History, B.A.

University Core Curriculum Requirements — 40 credit hours

All University of Portland students progress through a set of shared course options as part of the University’s liberal arts Core Curriculum. This curriculum offers a foundation of multiple lenses to address enduring questions of human concern, integrating the liberal arts, the University mission, and the knowledge, skills, and values needed in a diverse society and in the workplace.

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HST 420/430/450 and HST 470 are the designated Writing in the Discipline courses for the B.A. in History.

College of Arts and Sciences B.A. Requirements — 24-33 credit hours

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Major Requirements — 33 credit hours

All history majors will take HST 470 during the fall semester of their senior year. Students on Track One will complete their 3-credit hour capstone in HST 470. Students on Track Two will begin their 6-credit hour Honors Capstone during HST 470 and complete it in HST 471, offered the spring semester of their senior year.

Track One

Students on Track One will complete their 3-credit hour capstone project in HST 470 and will choose either an additional 400-level seminar or an additional 300-level class to complete the 33 credit hours required of the major.

Lower-division history courses

6

HST 300Introduction to Historical Methods

3

Upper-division history courses

15-18

400-level seminars (HST 420, 430, 450)

3-6

HST 470The Practice of History

3

Upper-division history courses: must include at least one 300-level course each in American, European, and non-Western history.

Track Two

Students on Track Two will begin their 6-credit hour Honors capstone project during HST 470 and complete it in HST 471, offered the spring semester of their senior year.

Students must have a 3.5 GPA in the major or receive permission from the department chair to register for HST 471.

Lower-division history courses

6

HST 300Introduction to Historical Methods

3

Upper-division history courses

15

400-level seminars (HST 420, 430, 450)

3

HST 470The Practice of History

3

HST 471Senior Seminar

3

Upper-division history courses: must include at least one 300-level course each in American, European, and non-Western history.

Any additional credit hours required to complete a minimum of 120 credit hours

Total Credit Hours: 120