History B.A.

Bachelor of Arts - History

College of Humanities & Sciences

Degree Specific Credits: 40

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0

Catalog Year: 2021-22

Notes:

A minimum of 40 credits in History are required, 21 of which must be upper-division credits. A maximum of 60 credits in History are allowed. Penalties will apply for more than 60 credits.
Credits from Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate do not count toward these credit requirements.

General Education Requirements

Information regarding these requirements can be found in the General Education Section of the catalog.

Summary

Lower-Division Core Courses		9
Methods
Introductory History
American History Electives		6
World History Electives		6
European History Electives		6
Advanced Writing Courses in History		3
Additional History Courses		10
Total Hours		40

Lower-Division Core Courses

Rule: Complete the following subcategories. 9 total credits required.

Methods

Code	Title	Hours
Complete the following course:
HSTR 200	Intro: Historical Methods	1
Total Hours		1

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Introductory History

Note: Must select either the regular or honors version of a course to apply to the requirement.

AP/IB Policy: Those students scoring a "5" on either the American History or European History AP exam are excused from this requirement. These students earn credit toward the requirement and graduation, but do not earn credit toward the history degree.

Code	Title	Hours
Complete two of the following courses:		8
HSTA 101H	American History I
or HSTA 103H	Honors American History I
HSTA 102H	American History II
or HSTA 104H	Honors American History II
HSTR 101H	Western Civilization I
or HSTR 103H	Honors Western Civilization I
HSTR 102H	Western Civilization II
or HSTR 104H	Honors Western Civilization II
Total Hours		8

Minimum Required Grade: C-

American History Electives

Note: Courses with historical content offered in other departments at UM may count toward the History degree with consent of the History Department chair.

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 6 credits of the following courses:		6
AAST 141H	Black: From Africa to Hip-Hop
HSTA 101H	American History I
HSTA 102H	American History II
HSTA 103H	Honors American History I
HSTA 104H	Honors American History II
HSTA 191	Special Topics
HSTA 255	Montana History
HSTA 262	Abolitionism
HSTA 275	Making History Public
HSTA 291	Special Topics
HSTA 307Y	The American Revolution and Founding Era
HSTA 315	Early American Republic
HSTA 316	American Civil War Era
HSTA 320	Birth of Modern US
HSTA 321	America in Crisis
HSTA 322	U.S. History: WWII to Present
HSTA 323	U.S. in the 1950s
HSTA 324	U.S. in the 1960s
HSTA 333	American Military History
HSTA 335	Movie America
HSTA 342H	Afr Amer Hist to 1865
HSTA 343H	Afr Amer Hist Since 1865
HSTA 347	Voodoo, Muslim, Church: Black Religion
HSTA 344	African-American Struggle for Equality
HSTA 361	The American South
HSTA 370H	Wmn Amer Colonial to Civil War
HSTA 371H	Wmn Amer Civil War to Present
HSTA 373	American Thought to 1865
HSTA 377	Alcohol in American History
HSTA 380	American Constitutional History
HSTA 382H	History of American Law
HSTA 385	Families & Children in America
HSTA 391	Special Topics
HSTA 415	The Black Radical Tradition
HSTA 417	Prayer & Civil Rights
HSTA 461	Research in Montana History
HSTA 471	Writing Women's Lives
HSTA 491	Special topics
HSTA 494	Seminar
HSTR 300	Writing For History
HSTR 364	Environmental History
HSTR 369	20th Cent Amer West
HSTR 400	Historical Research Seminar
Total Hours		6

Minimum Required Grade: C-

World History Electives

Note: Courses with historical content offered in other departments at UM may count toward the History degree with consent of the History Department chair.

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 6 credits of the following courses:		6
HSTR 191	Special Topics
HSTR 221H	God - Past, Puzzle, Present
HSTR 230H	Colonial Latin America
HSTR 231H	Modern Latin America
HSTR 240H	East Asian Civilizations
HSTR 262	Islamic Civil: Classical Age
HSTR 264	Islamic Civ: Modrn Era
HSTR 272E	Terrorism:Viol Mod Wrld
HSTR 291	Special Topics
HSTR 291H	Special Topics
HSTR 300	Writing For History
HSTR 334	Latin America: Reform & Revolution
HSTR 335	Latin America: Workers & Labor
HSTR 345H	Modern China
HSTR 368	Iran Between Two Revolutions
HSTR 386	Nationalism Modern Middle East
HSTR 391	Special Topics
HSTR 392	Independent Study
HSTR 400	Historical Research Seminar
HSTR 435	Lat Am Human Rgts & Memory
HSTR 437	US-Latin America Relations
HSTR 491	Special Topics
HSTR 492	Independent Study
Total Hours		6

Minimum Required Grade: C

European History Electives

Note: Courses with historical content offered in other departments at UM may count toward the History degree with consent of the History Department chair.

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 6 credits of the following courses:		6
HSTR 101H	Western Civilization I
HSTR 102H	Western Civilization II
HSTR 103H	Honors Western Civilization I
HSTR 104H	Honors Western Civilization II
HSTR 300	Writing For History
HSTR 301	Ancient Greek Social History
HSTR 302	Ancient Greece
HSTR 304H	Ancient Rome
HSTR 312	Age of Absolut 1648-1789
HSTR 315	Reformation
HSTR 320	European Social and Intellectual History: 1450-1789
HSTR 323	European Social and Intellectual History: The 19th Century
HSTR 325	European Social and Intellectual History: The 20th Century
HSTR 326	Contemporary Europe
HSTR 348	Britain 1485-1688
HSTR 349	Britain from Rev - Reform 1688
HSTR 350	Modern Britain
HSTR 352	France Revol 1789-1848
HSTR 353	Modern France
HSTR 354	Italy: 1300-1800
HSTR 355	Italy: 1800-Present
HSTR 357	Russia to 1881
HSTR 358	Russia Since 1881
HSTR 361	Germ:Augsburg-Bismarck
HSTR 363	Eastern Europe
HSTR 377	European Internal Relat
HSTR 391	Special Topics
HSTR 392	Independent Study
HSTR 400	Historical Research Seminar
HSTR 401	The Great Historians
HSTR 418	Britain 1500 - 1800
HSTR 491	Special Topics
HSTR 492	Independent Study
Total Hours		6

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Advanced Writing Courses in History

Code	Title	Hours
Complete one of the following courses:		3
HSTA 415	The Black Radical Tradition
HSTA 417	Prayer & Civil Rights
HSTA 427	Freedom, Slavery, Equality: Early American Perspectives
HSTA 461	Research in Montana History
HSTA 471	Writing Women's Lives
HSTR 400	Historical Research Seminar
HSTR 418	Britain 1500 - 1800
HSTR 437	US-Latin America Relations
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-