Dec 12, 2024  
Undergraduate Catalog 2021-2022 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

History, BA


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The History program seeks to provide a well-balanced and intellectually challenging major, flexible enough to meet the needs of students seeking a broad liberal arts background, a teaching career, admission to graduate or professional school, or work in the areas of applied or public history. With its focus on critical thinking and communication skills, History contributes to the liberal arts curriculum and intellectual engagement by appropriate participation in the Core Curriculum, and serves those students taking history courses as electives, as a minor area, or in conjunction with other majors. The History major earns a B.A. degree.

In addition, History in conjunction with other academic programs, supports majors in American Studies and Politics and International Relations.

Honors

Students may be invited by the full-time History faculty to undertake a Senior Honors Thesis. Upon successful completion of the thesis, along with HIS 498  and HIS 499 , a student will graduate “with honors in History.” Normally in order to be considered, students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.2 or above, and a minimum major GPA of 3.5 or above. The faculty may invite a student to undertake Honors who has not met the GPA requirement, and likewise may not invite every student who has done so. HIS 498  may count as a History elective and HIS 499  counts as three credits beyond the major requirements.

Core Curriculum Requirements (55-62 Hours)


The Core Curriculum 

Technical Requirements (3 Hours)


Major Requirements (40 Hours)


Major Electives - Choose Six Credits from the Following List


General Elective Credits


(If Needed)

Total Credit Hours (Minimum) 128


On occasion, technical and/or program requirements may also meet specific core curriculum requirements. Please confer with your program advisor to determine which courses, if any, may be counted accordingly.

All Bachelors programs at Lenoir-Rhyne require at least 128 credit hours. If, in combination, core, technical, and program requirements do not generate at least 128 hours, additional credits must be completed to achieve 128 hours. These classes may be general electives, or a student may complete a minor or additional major.

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