History, Public History Concentration, B.A.

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Want work in a museum, historical site, park, archive, historical consulting firm, establishing and operating archives and records management systems for private businesses, state agencies, or universities, and more? Then public history is for you.

University Studies Program

This degree requires that The University Studies Program 2015 requirements are met before graduation. Some of the courses required for this major fulfill USP requirements, but not all. Students should check their degree evaluations and consult with their assigned academic advisor to discuss their specific course plan.

C 1 - Communication 1 Credits: 3
C 2 - Communication 2 Credits: 3
C 3 - Communication 3 Credits: 3
Q - - Quantitative Reasoning Credits: 3
PN - - Physical and Natural World (1) Credits: 3
PN - - Physical and Natural World (2) Credits: 3
H - - Human Culture (1) Credits: 3
H - - Human Culture (2) Credits: 3
V - - U.S. & WY Constitution Credits: 3
FYS or USP Elective - - Any 3-credit hour of FYS or 3-credit hours of USP electives Credits: 3

College of Arts and Sciences Core

D - - Diversity Credits: 3
G - - Global Awareness Credits: 3

Public History Concentration

Combined with the History B.A. requirements (below,) students can declare a Public History Concentration. The History B.A. requires a minimum of 36 credit hours in History courses, and 18 of those can qualify to meet the Public History Concentration requirements. The Public History Concentration requires a minimum of 18 hours of History coursework that may be tailored for individual student career goals.

Specific course requirements for the Public History Concentration are as follows:

Required Courses for Public History Concentration

HIST 2050 - Introduction to Public History

HIST 2700 - Introduction to Museology

HIST 3020 - Historical Methods

HIST 4400 - Internship

Elective courses for Public History Concentration

2 of the following courses:

HIST 4055 - Archival Research Methods

HIST 4077 - Book History: Topics

HIST 4315 - History, Politics and Memory of the Holocaust in Europe

HIST 4320 - Memory and National Identity in Twentieth Century Europe

HIST 4400 - Internship (Students are allowed 2 Internship courses if approved by an advisor)

History BA Requirements

The History major requires a minimum of 36 credit hours in History courses or approved substitutions and an additional 12 hours of a single foreign language or equivalent credit by examination as determined by the Department of Modern and Classical Languages. All courses used to satisfy major requirements - including the language requirement - must be completed with a grade of C or better. To complete the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in History, all University Studies Program (USP) and college requirements must also be satisfied.

Language

Students must complete three semesters of a single foreign language or the equivalent as determined by the Department of Languages - Modern and Classical . This requirement may be satisfied by American Sign Language.

Two Required Courses: 6 Hours

HIST 3020 - Historical Methods Credits: 3
AND
HIST 4030 - Senior Capstone Seminar Credits: 3

Elective: Any Level: 3 Hours

One additional History course at any level.

Lower-Division Electives: 12 Hours

Lower-Division courses are 1000 and 2000 level courses.

HIST 1101 - FYS: Hamilton’s America: Beyond the Musical Credits: 3
HIST 1110 - Western Civilization I Credits: 3
HIST 1120 - Western Civilization II Credits: 3
HIST 1210 - United States History I Credits: 3
HIST 1211 - U.S. to 1865 Credits: 3
HIST 1220 - United States History II Credits: 3
HIST 1221 - U.S. From 1865 Credits: 3
HIST 1250 - History of Wyoming Credits: 3
HIST 1251 - Wyoming History Credits: 3
HIST 1290 - History of the U.S. West Credits: 3
HIST 1320 - World History to 1500 Credits: 3
HIST 1330 - World History since 1500 Credits: 3
HIST 2020 - American Military History Credits: 3
HIST 2030 - History and Environmental Science Credits: 3
HIST 2040 - Imperial China Credits: 3
HIST 2041 - Modern China Credits: 3
HIST 2050 - Introduction to Public History Credits: 3
HIST 2060 - Topics in History Credits: 2‑3
HIST 2080 - Holocaust Credits: 3
HIST 2105 - Medieval Europe in Film Credits: 3
HIST 2120 - Ancient Greece and the Near East Credits: 3
HIST 2130 - Ancient Rome Credits: 3
HIST 2225 - History of Christianity Credits: 3
HIST 2230 - The History of Russia to 1855 Credits: 3
HIST 2240 - The History of Russia Since 1855 Credits: 3
HIST 2250 - American Religious History I (To 1865) Credits: 3
HIST 2252 - American Religious History II (1865 to 1945) Credits: 3
HIST 2280 - Introduction to European Studies Credits: 3
HIST 2290 - History of North American Indians Credits: 3
HIST 2315 - History of Non-Western Religions Credits: 3
HIST 2320 - History of Islam Credits: 3
HIST 2360 - African-American History Credits: 3
HIST 2370 - Chicano History: Origins to 1900 Credits: 3
HIST 2380 - Latin American History 1500 to 2000 Credits: 3
HIST 2385 - Chicano History : 1900 to Present Credits: 3
HIST 2389 - History of Women in the American West Credits: 3
HIST 2390 - US West Between the World Wars Credits: 3
HIST 2460 - Traditional Japan Credits: 3
HIST 2461 - Modern Japan Credits: 3
HIST 2470 - Civilization of India Credits: 3‑4
HIST 2500 - The Impact of the Union Pacific on Wyoming History Credits: 3
HIST 2600 - Forgotten Africa: Intro to African Civilizations Credits: 3
HIST 2700 - Introduction to Museology Credits: 3
HIST 2705 - Museology II Credits: 3

Upper-Division Electives: 15 Hours

Upper-Division courses are 3000 and 4000 level courses.

HIST 3000 - Plains Culture and History Credits: 3
HIST 3020 - Historical Methods Credits: 3
HIST 3050 - Athenian Democracy Credits: 3
HIST 3110 - Modern Germany Credits: 3
HIST 3160 - “What Killed Socrates?” Credits: 3
HIST 3220 - History of the Modern Middle East Credits: 3
HIST 3230 - Early Christianity Credits: 3
HIST 3235 - Medieval Christianity Credits: 3
HIST 3240 - Reformation and Enlightenment Christianity Credits: 3
HIST 3275 - World Christianities Credits: 3
HIST 3300 - Secret History of Science Credits: 3
HIST 3400 - Mongol Empire Credits: 3
HIST 3500 - Colonial America Credits: 3
HIST 3670 - African Diaspora Credits: 3
HIST 3880 - Comparative History Credits: 3
HIST 3900 - Historical Archaeology Credits: 3
HIST 4000 - Indians of Wyoming Credits: 3
HIST 4020 - The Black West Credits: 3
HIST 4030 - Senior Capstone Seminar Credits: 3
HIST 4055 - Archival Research Methods Credits: 3
HIST 4060 - Independent Study Credits: 1‑3
HIST 4077 - Book History: Topics Credits: 3
HIST 4100 - Early Medieval Europe Credits: 3
HIST 4110 - The High Middle Ages Credits: 3
HIST 4112 - History of the Medieval City Credits: 3
HIST 4113 - Medieval Religious Dissent Credits: 3
HIST 4120 - Europe During the Renaissance Credits: 3
HIST 4130 - Europe During the Reformation Credits: 3
HIST 4140 - Europe During the Age of the Baroque Credits: 3
HIST 4150 - Europe During the Age of the Enlightenment Credits: 3
HIST 4170 - Europe in the Nineteenth Century Credits: 3
HIST 4174 - Judaism from Ezra to Jesus Credits: 3
HIST 4175 - Judaism at the Dawn of Christianity Credits: 3
HIST 4180 - Europe in the 20th Century Credits: 3
HIST 4270 - France: Old Regime and Revolution Credits: 3
HIST 4290 - History of the Soviet Union Credits: 3
HIST 4305 - Global History Credits: 3
HIST 4310 - World War II in Europe Credits: 3
HIST 4315 - History, Politics and Memory of the Holocaust in Europe Credits: 3
HIST 4320 - Memory and National Identity in Twentieth Century Europe Credits: 3
HIST 4340 - The Social History of American Women Credits: 3
HIST 4380 - International History of Human Rights Credits: 3
HIST 4400 - Internship Credits: 1-12
HIST 4405 - American Encounters to 1850 Credits: 3
HIST 4406 - American Encounters from 1850 Credits: 3
HIST 4410 - America in an Early Modern World Credits: 3
HIST 4412 - Global Environment History Credits: 3
HIST 4415 - Entangled Worlds, Entangled Lives: Indigenous People and Colonizers Before 1850 Credits: 3
HIST 4425 - Britain’s Global Empires: 1558 to the Present Credits: 3
HIST 4450 - The Civil War and Reconstruction Credits: 3
HIST 4460 - Post-Civil War America: The Gilded Age Credits: 3
HIST 4462 - American Indian History to 1783 Credits: 3
HIST 4463 - American Indian History 1783 to 1890 Credits: 3
HIST 4464 - American Indians in the Twentieth Century Credits: 3
HIST 4466 - American Indian Ethnohistory Credits: 3
HIST 4468 - American Indians in the North American West Credits: 3
HIST 4470 - The Birth of Modern America, 1890 to 1929 Credits: 3
HIST 4475 - American Environmental History Credits: 3
HIST 4480 - Growth of Modern America, 1929 to 1960 Credits: 3
HIST 4485 - U.S. Latino Diaspora Credits: 3
HIST 4490 - Modern America, 1960 to Present Credits: 3
HIST 4492 - Revolutions in Latin America Credits: 3
HIST 4494 - The U.S. in Latin America Credits: 3
HIST 4495 - Borderlands in Latin America Credits: 3
HIST 4496 - History of Mexico Credits: 3
HIST 4505 - The Old South, 1820 to 1861 Credits: 3
HIST 4510 - Modern East Asia Credits: 3
HIST 4515 - American Legal History Credits: 3
HIST 4530 - 19th Century American West Credits: 3
HIST 4535 - History of Oil Credits: 3
HIST 4540 - 20th Century American West Credits: 3
HIST 4545 - The Multicultural West Credits: 3
HIST 4560 - American Social History in the 20th Century Credits: 3
HIST 4582 - 20th Century U.S. Foreign Relations Credits: 3
HIST 4610 - Seminar Topics in the History of Wyoming I Credits: 3
HIST 4620 - Seminar Topics in the History of Wyoming II Credits: 3
HIST 4965 - Senior Thesis Credits: 3
HIST 4990 - Topics in _____ Credits: 1-6