Program: History Major B.A. - Major Code 9375 - Northeastern State University

General Education Requirements

A minimum of 49 hours of academic work in general education is required during the freshman and sophomore years. For students transferring with the Associate of Arts degree or Associate of Science degree from a public institution in Oklahoma, all general education requirements will be satisfied with respect to degree requirements. However, some majors may require other specific general education courses as program prerequisites or program requirements. Students should consult advisors and the program’s plan of study for further information. Students are required to complete general education requirements by the time they have completed 90 semester hours of college work. See General Education Requirements for Bachelor’s Degrees for more information.

History General Education Requirements

Students following this program must complete:
HIST 1113 - Early Western Civilization #
HIST 1483 - American History 1492-1876 #
GEOG 2243 - Fundamentals of Geography #
POLS 1113 - American Federal Government #

History Core 15 hours

Electives 22 hours

U.S. History Advanced Electives - 6 hours
European History Advanced Electives - 6 hours
History Advanced Electives and/or HIST 2523 - 4 hours
World History Electives - Select 6 hours from the following:

Minimum Total 37 hours

Note

Nineteen hours of this major must be earned at NSU and at least nineteen hours of advanced 3000/4000 level courses are required for this major.

Course Sequence

Course Sequence

First Year – Freshman

Fall Semester	Spring Semester
HIST 1483*	HIST 1493*
ENGL 1113*	ENGL 1213*
HIST 1113*	HIST 1213*
Pols 1113*	Life Skills elective (3 hrs)*
Physical Ed (1 hr)*	UNIV 2091*
UNIV 1002*	COMM (3 hrs)*
Total Hours 15	Total Hours 16

Second Year – Sophomore

Fall Semester	Spring Semester
HIST 2713**	HIST 2723***
Fine Arts Appreciation Elective (3 hrs)*	HED 1113 or HFS 1653*
GEOG 2243 (3 hrs)	Global Perspectives Elective (3 hrs)*
Physical Science (3 or 4 hrs)	Minor elective (3 hrs)*
Math/other Quantitative Analysis Elective (3 hrs)	Biological Science (3-5 hrs)*
Total Hours 15-16	Total Hours 15-17

Third Year – Junior

Fall Semester	Spring Semester
Global Perspectives Elective (3 hrs)*	Minor elective (3 hrs)*
HIST 3392**	Advanced European History Elective (3 hrs)*
Minor elective (3 hrs)*	Advanced American History (3 hrs)*
Advanced World History (3 hrs)*	Advanced History Elective (3 hrs)*
Free electives-upper division (3 hrs)*	Free electives-upper division (3 hrs)*
Free electives-upper division (0-3 hrs)*
Total Hours 14-17	Total Hours 15

Fourth Year – Senior

Fall Semester	Spring Semester
Advanced World History (3 hrs)*	HIST 4951*
Advanced American History (3 hrs)*	Minor elective (3 hrs)*
Advanced History Elective (3 hrs)*	Advanced European History Elective (3 hrs)*
Free electives-upper division (3 hrs)*	Free electives-upper division (3 hrs)*
Free electives-upper division (3 hrs)*	Free electives-upper division (3 hrs)*
Total Hours 15	Total Hours 16

Total Hours in Course Sequence _124______

* Offered Fall and Spring
** Offered Fall only
*** Offered Spring only

Fifteen hours of electives have been listed for the minor on the assumption that one of the General Education courses or one of the Free electives-upper division will count as a sixth three-hour course in the minor field selected by the student.

Policies of the College of Liberal Arts

ENGLISH PROFICIENCY:	English proficiency is a graduation requirement. Components I and II of English proficiency should be met with grades of “C” or better prior to the completion of 60 credit hours.
UPPER DIVISION CREDIT:	Total hours must include at least 40 hours of credit in courses number 3000 and above.
LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCES:	At least 80 semester credit hours are required in the Liberal Arts and Sciences for BA/BAED/BFA/BME degrees and 55 semester credit hours of Liberal Arts and Sciences for BS/BSED degrees and 40 semester credit hours of Liberal Arts and Sciences for specialty degrees (BGS, BSW). Liberal Arts and Science courses are designated by a “#” after the course title.