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NWU Home   ›   Academics   ›   Academic Departments   ›   History Department   ›   Majors and Minors

Majors and Minors

Degrees Offered

Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Science

Given the strong humanities emphasis within Nebraska Wesleyan’s history program, typically a degree in history is taken as a Bachelor of Arts. Students who combine history with a degree in the Social or Natural Sciences, however, usually take their degree as a Bachelor of Science.

Modern foreign language study is expected of all history majors. Transfer students must earn in residence a minimum of 12 hours in history, 6 hours of which must be at the upper level (200-299).

Major

  • History (B.A., B.S.)

Minor

  • History

Majors

Courses  
 History major (B.A. or B.S., 36-37 hrs.)
Hist 001 U.S. History to 1877 3 hrs.
Hist 002 U.S. Society and Culture Since 1877 3 hrs.
Hist 010 Studies in World Civilization 3 hrs.
Hist 115 Western Civilization through Religion to 1648 or
Hist 116 Western Civilization through Literature: 1500 to Present		 3 hrs.
Hist 100 History: Theory and Method 3 hrs.
History Electives 18 hrs.
Within the elective courses, 9 hrs must be 200-level courses. One course must be taken from each of the following areas:
U.S. History
  • Hist 137
  • Hist 150
  • Hist 154
  • Hist 156
  • Hist 161
  • Hist 203
  • Hist 207
  • Hist 208
  • Hist 209
  • Hist 210
  • Hist 216
  • Hist 218
  • Hist 255
  • Hist 265
European History
  • Hist 222
  • Hist 223
  • Hist 225
  • Hist 228
  • Hist 235
Asia, Latin America, Global
  • Hist 110
  • Hist 165
  • Hist 180
  • Hist 181
  • Hist 272
  • Hist 280 or approved selected topic
Senior Comprehensive 3-4 hrs.

Hist 298 Intro to Senior Thesis and Hist 299 Senior Thesis or
Hist 297 History Internship or Supervised Student Teaching plus Hist 265 Nebraska History

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Minors

Courses  
 History minor (18 hrs.)
Three of the following courses: 9 hrs.
Hist 001 U.S. History to 1877 3 hrs.
Hist 002 U.S. Society and Culture Since 1877 3 hrs.
Hist 115 Western Civilization through Religion to 1648 3 hrs.
Hist 116 Western Civilization through Literature: 1500 to Present 3 hrs.
History Electives 9 hrs.
Within the elective courses, 3 hrs must be from a 200-level course and one course must be non-western history. Select from the following:
  • Hist 110
  • Hist 165
  • Hist 180
  • Hist 181
  • Hist 272
  • Hist 280 or approved selected topic

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