Department of History

 For more information about degree offerings by the faculty of history, visit the Department of History webpage.

The history major challenges the intellect, inspires the imagination, and stimulates analytical thinking. Historical knowledge provides a valuable background for students considering careers in law, journalism, library and museum work, education, business, and local, state, national, and international public service. Students of history contribute anywhere that a knowledge of domestic and foreign affairs is required, and, of course, to the profession of historical research and teaching.

Undergraduate Academic Programs

The faculty of history offer courses leading to the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in history .

Program Learning Outcomes

Students who complete the undergraduate program in history will:

1. Historical Comprehension
   a. Analyze the literal and contextual significance of a historical passage.
   b. Identify the central questions in historical narratives.
   c. Articulate historical perspectives.
2. Historical Analysis and Interpretation
   a. Compare and contrast opposed and/or multiple sets of ideas, interpretations, values, personalities, behaviors and/or institutions.
   b. Assess competing historical narratives.
   c. Hypothesize the impacts and significance of past events.
3. Historical Research Capabilities
   a. Articulate historical questions.
   b. Acquire and evaluate historical data.
   c. Compose a sound historical interpretation and argument.

Teacher Education Program

Students seeking secondary teacher certification in social studies must declare education as a second major. This double major leads to teacher certification in Oklahoma (and preparation for certification in other states). In order to qualify, students must complete all the tasks listed on the Department of Education page of this Bulletin, including acceptance into the Teacher Education Program and to the Student Teaching Semester.

In addition, social studies education majors must include the following courses as part of their history major:

• HIST 2313 Ancient World  
• HIST 2363 Medieval World  
• HIST 2403 Modern Europe  
• HIST 2523 History of Oklahoma  
• HIST 3523 Revolutionary America, 1750-1800  
• HIST 3543 The Civil War  
• POL 2363 Understanding American Politics  
• ECON 2013 Principles of Economics I: Macroeconomics  
• ECON 2023 Principles of Economics II: Microeconomics  
• GEOG 2033 World Regional Geography (offered at Tulsa Community College)

Social studies education majors are assigned two faculty advisors, one in the Department of History and one in the Department of Education .

Faculty

Programs

• History, B.A.

• History Minor

Courses

• HIST 2053 European Women’s History
• HIST 2213 Latin America
• HIST 2283 History of Ancient America
• HIST 2313 Ancient World
• HIST 2363 Medieval World
• HIST 2383 American Environmental History
• HIST 2403 Modern Europe
• HIST 2413 Pirates and Piracy in the Atlantic World
• HIST 2453 Music and Society in the Americas
• HIST 2473 American Social Movements
• HIST 2503 American Republic
• HIST 2523 History of Oklahoma
• HIST 2543 Africans in the Americas from Slavery to Freedom
• HIST 2553 War and American Society
• HIST 2573 Indians in American History
• HIST 2613 China and Japan from Antiquity to 1800
• HIST 2623 China and Japan since 1800
• HIST 2703 The History of US-China Relations
• HIST 2723 Politics and Religion in Early Europe
• HIST 2733 Colonialism and Imperialism
• HIST 3003 History of Canada
• HIST 3273 History of Women in the United States to 1900
• HIST 3283 History of Women in the United States since 1900
• HIST 3303 History of Early Chinese Philosophy
• HIST 3403 Crime and Punishment in American History
• HIST 3423 Christianity in Later Imperial China
• HIST 3443 French Revolution
• HIST 3463 19th-Century Europe
• HIST 3473 20th-Century Europe
• HIST 3503 The Middle Ages on Film
• HIST 3513 Colonial America
• HIST 3523 Revolutionary America, 1750-1800
• HIST 3543 The Civil War
• HIST 3573 Recent American History, 1960 to Present
• HIST 3643 Italian Renaissance Art: 1300-1480
• HIST 3653 History and Literature
• HIST 3663 Reform and Revolution in Modern China
• HIST 3683 Modern Japan, 1800 to Present
• HIST 3703 Special Topics
• HIST 3733 History of Popular Culture in the Americas
• HIST 3803 The Roots of Hamilton: Relics of Resistance in the Black Atlantic World
• HIST 3813 The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
• HIST 3883 Imperial Rome on Film
• HIST 3903 History Colloquium
• HIST 3923 Ancient Greece on Film
• HIST 3973 Undergraduate Seminar
• HIST 4203 Greeks and Barbarians
• HIST 4273 Archaeology and History of the African
• HIST 4283 American Indian Ethnohistory
• HIST 4283 Ancient Ethnography
• HIST 4293 History of the North American West
• HIST 4713 America at War in the 20th Century
• HIST 4803 Topics in Greek History
• HIST 4813 Topics in Roman History
• HIST 4833 Topics in Latin American History
• HIST 4843 Topics in European History
• HIST 4853 Topics in American History
• HIST 4863 Topics in East Asian History
• HIST 4873 Topics in Medieval History
• HIST 4973 Undergraduate Seminar
• HIST 4991-3 Independent Study