1.

Fulfill the baccalaureate degree requirements.

2.

Required courses (20 credits):

• HST 110 - World Civilizations 4 credits each
• HST 111 - World Civilizations 4 credits each
• HST 250 - American History and Life 4 credits each
• HST 251 - American History and Life 4 credits each
• HST 300 - Research and Writing 4 credits
• HST 415 - History Capstone 4 credits
• Demonstration of mastery of lower division survey courses without enrolling in HST 110, 111, 250, and 251.
• Score 3 or higher on the high school Advanced Placement (AP) exams in World History or European history and United States history, or pass the appropriate CLEP exam, or pass standardized exams administered by the history program in world and United States history with scores of 70 percent or better.

3.

Three courses from United States History (12 credits):

• HST 388 - The Constitution and the Supreme Court 4 credits
• HST 389 - The Constitution and the Presidency 4 credits
• HST 451 - United States Foreign Relations 4 credits
• HST 452 - United States Foreign Relations 4 credits
• HST 453 - United States Foreign Relations 4 credits
• HST 454 - U.S.-Latin American Relations 4 credits
• HST 455 - Colonial America 4 credits
• HST 456 - American Revolution, 1763–1800 4 credits
• HST 457 - Jefferson to Civil War 4 credits
• HST 458 - Civil War and Reconstruction 4 credits
• HST 459 - U.S. History, 1877 through 1929 4 credits
• HST 476 - American West 4 credits
• HST 481 - Twentieth-Century United States 4 credits
• HST 482 - Twentieth-Century United States 4 credits

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• Appropriate topical courses from:

• HST 399 - Special Studies Credits to be arranged
• HST 401 - Research Credits to be arranged
• HST 405 - Reading and Conference Credits to be arranged
• HST 408 - Colloquium Credits to be arranged
• HST 484 - Topics in American History 4 credits

4.

Two courses from three of the following four categories (24 credits):

Note: Students select three categories from a, b, c, or d. Students then complete two courses from each of the selected categories. For example: A student selects categories a, b, and d. The student is required to take two courses from each of those categories but none from category c.
 

5.

 Electives: three additional upper-division history courses (12 credits).

6.

Achieve a 2.5 GPA in all history courses taken at SOU.