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College of Liberal Arts
Department of History

Bachelor of Arts in History

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1st Year

Fall Semester

ENGL 1301

HIST 1301 OR 1331

LANGUAGE 1441

MATH 1301/1302/1315

SCIENCE WITH LAB

UNIV 1131

Spring Semester

ENGL 1302

HIST 1302 OR 1332

LANGUAGE 1442

MATH 1303/1308/1316

SCIENCE WITH LAB

Summer (Optional)

HOURS 33

2nd Year

Fall Semester

POLS 2311

LANGUAGE 2313

LPC

HIST 3300

CREATIVE ARTS

Spring Semester

POLS 2312

LANGUAGE 2314

HIST 2311 OR 2312

SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL

HIST GROUP A

Summer (Optional)

HOURS 30

3rd Year

Fall Semester

HIST 2312 OR 2322

HIST GROUP B

MINOR

MINOR

ELECTIVE

Spring Semester

HIST GROUP A

HIST GROUP B

HIST ADVANCED ELECTIVE

MINOR

ELECTIVE

Summer (Optional)

HOURS 30

4th Year

Fall Semester

HIST ADVANCED ELECTIVE

MINOR

MINOR ADVANCED

ELECTIVE

ELECTIVE ADVANCED

Spring Semester

HIST 4395

MINOR ADVANCED

ELECTIVE

ELECTIVE ADVANCED

ELECTIVE

HOURS 28

TOTAL DEGREE HOURS 121

College of Liberal Arts Box 19529 • 201 University Hall P: 817.272.2861 IF: 817.272.2852 I uta.edu

DESIGN YOUR JOURNEY

College of Liberal Arts - Department of History

Bachelor of Arts in History

Beginning the Journey

EDUCATE

Review core curriculum requirements.

Review degree plan with an academic advisor.

Complete HIST 1302/1302 or 1331/1332.

ENGAGE

Join Phi Alpha Theta (history honor society) and other student organizations.

Visit Study Abroad Office.

Attend multi-cultural events on campus.

Attend public lectures on campus.

EXCEL

Learn how to improve academic performance.

Visit the History Tutoring Center, attend Supplemental Instruction sessions, join/make writing support and study groups.

Trailblazing the Path

EDUCATE

Consider/select a minor.

Complete HIST 3300: Intro to Historical Methods.

ENGAGE

Apply/serve as a Supplemental Instructor.

Consider running for an officer position in Phi Alpha Theta.

Consider a Service Learning course within the department.

Plan/apply for relevant Study Abroad programs.

EXCEL

Apply/complete history internship at area museum.

Complete professional certificate/new skill course (coding, etc.).

Apply for departmental and college-level scholarships.

*You can ask your freshman advisor about what these requirements are.

Destination Graduation

EDUCATE

Complete HIST 4395: History Seminar.

Explore career options and/or graduate school.

Check with advisor on graduation status.

Apply to graduate.

ENGAGE

Attend a regional or national professional conference. Examples include the Dallas Area Society of Historians and the Texas Historical Association.

Attend department, college, and university awards ceremonies.

Attend graduation.

EXCEL

Seek out publication opportunities on the local, state, or national levels.

Meet with faculty if interested in graduate work in history.

Take the GRE.

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

Attend departmental Career Day activities.

  • Workshops
  • Brown bags
  • Speakers

GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT

Join a foreign language club.

Complete a Study Abroad program.

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Take on a leadership role within Phi Alpha Theta or another student organization.

Apply for a job in Supplemental Instruction.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Volunteer/participate in annual History Day programs.

Attend annual Webb Lectures.

Complete a Service Learning course.

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH

Submit a proposal for the CoLA Spotlight Research Forum.

Seek out publication destinations for seminar papers.

Find Your Career

What career options do I have with this major?

  • Advancement Officer
  • Librarian
  • Business Consultant
  • Marketer
  • Government Consulting
  • Museum Archivist
  • Historian
  • Museum Curator
  • Lawyer
  • Park Ranger
  • Program Coordinator
  • Researcher
  • Social Policy Researcher
  • Teacher/Professor
  • Writer or Editor

Workforce Skills

Communication: Develop and articulate ideas clearly and effectively across all mediums including but not limited to written, oral, and digital communication.

Critical Thinking: Analyze issues, make decisions, and overcome problems by using sound reasoning before forming a strategy, decision, or opinion.

Global Citizenship: Demonstrate inclusiveness, respect, and the ability to learn from diverse cultures, races, ages, genders, sexual orientations, and religions.

Career Readiness

  • Analyzing Ideas and Information
  • Communicating
  • Connecting Current Events to Historical Trends and Narratives
  • Critical Thinking
  • Engage with Complex Narrative
  • Explaining the Present by Referring to the Past
  • Information Management
  • Present Ideas Clearly and Concisely
  • Prioritize Tasks, Meet Deadlines, and Manage Time
  • Research and Synthesize Large Amounts of Material and Identify Relevant Information
  • Seeing Relationships Between Factors
  • Understand How Political, Social, Economic, and Cultural Change Occurs
  • Writing and Editing

Take Action

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