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BACHELOR OF ARTS/BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT MAJOR

The Department of History and Government offers the Bachelor of Arts (BA) and the Bachelor of Science
(BS) degrees in history and government. Students who wish to earn the BA degree are required to
complete twelve semester hours of a foreign language in addition to other requirements. The BA/BS
degrees in history and government require a minimum of forty-two semester hours for majors in the
history concentration and forty-five semester hours for majors in the government concentration. The BS
degree in history and government requires thirty-six semester hours for majors in the history (social
studies) concentration.

Students who wish to pursue a major or minor in history and government must earn a grade of “C” or
higher in departmental courses.

CORE REQUIREMENTS Sem. Hrs.
FOR ALL MAJORS, EXCEPT HISTORY (SOCIAL STUDIES)
EDUCATION MAJORS
GEOG 101 Elements of Geography I or
GEOG 102 Elements of Geography II 3
GOVT 130 Introduction to Political Science 3
GOVT 231 US National Government 3
GOVT 342 International Relations 3
GOVT 462 & 463 Government Senior Seminars or
HIST 497 & 498 History Senior Seminars 6
HIST 111 World Civilization since 1500 3
HIST 114 African American History to 1865 or
HIST 115 African American History since 1865 3
PHIL 101 Introduction to Philosophy 3

GENERAL EDUCATION AND INSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS

English Composition (6 semester hours) Sem. Hrs.
ENGL 101 Expository Writing 3
ENGL 102 Argument and Research 3

Arts and Humanities (6 hours) Sem. Hrs.
PHIL 101 Introduction to Philosophy 3
COMM 101 Oral Communication 3

Sciences (Biology, chemistry, physics, physical science, 1 lab. course req.)Sem. Hrs.
Science Electives 7-8

Mathematics (3 hours ) Sem. Hrs.
MATH Math Elective 3

Social Sciences (6 hrs.) Sem. Hrs.
Social Science Electives 6

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