Liberal Arts: History Option - AA (019H)

Division: Humanities and Bilingual Studies Division

General Education Requirements (45 Credits)
Written & Oral Communication (9)
ENG 101College Composition I3
ENG 102College Composition II3
ENG 109Effective Speech3
Quantitative/Scientific Knowledge, Skills & Reasoning (12)
Select any two Science courses (prerequisites are enforced for certain ones) and one MTH course OR one Science course and two MTH courses12
Science courses: BIO 101, BIO 102, CHM 101, CHM 102, GEO 101, GEO 102, PHY 113, PHY 114
Math courses: MTH 101, MTH 103
Society & Human Behavior (6)
Select two of the following: 26
ANT 101, ANT 105, ECO 101, ECO 102, POL 104, PSY 101, PSY 102, PSY 219, SOC 101, SOC 108, SOC 219
Humanistic Perspective (9)
Select any two English Literature courses6
Select one of the following courses:3
ART 100, ART 101, ART 102, ART 200, CIN 101, CIN 103, DRA 100, FRN 101, FRN 102, MUS 100, MUS 109, MUS 110, MUS 117, PHI 101, REL 105, SPN 101, SPN 102
Historical Perspective (6)
Select any two History (HST) courses6
Global & Cultural Awareness of Diversity (3)
Select one of the following courses:3
HST 101, HST 102, HST 121, HST 122, HST 131, HST 132, HST 134, HST 135, HST 136, HST 137, HST 204, HST 205, HST 206, HST 208, REL 105
Major Requirements (9 Credits)
Select any three additional History (HST) courses9
Additional Requirements (6 Credits)
Select one of the following World Language Courses:
FRN 101Elementary French I3
or SPN 101 Elementary Spanish I
Humanities or Social Science Elective 13
Total Credits60
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Humanities Electives: ART, CIN, CMS, DRA, ENG, FRN, HST, MUS, NMT, PHI, REL, SPN 
Social Science Electives: ANT, CJI, ECO, EDU, PLS, POL, PSY, SOC 

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ANT 101 & POL 104 are recommended.

Notes:

  1. For an explanation of why General Education courses are included in this Program, please refer to the Section on General Education for an explanation of its Purpose and Requirements. 
  2. This plan assumes the student is eligible to enroll in College Level Courses (designated as 100 +, e.g., ENG 101 College Composition I, HST 101 World Civilization I, MTH 100 Intro. to College Mathematics).  Placement results will determine College Level Readiness in English and Mathematics.  
 
Upon completion of this program, graduates will be able to:
  • Show an understanding of how individuals are shaped by their own past and by the past of their society and institutions;
  • Show an understanding of how the operation of large-scale forces are responsible for causing change over time;
  • Identify and describe the contours and stakes of conversations among historians within defined historiographical fields;
  • Apply historical methods to evaluate critically the record of the past and how historians and others have interpreted it; and
  • Show basic historical research skills, including (as appropriate) the effective use of libraries, archives, and databases.