Advising Guide
HISTORY MAJORS AND HUMANITIES-HISTORY MAJORS
The following course sequencing recommendations for History and Humanities-History Concentration majors are offered to help students plan out their undergraduate coursework by semester. This is not a proscriptive sequencing list, but merely intended to recommend a feasible strategy to complete these majors on time.
Those students pursuing Secondary School History-Social Studies Certification must follow the suggested sequence in order to graduate on time. Alternative strategies will require taking summer courses.
Each student will need to make adjustments to these sequences based on any advanced placement granted by the college at admission (AP credit, advanced language placement). BE SURE to consult with your academic advisor about any questions you have!
1. US Survey (HIST 141 or HIST 142)
2. Western Civilization Survey (HIST 101 or HIST 102)
or World Civilizations Survey (HIST 171 or HIST 172)*
3. First-Year Seminar (IDFY 101)
4. Foreign Language (First Semester Level)
5. Knowledge of Bible Course (BIBL 2xx)
Total Credits Taken 15
1. US Survey (HIST 141 or HIST 142)
2. World Civilizations Survey (HIST 171 or HIST 172)*
or Western Civilization Survey (HIST 101 or HIST 102)
3. Foreign Language (Second Semester Level)
4. Lab Science [January Term] (BIOL/CHEM/NUTR/GEOL 1xx)
5. CORE: Created and Called for Community (IDCR 151)
6. Intro to Wellness (PHED 101)
Total Credits Taken 17
1. Historical Methods (HIST 258)
2. Upper Division History Course (HIST 3xx)
3. Foreign Language (Third Semester Level)**
4. Literature (ENGL 1xx)
5. Math Sciences (MATH/COSC 1xx/ STAT 269)
Total Credits Taken 15
1. Upper Division History Course (HIS 3xx)
2. Arts (ART/MUGE/THEA 1xx or 2xx)
3. Philosophy (PHIL 101 or 102) or Religion Course (RELI2xx)
4. Fundamentals of Public Communication (COM 106)
5. Science, Tech. & the World [January Term] (IDSA 2xx)
Total Credits Taken 15
1. Upper Division History Course (HIST 3xx)
2. Upper Division History Course (HIST 3xx)
3. Christian Beliefs (THEO 2XX)
4. Free Elective
5. Ethics (IDET 3xx) or World Views or Pluralism*** (IDWV 300 or IDPL 3xx)
6. P.E. Elective (PHED 1xx)
Total Credits Taken 16
1. Upper Division History Course (HIST 3xx)
2. Free Elective
3. Free Elective
4. Free Elective
5. Free Elective
Total Credits Taken 15
1. Senior Seminar: Historiography & Philosophy of History (HIST 401)
2. Upper Division History Course (HIST 3xx)
3. Free Elective
4. Free Elective
5. Free Elective
Total Credits Taken 15
1. Upper Division History Course (HIST 3xx)
2. Free Elective
3. Free Elective
4. Free Elective
5. Free Elective
Total Credits Taken 15
TOTAL CREDITS: 123
*These courses meet the general education Non-Western Studies requirement.
**If you choose to take a Cross-Cultural Course (IDSC 260) for this third-semester requirement, you can do so in the January Term of your Junior or Senior year. Alternatively, a study semester abroad will fulfill both the college's Cross-Cultural requirement as well as the major's Experiential Learning Component requirement.
***If an Upper Division American History course is cross-listed as IDSE 3xx then the General Education Pluralism requirement is also met.
Free Electives: Although they can certainly be used earlier, we have placed the free electives in the Junior and Senior year to encourage students to creatively pursue additional studies after general education coursework has developed interests in cognate disciplines. The History Department highly recommends that you consider pursuing foreign language study (especially if you plan to complete a European concentration), a minor, or a second major. And we also encourage you to take ECO 210: Contemporary Economics as a free elective in order to give you grounding in macroeconomic theory. Of course, you can take additional history courses of your choice with free electives! The History Department highly recommends completing both halves of the Western Civilization and World Civilizations survey courses.
Experiential Learning Component: students generally pursue this departmental requirement in the Spring semester of the Junior or Senior year. Most students who study off campus do so in the Spring semester of the Junior year, while those who pursue the historical internship option do so in either the Spring semester of the Junior or Senior year.
Humanities Major -- History as Primary Concentration
Fall Semester Freshman Year
1. First-Year Seminar (IDFY 101 or IDFY 102)
2. Foreign Language (First Semester level)
3. Knowledge of the Bible (BIBL 2xx)
4. US Survey (HIST 141 or HIST 142)
5. Secondary Concentration Course (1xx)
Total Credits Taken 15
Spring Semester Freshman Year
1. J-TERM: Lab Science (BIOL/CHEM/NUTR/GEOL 1xx)
2. Foreign Language (Second Semester Level)
3. CORE: Created and Called for Community (IDCR 151)
4. Intro to Wellness (PHED 101)
5. Western Civilization Survey (HIST 101 or HIST 102)
6. Secondary Concentration Course (2xx)
Total Credits Taken 17
Fall Semester Sophomore Year
1. Foreign Language (Third Semester Level)*
2. Literature (ENGL 1xx)
3. Math Sciences (MATH/COSC/1xx/STAT 269)
4. Non-Western Studies** (IDNW 2xx/3xx): Recommended --
World Civilizations Survey (HIST 171 or HIST 172)
5. Free Elective
Total Credits Taken 15
Spring Semester Sophomore Year
1. J-TERM: Science, Tech. & the World (IDST 2xx)
2. HUMA 201: Humanities Past and Present (Methods Seminar)
3. Arts (ART/MUGE/THEA 1xx or 2xx)
4. Philosophy (PHIL 101 or PHIL 102) or Religion Course (RELI 2xx)
5. Fundamentals of Public Communication (COMM 106)
Total Credits Taken 15
Fall Semester Junior Year
1. Ethics (IDET 3xx) or Worldviews or Pluralism** (IDWV 300 or IDPL 3xx)
2. Christian Beliefs (THEO 205, 207, 209, 211, 213, 215, 217, 219, 221, 223, 225, 227)
3. Activity Elective (PHED 1xx)
4. Upper Division History Course (HIST 3xx)
5. Upper Division Secondary Concentration Course (3xx)
6. Free Elective
Total Credits Taken 16
Spring Semester Junior Year
1. Upper Division History Course (HIST 3xx)
2. Upper Division Secondary Concentration Course (3xx)
3. Free Elective
4. Free Elective
5. Free Elective
Total Credits Taken 15
Fall Semester Senior Year
1. HUMA 401: Humanities Senior Seminar
2. Upper Division History Course (HIST 3xx)
3. Free Elective
4. Free Elective
5. Free Elective
Total Credits Taken 15
Spring Semester Senior Year
1. Upper Division History Course (HIST 3xx)
2. Free Elective
3. Free Elective
4. Free Elective
5. Free Elective
Total Credits Taken 15
TOTAL CREDITS: 123
*If you choose to take a Cross-Cultural Course (IDCC) for this third-semester requirement, you can do so in the January Term of your Junior or Senior year. Alternatively, a study semester abroad will fulfill this third-semester Cross-Cultural requirement.
**These requirements can be met with History courses that are cross-listed as IDNW (Non-Western Studies) or IDPL 3xx (Pluralism).
Free Electives: The History Department highly recommends that you creatively think about the use of the 36 elective credits outside of the Humanities major, and use them to study abroad, participate in an internship, complete a minor, or some combination of thes options. Of course, you can take additional history courses of your choice with free electives! The History Department highly recommends completing both halves of the American Survey, Western Civilization Survey, and World Civilizations Survey courses.
