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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2015-2016
of evidence, employment of imagination, research skills in diverse sources
of information, and effective oral and written communication skills. A
primary concern of the study of history is change. The student who is
conscious of the continuous process of change is better prepared for the
conditions of change taking place today.
Historical study provides a training that helps prepare students for
graduate study and for widely varied careers in teaching, law, the
church, government, diplomatic service, museums, libraries, social
services, business, journalism, and other fields.
Upon completion of the history major, students will be able to
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articulate a thesis that is historical and argumentative
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compose an historical argument using primary sources in support
of an appropriate thesis
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engage with secondary sources by situating one’s own thesis and
argument within the topic’s historiography
Major Requirements
The following courses are required (11 units):
two units from the following:
HI 102, and either HI 103 or HI 110
or
HI 181 and HI 182
HI 151 or HI 155
HI 152
HI 300 (normally completed in the sophomore or junior year)
HI 400
five elective units, two at the 200 level and three at the 300 level;
at least one must be in United States history, one in European
history, and one in Latin American, Asian, or Middle Eastern history
History courses at the100 level deal with events and processes that affect
human societies over long periods of time and across broad geographical
areas not confined to national boundaries. History courses at the 200 level
examine a single cultural or national entity, or a clearly related group of
such entities (usually a century or more). History courses at the 300 level
are focused temporally or topically.
History majors are encouraged to develop a degree of competence in
one or more foreign languages and to use this competence in their