations | 3 |
| HIST3359 | African American History | 3 |
| HIST3363 | Colonial North America to 1763 | 3 |
| HIST3365 | US Early Republic, 1788-1828 | 3 |
| HIST3366 | Introduction to Public History | 3 |
| HIST3368B | Law and Society in Early America | 3 |
| HIST3368E | United States Westward Expansionism, 1776-1861 | 3 |
| HIST3368H | LBJ's America | 3 |
| HIST3368J | The Space Race | 3 |
| HIST3368K | Topics in American Cultural History | 3 |
| HIST3368L | History of Mexican American Music in the Southwest | 3 |
| HIST3368M | Popular Music and Social Movements in 20th Century America | 3 |
| HIST3368P | The U.S. and Britain in the Sixties 1 | 3 |
| HIST3368S | History of Music and Race in the American South | 3 |
| HIST3368T | American Songbook | 3 |
| HIST3368U | U.S. - Cuban Relations 1 | 3 |
| HIST3368X | Organization of the Modern American State | 3 |
| HIST3368Y | Walking in the Way of Peace, War & Slavery: Quakers in American History | 3 |
| HIST3371A | Conflict and Creativity in U.S. Urban and Suburban History | 3 |
| HIST3371B | Health and Illness in American History | 3 |
| HIST3371C | History Behind the Headlines: Current Debates in a Historical Perspective | 3 |
| HIST3372 | Texas History: A Survey | 3 |
| HIST3373C | The History of Rural Women | 3 |
| HIST3373D | History of American Feminisms, 1960-2020 | 3 |
| HIST3374A | History of Christianity 1300-1700 | 3 |
| HIST3375A | Topics in Working Class History | 3 |
| HIST3376 | American Religious History | 3 |
| HIST3377 | History of Country Music | 3 |
| HIST3378 | History of the Blues | 3 |
| HIST3379 | History of Rock and Roll | 3 |
| HIST3380 | The Desegregation of the South from 1944-1970 | 3 |
| HIST3381 | Democracy and Education | 3 |
| HIST3382 | Immigration and US History | 3 |
| HIST4352 | Black Women and Black Protest in America | 3 |
| HIST4360 | History of the United States, 1945 to 1968 | 3 |
| HIST4361 | History of the United States, 1968 to the Present | 3 |
| HIST4362 | Peace and Nonviolence Movements 1 | 3 |
| HIST4364 | Military History of the United States | 3 |
| HIST4365 | Age of Revolution in North America, 1763-1789 | 3 |
| HIST4367 | US Antebellum Era, 1812-1861 | 3 |
| HIST4368 | War and Society 1 | 3 |
| HIST4369 | Introduction to Ethnohistory 1 | 3 |
| HIST4371 | Introduction to American Indian History | 3 |
| HIST4372 | Latina/o/x Histories | 3 |
| HIST4373 | Economic and Social History of the Americas 1 | 3 |
| HIST4374A | History of American Sexualities | 3 |
| HIST4375A | Critical Issues in Texas History | 3 |
| HIST4375B | African-American Experience in Texas | 3 |
| HIST4376 | The History of Texas Music | 3 |
| HIST4377 | Social Justice and Reform Movements in the United States | 3 |
| HIST4388 | Problems in History 2 | 3 |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| GROUP D - HISTORY CAPSTONE AND TEACHER CERTIFICATION PREPARATION | ||
| HIST4380 | Historical Resources and Practices | 3 |
| HIST4399 | 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.
