Columbus State University
1999-2000 Academic Catalog
Department
of History
College
of Arts and Letters
The Bachelor of Arts (BA) in history is designed for students with a variety of personal, professional, and career goals. It equips the student for admission to professional and graduate schools leading to careers in teaching, law, journalism, the religious ministry, and administration.
As a program of study, history provides the student with a way of thinking about the human experience in time. History helps the student to reason systematically, to examine critically the relationships among people and events, and to reach thoughtful judgments about human affairs.
Also see the Department of History web site.
Expected Outcomes
Graduates will demonstrate:
Course Requirements
Areas A-E and Wellness Courses
Area H
Program Electives
Required Hours: 18
Select 18 semester hours from the following:
GEOG 3107 World Regional Geography
GEOG 5128 Cultural Geography
HIST 3105 History of Georgia
HIST 3115 African-American History to 1865
HIST 3116 African-American History since 1865
HIST 3117 United States Civil Rights Movement
HIST 3145 Colonial America
HIST 3146 American Military History
HIST 3147 American Economic History
HIST 3166 Germany since 1815 (if not used in Area G)
HIST 3169 History of Women (if not used in Area G)
HIST 3188 History of Mexico (if not used in Area G)
HIST 3558 Topics in Asian History (if not used in Area G)
HIST 3505 Selected Topics in Nineteenth Century United States History
HIST 3506 Selected Topics in Twentieth Century United States History
HIST 3507 Selected Topics in The American South
HIST 4539 Selected Topics in Twentieth Century Europe
(if not used in Area G)
HIST 4698 Internship
HIST 4899 Independent Study
HIST 5177 Local History
HIST 5555 Selected Topics: Issues and Movements in World History
(if not used in Area G)
HIST 5566 Topics in African-American History
Area I
General Electives
Required Hours: 30
Total Hours Required 123 123