History / Bachelor of Arts

Total Credit Hours:  128

Major Credit Hours: 39-42

History majors must select History electives from courses numbered 20000 and above. No 10000 level History courses, except for Global History and Culture 1 and 2 (HIST 10100 and HIST 10200), may count toward the 39 credit hours required by the major.

The Public History concentration will prepare students for entry into a master’s programs in Public History, for employment in local history museums and government archives, for curatorships, and for writing in Public History. Public Historians provide a great service to society through the study and preservation of heritage. A prime example of the work of public historians is our very own Adelmann Regional History Collection at Lewis University. This special collection preserves the maps, the photographs, and documents related to the history of the Illinois and Michigan canal and surrounding region.

Students in Public History must take workshops and/or internships in Public History. These workshops and internships are important components of this program. The workshops involve such elements as travel to regional sites, hands-on experience with historical artifacts, and written work which will be assessed by the instructor. Internships at such institutions as the First Division Museum at Cantigny, the Joliet Area Historical Museum, and the Adelmann Regional History Collection, have produced successful internship reports as well as positive assessments from the staffs of these institutions. The Public History Portfolio is an additional requirement in this concentration and will consist of reports written for Workshops in Public History and/or Internships in Public History during the course of the major and filed with the History Department chair. The student will submit a minimum of three such reports.

 

Degree Requirements

Program: BA-HIST-4

I. Core Courses (12):

HIST-10100	Global History and Culture 1	3
	OR
HIST-10300	Interpreting World History	3
HIST-10200	Global History and Culture 2	3
HIST-20300	Historiography 1: Sophomore Writing Seminar	3
HIST-40300	Historiography 2: Senior Research Seminar	3

II. Concentration Courses (27-30):

 

A. No Declared Concentration (27)

i. United States History Course (3)

Choose one of the following courses on the History of the United States:

HIST-32000	United States Colonial and Early National History	3
HIST-32200	U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction	3
HIST-32300	The Emergence of Modern America, 1877-1941	3
HIST-32500	United States Since 1941	3

ii. Additional United States History Course (3)

HIST-11100	Survey of United States History to 1876	3
HIST-11200	Survey of United States History Since 1876	3
HIST-25000	We Hold These Truths: A Civic History of the United States	3
HIST-32000	United States Colonial and Early National History	3
HIST-32200	U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction	3
HIST-32300	The Emergence of Modern America, 1877-1941	3
HIST-32500	United States Since 1941	3
HIST-32600	U. S. Urban History	3
HIST-33100	A History of the U.S. Military	3
HIST-33300	The American Presidency	3
HIST-33400	African-American History 1	3
HIST-33600	Native American History	3
HIST-33700	Immigration, Ethnicity, and Race in American History	3
HIST-33800	U.S. Women's History	3

iii. European History Course (3)

HIST-26000	African History: Ancient Times to the Present	3
HIST-27500	Genocide in the Modern World	3
HIST-34400	History of Western Ideas	3
HIST-35000	History of the British Empire	3
HIST-36700	Ancient World to 476 AD	3
HIST-36800	Medieval Europe (476-1500)	3
HIST-36900	Early Modern Europe (1500-1815)	3
HIST-37200	Modern Europe (1815-Present)	3
HIST-38000	History of Ireland	3
HIST-38100	History of England and Great Britain after 1450	3
HIST-38200	Germany: Ancient Times to the Present	3
HIST-38300	Germany: From Bismarck to Hitler	3
HIST-38500	Russia: Ancient Times to the Present	3
HIST-38600	Eastern Europe: From the Baltic to the Black Sea	3
HIST-38700	History of Modern Revolutions: 1789 to the Present	3

iv. Outside the European and United States Experience (6)

HIST-26000	African History: Ancient Times to the Present	3
HIST-26100	History of India: Ancient Times to the Present	3
HIST-27500	Genocide in the Modern World	3
HIST-35000	History of the British Empire	3
HIST-35100	Modern China	3
HIST-35200	Modern Japan	3
HIST-35500	History of the Modern Middle East	3
HIST-35600	The Vietnam War	3
HIST-390XX	Topics in History	3
HIST-397XX	Workshop in History	1-3

v. Four Department of History Electives (12)

(Please note: Up to 3 credits in one-hour workshops / courses may be taken.)

B. Public History (30)

Concentration: PUBH

i. Public History Courses (6)

HIST-32900	Public History	3
	OR
HIST-397XX	Workshop in History	1-3
	AND
HIST-39800	Internship for History Majors	1-3

HIST 397XX must be taken three times, if this option is chosen.

HIST 39800 must be taken for 3 credits to fulfill this requirement.

ii. United States History Courses (6)

Choose two of the following U.S. History courses:

HIST-32000	United States Colonial and Early National History	3
HIST-32200	U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction	3
HIST-32300	The Emergence of Modern America, 1877-1941	3
HIST-32500	United States Since 1941	3

iii. Additional United States History Courses (6)

Select two additional U.S. History courses:

HIST-11100	Survey of United States History to 1876	3
HIST-11200	Survey of United States History Since 1876	3
HIST-32000	United States Colonial and Early National History	3
HIST-32200	U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction	3
HIST-32300	The Emergence of Modern America, 1877-1941	3
HIST-32500	United States Since 1941	3
HIST-32600	U. S. Urban History	3
HIST-33100	A History of the U.S. Military	3
HIST-33300	The American Presidency	3
HIST-33400	African-American History 1	3
HIST-33600	Native American History	3
HIST-33700	Immigration, Ethnicity, and Race in American History	3
HIST-33800	U.S. Women's History	3

iv. European History (3)

Choose one of the following History courses:

HIST-26000	African History: Ancient Times to the Present	3
HIST-27500	Genocide in the Modern World	3
HIST-34400	History of Western Ideas	3
HIST-35000	History of the British Empire	3
HIST-36700	Ancient World to 476 AD	3
HIST-36800	Medieval Europe (476-1500)	3
HIST-36900	Early Modern Europe (1500-1815)	3
HIST-37200	Modern Europe (1815-Present)	3
HIST-38000	History of Ireland	3
HIST-38100	History of England and Great Britain after 1450	3
HIST-38200	Germany: Ancient Times to the Present	3
HIST-38300	Germany: From Bismarck to Hitler	3
HIST-38500	Russia: Ancient Times to the Present	3
HIST-38600	Eastern Europe: From the Baltic to the Black Sea	3
HIST-38700	History of Modern Revolutions: 1789 to the Present	3

v. Outside the European and United States Experience (3)

Choose one of the following History courses:

HIST-26000	African History: Ancient Times to the Present	3
HIST-26100	History of India: Ancient Times to the Present	3
HIST-27500	Genocide in the Modern World	3
HIST-35000	History of the British Empire	3
HIST-35100	Modern China	3
HIST-35200	Modern Japan	3
HIST-35400	The Mediterranean World Since 1500	3
HIST-35500	History of the Modern Middle East	3
HIST-35600	The Vietnam War	3
HIST-390XX	Topics in History	3

vi. Two Department of History Electives (6)

Students may apply up to 3 one credit hour History workshops toward this category. However, those workshops may not be workshops used to fulfill category B.i. of this concentration.

III. The Senior Capstone

The History major is required to complete the senior capstone. This non-course requirement consists of one researched essay, which will be orally defended by the student in a meeting with the Department of History faculty. The senior capstone must be successfully completed if the Department of History is to endorse the student in continuing on to graduate studies or teaching the subject at the secondary school level.