B.A. History
About the Program
Students of History learn skills that employers are looking for, especially critical thinking, problem solving, and research-based analysis. These are skills that will not become obsolete. The Department of History offers the B.A., Minor, and M.A. Each of these programs is offered on campus and online. The History programs at ISU are designed to help students gain the skills and knowledge to adapt to the shifting demands of the modern economy. A degree in History from ISU prepares students for long careers in a wide range of industries. Our alumni are successful in the fields of law, government, technology, and education.
Professors in the History Department are scholars with PhDs from the world’s premier universities, and they publish cutting-edge research in internationally-recognized journals and books. They are also great teachers who are committed to the success of ISU students. These professors work directly with students to tailor their degree plans to match their career goals. In short, they help Bengals make history.
History professors at ISU offer courses on issues that matter and topics that directly relate to the interests of our students. Our courses address a wide range of topics, including politics, religion, revolutions, race, women, war, witchcraft, environment, empires, and energy. The History Department includes professors who are experts on every major region of the world, including North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. Of course, we also have an expert on Idaho and the American West.
Program Requirements
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General Education - Objective 1, Written Communication6 creditsENGL1101 - Writing and Rhetoric I3 creditsENGL1101P - Writing and Rhetoric I Plus4 creditsENGL1102 - Writing and Rhetoric II3 creditsHONS1101 - Honors Humanities I3 credits
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General Education - Objective 2, Oral Communication3 creditsCOMM1101 - Fundamentals of Oral Comm3 credits
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General Education - Objective 3, Mathematical Ways of Knowing3 creditsMATH1123 is recommendedMATH1123 - Math in Modern Society3 creditsMATH1123P - Math in Modern Soc Plus4 creditsMATH1127 - The Language of Mathematics3 creditsMATH1130 - Finite Mathematics3 creditsMATH1143 - Precalculus I: Algebra3 creditsMATH1143P - Precalculus I: Algebra Plus5 creditsMATH1147 - Precalculus5 creditsMATH1153 - Statistical Reasoning3 creditsMATH1153P - Statistical Reasoning4 creditsMATH1160 - Survey of Calculus3 creditsMATH1170 - Calculus I4 creditsMATH2256 - Structure of Arith for El Ed3 creditsMATH2257 - Structure Geo and Prob El Ed3 creditsMGT2216 - Business Statistics3 creditsRCET1372 - Calculus for Electronics4 creditsTGE1140 - Survey of Applied Math3 credits
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General Education - Objective 4, Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing: Minimum of two (2) courses. (6 credits.) Courses must be selected from two different categories complete 1 of the following requirements6 creditsHumanitiesENGL1115 - Major Themes in Literature3 creditsENGL1126 - Art of Film I3 creditsENGL1175 - Literature and Ideas3 creditsENGL2215 - Survey of World Mythology3 creditsENGL2257 - Survey of World Literature I3 creditsENGL2258 - Survey of World Literature II3 creditsHONS1102 - Honors Humanities II3 creditsPHIL1101 - Introduction to Philosophy3 creditsPHIL1103 - Introduction to Ethics3 creditsTGE1257 - Applied Ethics in Technology3 creditsFine ArtsART1100 - Introduction to Art3 creditsART1101 - Survey of Art History I3 creditsART1102 - Survey of Art History II3 creditsART2210 - Hist and Apprec of Photography3 creditsCMP2250 - History Appreciation Photo3 creditsDANC1105 - Survey of Dance3 creditsDANC2205 - Dance in the Modern Era3 creditsMUSI1100 - Introduction to Music3 creditsMUSI1105 - Survey of Rock Music3 creditsMUSI1106 - American Music3 creditsMUSI1108 - The World of Music4 creditsMUSI1109 - Survey of Jazz3 creditsTHEA1101 - Survey of Theatre3 creditsForeign LanguagesARBC1101 - Elementary Arabic I4 creditsARBC1102 - Elementary Arabic II4 creditsCHNS1101 - Elementary Chinese I4 creditsCHNS1102 - Elementary Chinese II4 creditsCSD1151 - American Sign Language I3 creditsCSD1152 - American Sign Language II3 creditsFREN1101 - Elementary French I4 creditsFREN1102 - Elementary French II4 creditsJAPN1101 - Elementary Japanese I4 creditsJAPN1102 - Elementary Japanese II4 creditsLANG1101 - Elementary Foreign Language I4 creditsLANG1102 - Elementary Foreign Language II4 creditsRUSS1101 - Elementary Russian I4 creditsRUSS1102 - Elementary Russian II4 creditsSHOS1101 - Elementary Shoshoni I4 creditsSHOS1102 - Elementary Shoshoni II4 creditsSPAN1101 - Elementary Spanish I4 creditsSPAN1102 - Elementary Spanish II4 credits
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General Education - Objective 5, Scientific Ways of Knowing: Minimum of two (2) lecture courses and one (1) laboratory or field experiences. (7 credits) Courses must be selected from two different course prefixes.7 creditsANTH2230 - Biological Anthropology3 creditsANTH2230L - Biological Anthropology Lab1 creditBIOL1100 - Concepts of Biology3 creditsBIOL1100L - Concepts of Biology Lab0 creditsBIOL1101 - Biology I4 creditsBIOL1101L - Biology I Lab0 creditsBIOL2227 - Human Anat and Phys 13 creditsBIOL2227L - Human Anat and Phys 1 Lab1 creditCHEM1100 - Concepts of Chemistry4 creditsCHEM1101 - Intro to Chemistry3 creditsCHEM1102 - Ess of Organic and Biochem3 creditsCHEM1103 - Ess of Organic and Biochem Lab1 creditCHEM1111 - General Chemistry I4 creditsCHEM1111L - General Chemistry I Lab1 creditCHEM1112 - General Chemistry II3 creditsCHEM1112L - General Chemistry II Lab1 creditGEOL1100 - The Dynamic Earth3 creditsGEOL1100L - The Dynamic Earth Lab1 creditGEOL1101 - Physical Geology3 creditsGEOL1101L - Physical Geology Lab1 creditGEOL1110 - Physical Geol Scientists Lab1 creditNTD2239 - Nutrition3 creditsPHYS1100 - Essentials of Physics4 creditsPHYS1101 - Elements of Physics3 creditsPHYS1101L - Elements of Physics Lab1 creditPHYS1111 - General Physics I3 creditsPHYS1112 - General Physics II3 creditsPHYS1113 - General Physics I Laboratory1 creditPHYS1114 - General Physics II Laboratory1 creditPHYS1152 - Descriptive Astronomy3 creditsPHYS1153 - Descriptive Astronomy Laboratory1 creditPHYS2211 - Engineering Physics I4 creditsPHYS2212 - Engineering Physics II4 creditsPHYS2213 - Engineering Physics I Lab1 creditPHYS2214 - Engineering Physics II Lab1 credit
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General Education - Objective 6, social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing: Minimum of two (2) courses. (6 credits) Courses must be selected from two different course prefixes.6 creditsHIST 1101, HIST 1102, HIST 1105, HIST 1106, HIST 1111, or HIST 1112, and one Objective 6 course from outside of History.ANTH1100 - Discover Anthropology3 creditsANTH1102 - Cultural Anthropology3 creditsECON1100 - Economic Issues3 creditsECON2201 - Principles of Macroeconomics3 creditsECON2202 - Principles of Microeconomics3 creditsEDUC1110 - Education in the US3 creditsGLBL2203 - International Organizations3 creditsHIST1101 - World History I3 creditsHIST1102 - World History II3 creditsHIST1105 - Foundations of Europe3 creditsHIST1106 - Modern Europe3 creditsHIST1111 - United States History I3 creditsHIST1112 - United States History II3 creditsIS2203 - Intro Internatl Organizations3 creditsPOLS1101 - American National Government3 creditsPSYC1101 - Introduction to Psychology3 creditsSOC1101 - Introduction to Sociology3 creditsSOC1102 - Social Problems3 creditsTGE1150 - Social Science in Workplace3 creditsSOWK1101 - Intro SOWK and Social Welfare3 credits
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General Education - Objective 7, Critical Thinking AND Objective 8, Information Literacy Take HIST1100, HIST1120, HIST1118, or HIST22913 creditsMinimum of one (1) course from either Objective 7 or Objective 8. (3 credits)ANTH1107 - Nature of Language3 creditsCS1181 - Computer Sci and Programming I3 creditsCMP2205 - Argumentation3 creditsENGL1107 - Nature of Language3 creditsGEOL1107 - Real Monsters3 creditsHIST1100 - History in Film3 creditsHIST1118 - US History and Culture3 creditsHIST1120 - Themes in World History3 creditsINFO1181 - Informatics and Programming I3 creditsPHIL2201 - Introduction to Logic3 creditsPHIL2260 - Philosophy of Life and Death3 creditsPOLS1102 - Intro to Politic Crit Thinking3 creditsSOC2248 - Crit Analysis Social Diversity3 creditsTHEA1118 - Oral Interpretation of Lit3 creditsTHEA2251 - Fundamentals of Acting3 creditsACAD1111 - Info Literacy and Inquiry3 creditsCMP2203 - Media Literacy3 creditsCMP2203 - Media Literacy3 creditsFIN1115 - Personal Finance3 creditsHIST2291 - Introduction to Research3 creditsINFO1101 - Digital Information Literacy3 creditsLLIB1115 - Intro to Information Research3 credits
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General Education - Objective 9, Cultural Diversity take 3 credits, take at least 1 course3 creditsTake HIST2201, HIST2251, HIST2252, HIST2254, or HIST2255ANTH2201 - Intermediate Shoshoni I4 creditsANTH2202 - Intermediate Shoshoni II4 creditsANTH2212 - Intro to Folklore Oral Tradns3 creditsANTH2237 - People and Cult of Old World3 creditsANTH2238 - Peoples and Cult of New World3 creditsANTH2239 - Latino Peoples and Cultures3 creditsANTH2258 - Native American History3 creditsCHNS2201 - Intermediate Chinese I4 creditsCHNS2202 - Intermediate Chinese II4 creditsCSD2210 - Comm through Lit and Media3 creditsCSD2256 - Deaf Culture and Community3 creditsEDUC2204 - Families Communities Culture3 creditsENGL2210 - American Cultural Studies3 creditsENGL2212 - Intro to Folklore/Oral Tradn3 creditsGLBL2202 - Introduction to Global Issues3 creditsGLBL2270 - World Reg Geog and Cultures3 creditsHIST2201 - Women in US History3 creditsHIST2251 - Latin American History3 creditsHIST2252 - Asian History and Culture3 creditsHIST2254 - Middle East Hist and Culture3 creditsHIST2255 - African History and Culture3 creditsHIST2258 - Native American History3 creditsJAPN2201 - Intermediate Japanese I4 creditsJAPN2202 - Intermediate Japanese II4 creditsPHIL2210 - Intro to Asian Philosophies3 creditsPOLS2231 - Intro to Comp Politics3 creditsRUSS2201 - Intermediate Russian I4 creditsRUSS2202 - Intermediate Russian II4 creditsSCPY1001 - Psychology of Diversity3 creditsSHOS2201 - Intermediate Shoshoni I4 creditsSHOS2202 - Intermediate Shoshoni II4 creditsSOC2201 - Intro to Gender and Sexuality3 creditsSPAN2201 - Intermediate Spanish I4 creditsSPAN2202 - Intermediate Spanish II4 credits
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Major Requirements complete the following 17 requirements25 creditsWorld Regions and Historical Themes - Complete three classes from the following:HIST1100 - History in Film3 creditsHIST1101 - World History I3 creditsHIST1102 - World History II3 creditsHIST1105 - Foundations of Europe3 creditsHIST1106 - Modern Europe3 creditsHIST1111 - United States History I3 creditsHIST1112 - United States History II3 creditsHIST1118 - US History and Culture3 creditsHIST1120 - Themes in World History3 creditsHIST2201 - Women in US History3 creditsHIST2251 - Latin American History3 creditsHIST2252 - Asian History and Culture3 creditsHIST2254 - Middle East Hist and Culture3 creditsHIST2255 - African History and Culture3 creditsResearch Skills - Complete both of the following:HIST2291 - Introduction to Research3 creditsHIST4491 - History Seminar3 creditsUpper Division United States History - Complete two of the following:HIST4407 - Early North America3 creditsHIST4408 - American Industrialization3 creditsHIST4409 - Modern United States3 creditsHIST4417 - Religion in American History3 creditsHIST4420 - Topics in U.S. History3 creditsHIST4421 - Federal Indian Relations3 creditsHIST4423 - Idaho History3 creditsHIST4425 - Women in the American West3 creditsHIST4427 - American West3 creditsHIST4428 - African American History3 creditsHIST4432 - US Environmental History3 creditsHIST4433 - History of Energy3 creditsHIST4434 - Atomic Age3 creditsHIST4449 - American Military Experience3 creditsHIST4467 - Cold War Culture in the U.S.3 creditsHIST4469 - U.S. Civil War and Memory3 creditsHIST4471 - Historical Geography of Idaho3 creditsUpper division world, comparative, and non-U.S. history - Complete two of the following:HIST4415 - History of Christianity3 creditsHIST4416 - Relig Reform and Conflict3 creditsHIST4419 - History of World Religions3 creditsHIST4424 - French Revolution and Napoleon3 creditsHIST4426 - Foodways in History3 creditsHIST4430 - Global Environmental History3 creditsHIST4431 - Topics in Global History3 creditsHIST4436 - Slavery in History3 creditsHIST4437 - Families in Former Times3 creditsHIST4439 - Women in World History3 creditsHIST4440 - History of Revolutions3 creditsHIST4442 - Witchcraft and Magic3 creditsHIST4443 - Topics in European History3 creditsHIST4445 - Modern Irish History3 creditsHIST4446 - Topics in Ancient History3 creditsHIST4448 - Topics in Medieval History3 creditsHIST4451 - Topics in Latin America3 creditsHIST4452 - Topics in Asian History3 creditsHIST4454 - Topics in Middle East History3 creditsHIST4466 - World War I3 creditsHIST4468 - World War II and Holocaust3 creditsHIST4472 - Modern Art3 creditsHIST4473 - Contemporary Art3 creditsHIST4474 - Islam in the Modern World3 creditsHIST4476 - Modern Middle East3 creditsHIST4478 - History of Empires3 creditsHIST4479 - Disease Medicine and Society3 creditsHIST4480 - Early Modern Europe3 credits
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Upper division history electives - take 9 credits of any upper division history course. Students in the accelerated BA to MA program can use a total of twelve credits of 5000-level graduate coursework from the History Department in any of these three areas: Upper division United States History - Upper division world, comparative, and non-U.S. history - Upper division history electives9 credits
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Upper Division Free Electives12 credits
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Free Electives44 credits
* Please note that you must meet with an advisor each semester in order to verify degree completion time as well as online course offerings for the program requirements.