History (B.A.)
Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
Effective Fall 2009
Students seeking Secondary Education Certification in Citizenship must declare majors in both History and Secondary Education (Citizenship) and complete the full History course sequence as well as the Secondary Education Professional Course and Certification requirements. Students must consult their advisers in both departments each semester regarding course selection and other certification requirements. Full program requirements for students seeking Secondary Education Certification in Citizenship may be found at: http://www.bloomu.edu/catalog/f2009/cops/sec_citizenship.php.
In addition to general education requirements, a total of 39 semester hours is required for a major in history with at least 18 semester hours drawn from 300 and 400 level courses. Some history major requirements also satisfy select general education requirements.
42.121 United States History Survey: Colonial Period to 1877
42.122 United States History Survey: 1877 to the Present
42.125 Western Civilization to 1650
42.126 Western Civilization since 1650
42.298 Historiography and Historical Methods (grade of C or better required)
42.398 Research and Writing Skills (grade of C or better required)
Choose two from the following regional or non-western history courses:
- 42.131 Asian Civilization to 1500
- 42.132 Asian Civilization since 1500
- 42.141 Modern China and Japan
- 42.142 Latin America: From European Colonization to the Present
- 42.143 Black Africa
- 42.145 Muslim World to 1405
- 42.146 Muslim World since 1405
- 42.151 History of Pre-Colonial Africa
- 42.152 History of Modern Africa
- 42.216 Africa and the Black Atlantic to 1790
- 42.217 Africa and the Black Atlantic since 1790
Upper Division, 300/400 level courses in U.S. History - History major
| 42.329 American Woman | 42.388 Pennsylvania |
| 42.372 Colonial America | 42.391 Diplomatic History, U.S., to 1898 |
| 42.374 U.S. Social History | 42.392 Diplomatic History, U.S., since 1898 |
| 42.379 U.S.: The New Nation | 42.395 Afro-American Radicalism |
| 42.380 Old South/New South | 42.404 Topics in American History |
| 42.381 Civil War and Reconstruction | 42.472 History of Labor, U.S. |
| 42.383 Shaping Contemporary America | 42.476 War and American Society |
| 42.385 Recent American History |
Upper Division, 300/400 level courses in European History - History Major
| 42.318 Early England | 42.340 German History from 1871 |
| 42.319 Modem England | 42.346 Modem European Intellectual History |
| 42.320 French Revolution/Napoleon | 42.347 History of the Holocaust |
| 42.324 Revolutionary Europe | 42.349 Medieval Russia |
| 42.326 Europe, 1789-1914 | 42.356 Imperial Russia |
| 42.327 Total War Europe | 42.452 Soviet Russia |
| 42.328 Cold War Europe | 42.405/505 Jews of Europe |
| 42.335 History of Christianity | 42.416/516 Classical Worlds,Ancient Greece/Rome |
| 42.336 Medieval Europe | 42.460/461 Topics in European History |
| 42.337 Europe in the Renaissance & Reformation | |
| 42.469 Women/Gender in Euro. InteIl. Hist., I | |
| 42.470 Women/Gender in Euro. lnteIl. Hist., II |
Upper Division, 300/400 level courses in Non-Western or Regional History - History Major
| 42.315 Origins of Civilization | 42.354 Modem Japan, 1868--Present |
| 42.355 East Asia since 1800 | 42.359 Twentieth Century China |
| 42.360 Modern Korea | 42.410 Topics in Non-Western History |
| 42.430 Caribbean Slave Societies | 42.431 Caribbean Soc's, Post-Emancipation |
| 42.432 Plantation Societies, Atlantic Wrld. | 42.453 Problems in Contemporary Lat. Am. |
| 42.456 History of the Modern Middle East | 42.457 Early Ottoman Empire |
| 42.458 Late Ottoman Empire . |