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Changes to History Major Program Approved
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Beginning with the 2010-2011 academic year, the following changes in lower-division minimum requirements for the History major will be in effect. Each History Major must take the following courses:
- United States History survey – two courses, HIST 231, 232, or equivalent
- Western and World Civilizations – one course from each of the following three groups. You must choose at least one course in western civilization and one in world history or a non-western civilization (Africa, Asia, Latin America).
- HIST 202: Western Civilization I or HIST 210: World History I
- HIST 204: Western Civilization II or HIST 211: World History II
- HIST 206: Western Civilization III; HIST 212: World History III; HIST 222: Modern Pacific Asia; HIST 240: Survey of Latin American History; or HIST 250: History of Africa
In addition, a new course, HIST 327: History of African Colonial Independence, has been added to the curriculum. It will be taught in Fall 2010, MW 5:20-7:25 pm.
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What is history?
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History has been called the memory of human group experience, the collective repository of all that has gone on in the past and the emotions, ideals, and values that have given human experience its sense of continuity, causation, and meaning.
As an academic discipline it is perhaps the broadest of the liberal arts, certainly the least restricted by subject and scope. It requires the development of analytical skills, the use of deductive and inductive reasoning, the mastery of knowledge from different cultures and epochs, and the ability to express ideas in clear, readable prose.
The study of history has practical rewards as well. It provides students with a broad cultural background and inculcates skills of analysis and composition that are considered essential to the study of education, literature, law, government, communications, journalism, public service, and business.
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