History - BA
In fulfilling the requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree in History, students must meet the general degree requirements of the College of Liberal Arts and the special requirements listed in the college section.
Teacher Certification
Students wishing to meet certification requirements to teach history or social studies in the secondary schools of Texas should contact the College of Education and Human Development for more complete information about the certification options available at Texas A&M University. To be eligible for these options, students must also consult with, and have approval of, their field advisor in the Department of History.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Semester Credit Hours | |
| ENGL 104 | Composition and Rhetoric | 3 |
| HIST 101 or HIST 103 | Western Civilization to 1660 or World History to 1500 | 3 |
| HIST 105 | History of the United States | 3 |
| Creative arts | 3 | |
| Foreign language 1 | 4 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| HIST 102 or HIST 104 | Western Civilization Since 1660 or World History Since 1500 | 3 |
| HIST 106 | History of the United States | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Public Speaking | ||
| Communication for Technical Professions | ||
| Argumentation and Debate | ||
| Writing about Literature | ||
| Technical and Business Writing | ||
| Foreign language 1 | 4 | |
| Social and behavioral sciences | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| Foreign language 1 | 3 | |
| Government/Political science | 3 | |
| Language, philosophy and culture | 3 | |
| History elective 2 | 3 | |
| General elective 3 | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| HIST 280 | The Historian’s Craft 4 | 3 |
| Foreign language 1 | 3 | |
| Government/Political science | 3 | |
| Mathematics | 3 | |
| General elective 3 | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| Language, philosophy and culture or creative arts | 3 | |
| Life and physical sciences | 3 | |
| History elective 2 | 3 | |
| Literature directed elective | 3 | |
| General elective 3 | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| Social and behavioral sciences | 3 | |
| History elective 2 | 3 | |
| History elective 2 | 3 | |
| General elective 3 | 3 | |
| General elective 3 | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| HIST 481 | Seminar in History 4 | 3 |
| Life and physical sciences | 3 | |
| Mathematics | 3 | |
| General elective 3 | 3 | |
| General elective 3 | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| Life and physical sciences | 3 | |
| History elective 2 | 3 | |
| Literature directed elective | 3 | |
| General elective 3 | 1 | |
| General elective 3 | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 13 | |
| Total Semester Credit Hours | 120 | |
| 1 | Complete 14 hours of a foreign language through the intermediate level. If you choose to enroll in a language you have studied previously without receiving college credit, you must first take a placement test. See academic advisor. |
| 2 | At least 12 hours at the 300- and 400-level. At least 3 hours of pre-modern history and at least 3 hours from three of the five lists (United States; Europe; Latin America and Caribbean; Africa, Asia and the Middle East; Thematic). |
| 3 | Students may use an additional 12 hours of HIST 300-499 for this requirement. |
| 4 | Writing-intensive course. |
Graduation requirements include 3 hours of International and Cultural Diversity courses and 3 hours of Cultural Discourse courses. A course satisfying a Core category, a college/department requirement, or a free elective can be used to satisfy this requirement. The required 6 hours may be met by courses satisfying other areas of a degree program. See your academic advisor for further information.
Students should plan a program of study in consultation with one of the department’s undergraduate advisors.
A minimum of 33 hours in history may be applied to the degree. Students must take not less than 15 credit hours at upper level for history residency requirement. A grade of C or higher is required for a course to be counted in the major field. A student must complete not less than 18 hours of coursework in history at Texas A&M University.
Minor Field of Study
All history majors are encouraged to select a minor field of study from departments or divisions within or outside of the College of Liberal Arts or in a particular area of interest (as in the case of interdisciplinary minors or career opportunity minors). The minor will consist of a minimum of 15 hours of coursework, as defined by the minor department. A grade of C or higher is required for a course to be counted in the minor field. Interdisciplinary minors such as Women’s and Gender Studies, Africana Studies, Classical Studies, Religious Studies, Film Studies, Latina/o and Mexican American Studies, and Business have specific requirements; students should consult undergraduate advisors in these areas of study. A second major may substitute for the minor. Courses used to meet the minor requirements may not be used in the major. See also the statement on “Minor Field of Study” under the general requirements of the College of Liberal Arts.