Undergraduate Program

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The purpose of the Department of History is to illuminate the forces that have shaped our world and to provide a historical perspective for the future. To accomplish those goals, the Department of History offers a flexible program of study. Students focus on a specific area of concentration, yet are introduced to a variety of classes that assures them a foundation for an integrated liberal education. Combined with courses in other disciplines, the History major prepares students for entrance into a wide variety of career opportunities including business, government, law, journalism, teaching, communications, and public affairs.

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Majoring in History

A major in History requires the successful completion of a minimum of 33 credit hours. Transfer students have to complete 15 hours of history at WSU.

All majors complete:

History 300 (Methodology)
History 698 (Historiography)

and 3 credit hours of:

History 100 (World Civilization Since 1500) or
History 101 (Western Civilization I) or
History 102 (Western Civilization II) or
History 103 (History of the World to 1500)
and 3 credit hours of:

History 131 (U.S. History to 1865) or
History 132 (U.S. History 1865-present)

and 3 credit hours at the 500 or 600 level in each of the following areas (for a total of 9 credit hours):

Ancient and Medieval History
Modern European History
American (including Latin American History)

and 12 additional credit hours (6 need to be upper-division (300 level and above).

A minor in History requires students to complete a total of 15 credit hours in History. Only 6 of those hours may be lower-division (100 or 200 level) courses. Students who complete the minor are limited to 3 credit hours of History 310.

For more information, please contact:

Dr. Craig Torbenson
(316) 978.7795
craig.torbenson@wichita.edu

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