May 17, 2025

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2024-2025 Academic Catalog

History Major

Location(s): Main Campus

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Students will complete ten courses plus a capstone as follows.

Required:

HIST 285 - Thinking Historically Credit(s): 4
HIST 385 - Historiography Credit(s): 4

100-Level Course Requirements

Select 3 of the following:

HIST 105 - Henry VIII: Heads Will Roll Credit(s): 4
HIST 106 - Peacemaking and World War I Credit(s): 4
HIST 115 - Ancient Rome Credit(s):
HIST 121 - U.S. History to 1877 Credit(s): 4
HIST 122 - U.S. History since 1877 Credit(s): 4
HIST 130 - Royal Murder Mystery Credit(s): 4
HIST 125 - Frontier Wars Credit(s): 4
HIST 152 - The Holocaust Credit(s): 4
HIST 150 - World War II Credit(s): 4
HIST 155 - Debates in Pre-Modern World History Credit(s): 4
HIST 160 - Debates in Modern World History Credit(s): 4
HIST 170 - The Crusades Credit(s): 4
HIST 190 - Special Topics in History Credit(s): 1 to 4

200 Level US

Select 1 of the following:

HIST 210 - Topics in US History Credit(s): 4
HIST 211 - African-American History Credit(s): 4
HIST 222 - American Women’s History Credit(s): 4
HIST 255 - History of Iowa Credit(s): 4
HIST 261 - American Environmental History Credit(s): 4

200 Level European

Select 1 of the following:

HIST 230 - Topics in European History Credit(s): 4
HIST 233 - Themes in British History Credit(s): 4
HIST 240 - The Medieval World Credit(s): 4
HIST 241 - The Early Modern World Credit(s): 4
HIST 245 - Revolutionary Europe 1789-1914 Credit(s): 4
HIST 246 - Twentieth-Century Europe Credit(s): 4

200 Level Non-Western

Select 1 of the following:

HIST 275 - History of India Credit(s): 4
HIST 276 - History of China Credit(s): 4

300 Level US

Select 1 of the following:

HIST 350 - United States Photo History Credit(s): 4
HIST 357 - Religion in American History Credit(s): 4
HIST 359 - Colonial and Revolutionary North America Credit(s): 4
HIST 363 - American Civil War Credit(s): 4
HIST 364 - Special Topic(s) in American History Credit(s): 4

300 Level European

Select 1 of the following:

HIST 304 - Tudor England Credit(s): 4
HIST 305 - Renaissance to Reformation 1300-1648 Credit(s): 4
HIST 322 - Women and Gender in European History Credit(s): 4
HIST 333 - Crime and Punishment in European History Credit(s): 4
HIST 344 - Special Topics in European History Credit(s): 4
HIST 370 - Europe and World War I Credit(s): 4

300 Level Elective

Select 1 not used above:

HIST 304 - Tudor England Credit(s): 4
HIST 305 - Renaissance to Reformation 1300-1648 Credit(s): 4
HIST 319 - Public History Internship Credit(s): 1 to 4
HIST 322 - Women and Gender in European History Credit(s): 4
HIST 333 - Crime and Punishment in European History Credit(s): 4
HIST 344 - Special Topics in European History Credit(s): 4
HIST 350 - United States Photo History Credit(s): 4
HIST 357 - Religion in American History Credit(s): 4
HIST 359 - Colonial and Revolutionary North America Credit(s): 4
HIST 363 - American Civil War Credit(s): 4
HIST 364 - Special Topic(s) in American History Credit(s): 4
HIST 370 - Europe and World War I Credit(s): 4
HIST 386 - Senior Research Seminar Credit(s): 4
HIST 390 - Special Topics in History Credit(s): 1 to 4
HIST 392 - Honors in History Credit(s): 1 to 4

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