Department of History (HIS) Michael L. Krenn, Chair Edward J. Behrend-Martinez H. Lawrence Bond Jeffrey L. Bortz Rennie W. Brantz Karl E. Campbell Lynne M. Getz Diana J. Godwin James R. Goff, Jr. Sheldon Hanft Richard H. Haunton Rene Harder Horst Anatoly V. Isaenko W. Scott Jessee Winston L. Kinsey Dorothea A.L. Martin Patrick Mbajekwe Michael J. Moore Myra L. Pennell Peter Petschauer Sheila R. Phipps David A. Reid Jonathan D. Sarris Timothy H. Silver Stephen J. Simon Neva J. Specht Mary A. Valante Michael G. Wade Charles A. Watkins David L. White John Alexander Williams James A. Winders The study of history is an essential part of a liberal arts education and provides valuable skills for careers in a wide range of professions, including law, journalism, public service, and business. Embracing a range of topics as broad as the human experience (economics, politics, culture, society, business, war, race and gender), history examines change over time through a series of investigative, analytical and expository techniques that comprise the historical method. The teaching of history focuses on research in sources, analysis and synthesis of evidence, problem solving, critical thinking, and understanding social processes. Accordingly, the skills embodied in historical method have wide application in the world of professional work. The History Department teaches core curriculum, undergraduate, and graduate courses. The World Civilization sequence provides a basic understanding of human societies for all Appalachian students. In addition, the department offers a broad curriculum in local, national, regional, and world history. It has particular strengths in American, European, Asian, Latin American, and public history. The diversity of offerings discourages parochialism and encourages the history major to develop a sophisticated, comparative approach to human problems. Specialization within the major promotes an appreciation of the depth and complexity of human history. Finally, the discipline of history provides an intellectual challenge as well as a stimulus to the imagination and to analytical thinking. UNDERGRADUATE ADVISEMENT OFFICE Information about history department programs can be obtained from the Undergraduate Advising Coordinator. Please contact the Department of History to find out when the Coordinator is available to assist students with academic scheduling, explain departmental and University requirements, and provide descriptions of new and existing courses and information on career development. All majors in history require a minimum of 122 semester hours for the degree. Social Science teaching licensure with a history concentration requires 123 semester hours. The Bachelor of Arts degree requires a minor. In addition to core curriculum, major and minor requirements, electives must be taken to meet the total required minimum hours. Two semester hours of free electives OUTSIDE the major discipline are required. BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE (BA) The Bachelor of Arts degree in history consists of 36 semester hours in history beyond the core curriculum history requirement, including 33 hours of general course work and History 4100 (Senior Seminar). The 33 hours must be distributed among three geographic areas of study: (1) European history; (2) United States history; (3) non-Western history, including Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Majors are required to take a minimum of 15 semester hours in one of the areas, and a minimum of nine hours in each of the two remaining areas. No more than a total of 15 semester hours from the 2000 level may be included to fulfill these requirements. History majors seeking the BA degree are also required to acquire proficiency in a foreign language equivalent to courses 1010 through 1050, and to complete a minor in a related discipline. A candidate for the Bachelor of Arts degree may count NOT more than a total of 40 hours above core curriculum requirements in history. BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN HISTORY, SECONDARY EDUCATION (BS-TEACHING) The Bachelor of Science degree with teacher licensure in secondary education consists of 30 semester hours in history beyond the core curriculum history requirement. In addition to six hours in United States history (History 2201, 2204), this degree requires 21 hours of general course work and History 4100 (Senior Seminar). The 21 hours of general course work must be distributed among the same geographic areas as described for the BA and BS-non-teaching degrees. Majors are required to take a minimum of nine hours in one area and six hours in two areas. This degree also requires professional education courses, and 21 hours in related social science disciplines. In addition, CI 3100 and RE 4630 are required. Licensure is in both history and social science. For the requirements in teacher education, refer to the Department of Curriculum & Instruction in this catalog. BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE (NON-TEACHING) (BS) The Bachelor of Science (non-teaching) degree, with a multidisciplinary concentration in a history-related career area, consists of an acceptable program of 63 semester hours, including a minimum of 36 semester hours in history, as described for the Bachelor of Arts degree, and a minimum of 27 semester hours in a career-oriented concentration, with courses drawn from various departments and disciplines. Examples of general areas of career-orientation, around one of which the student may design a program, are: business, government service, public history, and other fields related to specific career interests. Career concentrations are designed by students in consultation with a faculty advisor and must be approved by the undergraduate advisement committee. BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN SOCIAL SCIENCES EDUCATION (with teacher licensure and a concentration in History) The Bachelor of Science degree and teacher licensure in Social Sciences education requires 123 semester hours consisting of the core curriculum, the Social Sciences education core, a concentration, professional education requirements (see Reich College of Education), and electives (if needed) to reach the required minimum of 123 hours. The required Social Science core courses are ANT 1215(MC) and 2400(MC); ECO 2030 and 2040(ND); GHY 1010 and 1020(MC) or GHY 1510 and GHY 1515(MC); HIS 2201 and 2204; PS 1100 and 2130; SOC 1000 and 1100; CI 3100; RE 4630; and STT 2810(ND,C) or ECO 2100(ND). A minimum grade of "C" is required in CI 3100 and RE 4630 and all professional education courses. A student majoring in social sciences education should select MAT 1010(W,ND,C) to satisfy the core curriculum mathematics requirement. A concentration is required in one of the social sciences (anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, or sociology). A concentration in history for the social sciences education degree requires HIS 4100(W,S), plus twelve semester hours in history, at least six semester hours of which must be 3000 level or above. PUBLIC HISTORY CONCENTRATION BS students may also opt for career preparation in public service fields such as cultural resources management, historic site interpretation, architectural preservation, planning, and cultural journalism. Careers in public history require a thorough grounding in local, social, and cultural history; an understanding of public policy; and performance skills in areas such as planning, preservation and conservation techniques, records management, historic interpretation, and grantsmanship. Students in the public history concentration are required to take HIS 4575 (Introduction to Public History). Non-history courses appropriate for this concentration are listed on the public history checksheet available in the history department undergraduate advisement office. All BS programs are to be planned in consultation with the undergraduate advisor in the Department of History and are subject to the advisor's approval. Students are urged to plan their programs as early as possible in their academic careers, but not later than three semesters before anticipated graduation. MINOR IN HISTORY The history minor consists of 18 hours beyond the core curriculum requirements; no more than nine of these hours may be from 2000 level courses. Students must take at least one course in each of three areas: Europe, the United States, and the non-western world (Asia, Africa, and Latin America). Consultation with a history advisor is recommended. ACADEMIC CONCENTRATION IN HISTORY For programs mandating a second academic concentration, the academic concentration in history will consist of 24 hours distributed as follows: History 1101, 1102, 2201, 2204, 3728, 6 hours of electives in African, Asian, Latin American, or Middle Eastern History, and 3 hours of electives in United States or European History at the 3000 or 4000 level. Students should consult their academic advisor. HISTORY DEPARTMENT HONORS PROGRAM The department offers honors courses on all undergraduate levels which are open to students who have distinguished themselves. Honors courses carry full credit toward the major or, for non-majors, full elective credit. Subject to the recommendation of the departmental honors committee, a student will be considered for graduation with "honors in history" upon successful completion of at least one semester of honors work in world civilization or American civilization, one junior honors seminar, a senior honors thesis, and an examination. Those meeting these requirements with the grade "A" will be considered for graduation with "highest honors in history." MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE IN HISTORY The Department of History offers a Master of Arts in History, Education with concentrations in community, junior and technical college teaching, or secondary school teaching; and a Master of Arts in Public History. Persons interested in any of these degrees are requested to consult the Graduate Bulletin for further information. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION IN HISTORY (HIS) This catalog reflects only the fall and spring semester courses. Courses offered in summer terms can be found in the Summer Sessions Bulletin. (For a description of the course abbreviations used in the following list of courses, see the index for abbreviations.)