Kent State University Catalog 2014 - 2015

History - B.A. Program Requirements Download to print

History semester-by-semester Roadmap

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; ELR Experiential Learning; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity, writing-intensive and the experiential learning requirements.

I.	DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE 1 credit)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	US	10097	Destination Kent State: First Year Experience	1
II.	MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (36 credits) ¹ Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
KHU DG	HIST	11050	World History: Ancient and Medieval	3
KHU DG		11051	World History: Modern	3
KAD DD		12070	History of the U.S.: Formative Period	3
KAD DD		12071	History of the U.S.: Modern Period	3
WIC		32050	The Historian's Craft ²	3
		49091	Senior Seminar in History	3
	United States History Electives Choose from the following:			6
	HIST	31040	American History through Popular Music (3)
		31061	History of Ohio (3)
		31075	History of Women in the United States (3)
		31080	African-American History: Slavery to Freedom (3)
		31081	African-American History: Reconstruction to the Present (3)
		38095	Special Topics in United States History (3)
		40197	American Cultural Heritage: The Arts and Society (3)
		41000	Introduction to Public History (3)
DD		41056	History of Colonial America, 1492-1714 (3)
DD		41057	Eighteenth Century America, 1714-1789 (3)
		41058	Jefferson-Jackson Era, 1789-1848 (3)
		41062	The United States: The Westward Movement (3)
		41065	Sectional Conflict and Civil War (3)
		41066	Reconstruction and the Later South (3)
		41070	American Social and Intellectual History, 1790-1876 (3)
		41071	American Social and Intellectual History, 1876-Present (3)
		41075	War and Society in the United States from 1607-1865 (3)
		41076	War and Society in the United States from 1865-Present (3)
		41077	The Great Depression in America (3)
		41079	Migrations to America, 1607-Present (3)
		41083	U.S. Foreign Relations through World War I (3)
		41084	U.S. Foreign Relations from 1920 (3)
		41085	The Sixties in America (3)
		41087	Progressive America: The United States, 1896-1919 (3)
		41088	New Era through World War: The United States, 1920-1945 (3)
		41089	Recent America: The United States, 1945-Present (3)
WIC		48697	Colloquium: U.S. Middle Period: 1820-1900 (3)
		48797	Colloquium in African American History to 1877 (3)
		48897	Colloquium in African American History Since 1877 (3)
		49095	Special Topics in United States History (3)
	European History Since 1500 Electives Choose from the following:			6
	HIST	31024	World War II (3)
		31027	History of England to 1688 (3)
		31028	England Since 1688 (3)
		31030	NATO: The Enduring Alliance (3)
		31050	History and Society of Modern Greece (3)
		31052	History of Modern France (3)
		31053	Modern Europe, from 1815 to Present (3)
		38195	Special Topics in Europe Since 1500 (3)
		41016	The Protestant and Catholic Reformations (3)
		41017	Seventeenth-Century Europe (3)
		41020	Nineteenth-Century Europe (3)
		41024	Modern European History, 1914-1945 (3)
		41025	Modern European History, 1945-Present (3)
		41032	Consumption and Mass Culture in Modern Europe (3)
		41033	Women and Gender in Modern Europe (3)
		41041	History of Germany, 1871-Present (3)
		41044	Imperial Russia, 1689-1917 (3)
		41045	Modern Russia, 1917-Present (3)
		41051	Politics, Culture and Society of 20th-Century Europe (3)
		41060	Comparative Fascism (3)
		41129	The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry, 1938-1945 (3)
		41789	The French Revolution and Napoleon (3)
DG WIC		42497	Colloquium: Women in Modern Europe (3)
WIC		43797	Colloquium in Victorian England (3)
		49195	Special Topics in Europe Since 1500 (3)
	African, Ancient, Medieval, Latin American and Asian History Electives Choose from the following:			6
	HIST	31112	Chinese Civilization (3)
		31118	Vietnam War (3)
		31125	Zionism and Israel (3)
		31126	History of the Middle East (3)
		31127	Ancient and Early Medieval Jewish History (3)
		31128	Late Medieval and Modern Jewish History (3)
		31130	History of African Civilization (3)
DG		31140	Modern Latin America (3)
		31141	Early Latin America (3)
		38295	Special Topics in Global History (3)
		41003	History of Ancient Greece (3)
		41006	Roman History (3)
		41010	The Early Middle Ages (3)
		41011	The High Middle Ages (3)
		41014	Europe in the Renaissance (3)
		41097	Colloquium: Saints, Monks and the Medieval Community (3)
		41112	History of Modern China (3)
		41116	History of Japan (3)
		41132	History of Africa, 1880-Present (3)
		42140	The Sixties: A Third World View (3)
		42141	Comparative Third World Revolutions (3)
		42142	Afro-Latin America (3)
WIC		42297	Colloquium: China and Japan (3)
		43097	Colloquium: Medieval Russia (3)
		49295	Special Topics in Global History (3)
III.	ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (83 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	Foreign Language ³			14-20
	Kent Core Composition			6
	Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning			3-5
	Kent Core Fine Arts			3
	Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines)			6
	Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory)			6-7
	College General Requirements (must be from Kent Core Basic Sciences) ⁴			3
	College General Requirements (must be from Kent Core Social Sciences) ⁵			3
	General Electives (minimum 18 upper-division credit hours) Credits required depends on meeting minimum 120 credit hours and minimum 42 upper-division credit hours			39
TOTAL				120

¹ All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.

² A minimum C (2.000) grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.

³ Fulfills College General Requirement.

⁴ One additional course taken from the Kent Core Basic Science courses in the following Arts and Sciences disciplines: Anthropology (ANTH), Biological Sciences (BSCI), Chemistry (CHEM), Geography (GEOG), Geology (GEOL) or Physics (PHY). Students may take the courses listed in the "introductory" sequences with the restrictions noted above in the Kent Core Basic Science section. The course may not be from the student's major.

⁵ One additional course taken from the Kent Core Social Sciences courses in the following Arts and Sciences disciplines: Anthropology (ANTH), Applied Conflict Management (CACM), Geography (GEOG), Criminology and Justice Studies (JUS), Political Science (POL), Psychology (PSYC) or Sociology (SOC). The course may not be from the student's major.

Foreign Language Note: Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in the College of Arts and Sciences must have the equivalent of Elementary I and II in any language, plus one of the following options:

a. Intermediate I and II of the same language
b. Elementary I and II of a second language
c. Any combination of two courses from the following list:
    -Intermediate I of the same language
    -MCLS 10001 Introduction to Structural Concepts for Language Students
    -MCLS 20000 Global Literacy and Cultural Awareness
    -MCLS 20091 Seminar: Global Literacy Case Studies

All students with prior foreign language experience should take the foreign language placement test to determine the appropriate level at which to start. Some students may begin their university foreign language experience beyond the Elementary I level and will complete the requirement with fewer credit hours and fewer courses. This may be accomplished by: (1) passing a course beyond Elementary I through Intermediate II level or (2) receiving credit through Credit by Exam (CBE), the College Level Examination Program (CLEP), the Advanced Placement (AP) exam or credit through the International Baccalaureate (IB) program; or (3) being designated a "native speaker" of a non-English language (consult with the College of Arts and Sciences Advising Office for additional information). When students complete the requirement with fewer than 14 credit hours and four courses, they will complete remaining hours with general electives.