Kent State University Catalog 07-08 - B.A. College of Arts and Sciences Department of History 05 Bowman Hall Kent Campus 0-67-88 history@kent.edu www.kent.edu/history Description The Bachelor of Arts degree in History appeals to individuals seeking both a well-rounded educational experience and intellectual independence. The study of history, through the emphasis on research, examination, interpretation and reflection, offers thorough training in a range of skills, including the ability to read extensively and critically; the capability to apprehend, evaluate and analyze complex evidence, arguments and opinions; the know-how to develop and present a carefully informed, reasoned and crafted argument; confident and clear oral communication skills; and the capacity to undertake independent work and manage time effectively. The History major comprises the following concentrations: The European History concentration affords students the opportunity to study chronological and topical courses on the history of Western and Eastern Europe. Chronologically defined courses cover the full run of the civilization's history from the medieval period through recent decades. Topical courses address such areas as cultural, diplomatic, women's and military history, as well as race and gender. Students selecting this concentration can develop a chronological or topical specialization or select a broad array of courses. The Global History concentration provides courses on the history and culture of societies outside Europe and the United States. Geographically, students can study the histories of Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Topical courses will address issues important to these regions, including race, gender, modernity, class, empire, colonialism and post-colonialism. Students selecting this concentration should consider developing a thematic or regional specialization. The Pre-800 History concentration affords students the opportunity to think about and explore developments in societies and cultures worldwide before the advent of modernity. Chronologically, the courses in this concentration focus primarily on the medieval and early modern periods up to and including the French Revolution. Geographically, courses in the Pre-800 History concentration are offered in United States history, European history, and Global history and include a topical focus on culture, society, religion, science and politics. Students selecting this concentration may choose to focus the majority of their courses on a particular region of the world or a particular period in history before the nineteenth century. The United States History concentration affords students the opportunity to study the chronological and topical totality of the American experience. Chronologically defined courses cover the full run of the nation's history from European exploration and colonization through recent decades. Topical courses address such areas as cultural, diplomatic, women's and military history, as well as race and gender. Students selecting this concentration can develop a chronological or topical specialization or select a broad array of courses. FULLY OFFERED AT: Kent Campus Stark Campus Admission Requirements The university affirmatively strives to provide educational opportunities and access to students with varied backgrounds, those with special talents and adult students who graduated from high school three or more years ago. Freshman Students on the Kent Campus: The freshman admission policy on the Kent Campus is selective. Admission decisions are based upon the following: cumulative grade point average, ACT and/or SAT scores, strength of high school college preparatory curriculum and grade trends. The Admissions Office at the Kent Campus may defer the admission of students who do not meet admissions criteria but who demonstrate areas of promise for successful college study. Deferred applicants may begin their college coursework at one of seven Regional Campuses of Kent State University. For more information on admissions, including additional requirements for some academic programs, visit the admissions website for new freshmen. Freshman Students on the Regional Campuses: Kent State campuses at Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Salem, Stark, Trumbull and Tuscarawas, as well as the Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg, have open enrollment admission for students who hold a high school diploma, GED or equivalent. Transfer, Transitioning and Former Students: For more information about admission criteria for transfer, transitioning and former students, please visit the admissions website. English Language Proficiency Requirements for International Students: All international students must provide proof of English language proficiency (unless they meet specific exceptions) by earning a minimum 55 TOEFL score (7 on the Internet-based version), minimum 75 MELAB score, minimum 6.0 IELTS score or minimum 48 PTE Academic score, or by completing the ELS level Intensive Program. For more information on international admission, visit the Office of Global Education s admission website. Program Learning Outcomes Graduates of this program will be able to:. Develop the ability to understand and apply a variety of basic historical methods.. Develop and apply the skills to conduct original historical research. Students will learn to find, use, and analyze historical evidence and communicate their findings in an effective manner.. Obtain historical content knowledge and understand the connectedness of historical events and the wide varieties of human experiences. 4. Understand history as a discipline based on interpretation with historical questions constantly being reframed and investigated. History - B.A.
Kent State University Catalog 07-08 University Requirements All students in a bachelor's degree program at Kent State University must complete the following university requirements for graduation. NOTE: University requirements may be fulfilled in this program by specific course requirements. Please see Program Requirements for details. Requirement Destination Kent State: First Year Experience Course is not required for students with 5 transfer credits, excluding College Credit Plus, or age + at time of admission. Diversity Domestic/Global (DIVD/DIVG) Students must successfully complete one domestic and one global course, of which one must be from the Kent Core. Experiental Learning Requirement (ELR) Students must successfully complete one course or approved experience. Credits/ Courses courses varies Kent Core (see table below) 6-7 Writing-Intensive Course (WIC) Students must earn a minimum C grade in the course. course Upper-Division Requirement 9 (or 4) Students must successfully complete 9 upper-division (numbered 0000 to 49999) credit hours to graduate. Students in a B.A. and/or B.S. degree in the College of Arts and Sciences must complete 4 upper-division credit hours. Total Credit Hour Requirement 0 Some bachelor's degrees require students to complete more than 0 credit hours. Kent Core Requirements Requirement Kent Core Composition (KCMP) 6 Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning (KMCR) Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (KHUM/KFA) (min one course each) Kent Core Social Sciences (KSS) (must be from two disciplines) 6 Kent Core Basic Sciences (KBS/KLAB) (must include one laboratory) 6-7 Kent Core Additional (KADL) 6 Credits/ Courses Total Credit Hours: 6-7 Program Requirements Major Requirements [AS-BA-HIST] Major Requirements (courses count in major GPA) HIST 050 HISTORICAL RESEARCH METHODS HIST 4909 SENIOR SEMINAR IN (ELR) (WIC) World and American History Electives, choose from the following: 9 HIST 050 HIST 05 HIST 070 WORLD : ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL (DIVG) (KHUM) WORLD : MODERN (DIVG) (KHUM) EARLY AMERICA: FROM PRE-COLONIZATION TO CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION (KHUM) 9 HIST 07 MODERN AMERICA: FROM INDUSTRIALIZATION TO GLOBALIZATION (KHUM) European History Global History Pre-800 History United States History Additional Requirements (courses do not count in major GPA) UC 0097 DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE Foreign Language (see Foreign Language College Requirement below) 4-6 College General Requirement (must be from Kent Core Basic Sciences) College General Requirement (must be from Kent Core Social Sciences) Kent Core Composition 6 Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning Kent Core Fine Arts Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines) 6 Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory) 6-7 Kent Core Additional General Electives (total credit hours depends on earning 0 credit hours, including 4 upper-division credit hours) Concentrations Choose from the following: 9 European History Global History Pre-800 History United States History Minimum Total Credit Hours: 0 A minimum C grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement. One additional course taken from the Kent Core Basic Science courses in the following Arts and Sciences disciplines: Anthropology (ANTH), Biological Sciences (BSCI), Chemistry (CHEM), Geography (GEOG), Geology (GEOL) or Physics (PHY). Students may take the courses listed in the "introductory" sequences with the restrictions noted above in the Kent Core Basic Sciences section. The course may not be from the student's major. One additional course taken from the Kent Core Social Sciences courses in the following Arts and Sciences disciplines: Anthropology (ANTH), Applied Conflict Management (CACM), Geography (GEOG), Criminology and Justice Studies (CRIM), Political Science (POL), Psychology (PSYC) or Sociology (SOC). The course may not be from the student's major. Graduation Requirements Minimum Major GPA.000.000 Minimum Overall GPA Foreign Language College Requirement Students pursuing the Bachelor of Arts degree in the College of Arts and Sciences must complete 4-6 credit hours of foreign language. To complete the requirement, students have the equivalent of Elementary I and II in any language, plus one of the following options:. Intermediate I and II of the same language 6 History - B.A.
Kent State University Catalog 07-08. Elementary I and II of a second language. Any combination of two courses from the following list: MCLS 000 INTRODUCTION TO STRUCTURAL CONCEPTS FOR LANGUAGE STUDENTS MCLS 0000 GLOBAL LITERACY AND CULTURAL AWARENESS MCLS 009 VARIABLE CONTENT SEMINAR IN GLOBAL LITERACY: CASE STUDIES MCLS 47 MULTICULTURALISM IN TODAY'S GERMANY (DIVG) MCLS 7 DIVERSITY IN TODAY'S RUSSIA (DIVG) MCLS 7 THE FRANCOPHONE EXPERIENCE (DIVG) MCLS 8404 THE LATIN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE (DIVG) MCLS 8405 THE SPANISH EXPERIENCE (DIVG) All students with prior foreign language experience should take the foreign language placement test to determine the appropriate level at which to start. Some students may begin beyond the Elementary I level and will complete the requirement with fewer credit hours and fewer courses.this may be accomplished by () passing a course beyond Elementary I through Intermediate II level; () receiving credit through Credit by Exam (CBE), Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB) or College Level Examination Program (CLEP); or () being designated a "native speaker" of a non- English language (consult with the College of Arts and Sciences Advising Office for additional information). When students complete the requirement with fewer than 4 credit hours and four courses, they will complete remaining credit hours with general electives. Certain majors, concentrations and minors may require specific languages, limit the languages from which a student may choose or require coursework through Intermediate II. Students who plan to pursue graduate study may need particular language coursework. European History Concentration Requirements [AS-BA- HIST-EHST] s, choose from the following: 9 HIST 04 WORLD WAR II HIST 07 OF ENGLAND TO 688 HIST 08 ENGLAND SINCE 688 HIST 00 HIST 0 HIST 0 HIST 050 HIST 05 HIST 05 HIST 056 HIST 500 HIST 54 HIST 550 NATO:THE ENDURING ALLIANCE THE PROTESTANT AND CATHOLIC REFORMATIONS SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY EUROPE AND SOCIETY OF MODERN GREECE OF MODERN FRANCE MODERN EUROPE, 85 TO PRESENT EUROPE IN THE RENAISSANCE FOUNDATIONS IN THE AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION MEDICINE IN THE MODERN WORLD SINCE 500 HIST 895 SPECIAL TOPICS IN EUROPE SINCE 500 HIST 400 NINETEENTH-CENTURY EUROPE HIST 404 MODERN EUROPEAN, 94-945 HIST 405 HIST 40 MODERN EUROPEAN :945-PRESENT CONSUMPTION AND MASS CULTURE IN MODERN EUROPE HIST 40 HIST 404 WOMEN AND GENDER IN MODERN EUROPE OF GERMANY, 87-PRESENT HIST 4044 IMPERIAL RUSSIA, 689-97 HIST 4045 HIST 405 HIST 4060 HIST 4097 HIST 49 HIST 4789 HIST 4497 HIST 4797 MODERN RUSSIA, 97-PRESENT POLITICS, CULTURE AND SOCIETY OF 0TH- CENTURY EUROPE COMPARATIVE FASCISM COLLOQUIUM:SAINTS, MONKS, AND THE MEDIEVAL COMMUNITY THE HOLOCAUST:THE DESTRUCTION OF EUROPEAN JEWRY, 98-945 THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEON COLLOQUIUM:WOMEN IN MODERN EUROPE (DIVG) (WIC) COLLOQUIUM ON VICTORIAN ENGLAND (WIC) HIST 4995 SPECIAL TOPICS: EUROPE SINCE 500 Global History Concentration Requirements [AS-BA- HIST-GHST] s, choose from the following: 9 HIST 05 HIST HIST HIST 4 THE GLOBAL COLD WAR CHINESE CIVILIZATION OF JAPAN HIST 5 INDIA SINCE 56 HIST 8 HIST 9 HIST 0 HIST HIST 4 HIST 5 HIST 6 HIST 7 HIST 8 HIST 0 HIST 40 HIST 4 HIST 895 HIST 4 HIST 4 HIST 44 HIST 497 TRADITION AND REVOLUTION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA VIETNAM WAR THE SIXTIES: A THIRD WORLD VIEW COMPARATIVE THIRD WORLD REVOLUTIONS OF CONTEMPORARY AFRICA HIGHLIFE HISTORIES: MODERN AFRICAN URBAN EXPERIENCE ZIONISM AND ISRAEL OF THE MIDDLE EAST ANCIENT AND EARLY MEDIEVAL JEWISH LATE MEDIEVAL AND MODERN JEWISH OF AFRICAN CIVILIZATION MODERN LATIN AMERICA (DIVG) EARLY LATIN AMERICA SPECIAL TOPICS IN GLOBAL OF MODERN CHINA OF AFRICA, 880-PRESENT AFRO-LATIN AMERICA COLLOQUIUM:CHINA AND JAPAN (WIC) Pre-800 History Concentration Requirements [AS-BA- HIST-PRST] s, choose from the following: 9 HIST 07 OF ENGLAND TO 688 HIST 0 HIST 0 THE PROTESTANT AND CATHOLIC REFORMATIONS SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY EUROPE History - B.A.
4 Kent State University Catalog 07-08 HIST 056 HIST 0 HIST 7 HIST 4 HIST 54 HIST 550 HIST 895 HIST 4006 HIST 400 HIST 40 HIST 4056 HIST 4057 HIST 4097 HIST 4097 EUROPE IN THE RENAISSANCE FROM 607 THROUGH 865 ANCIENT AND EARLY MEDIEVAL JEWISH EARLY LATIN AMERICA THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION MEDICINE IN THE MODERN WORLD SINCE 500 SPECIAL TOPICS IN PRE-800 ROMAN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES OF COLONIAL AMERICA:49-74 EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA:74-789 COLLOQUIUM:SAINTS, MONKS, AND THE MEDIEVAL COMMUNITY COLLOQUIUM:MEDIEVAL RUSSIA HIST 406 HIST 4070 HIST 407 HIST 4077 HIST 4085 THE UNITED STATES:THE WESTWARD MOVEMENT AMERICAN SOCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL 790-876 AMERICAN SOCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL, 876-PRESENT THE GREAT DEPRESSION IN AMERICA THE SIXTIES IN AMERICA HIST 48697 COLLOQUIUM:U.S. MIDDLE PERIOD, 80-900 (WIC) HIST 48797 HIST 48897 HIST 49095 COLLOQUIUM IN AFRICAN AMERICAN TO 877 COLLOQUIUM IN AFRICAN AMERICAN SINCE 877 SPECIAL TOPICS IN UNITED STATES United States History Concentration Requirements [AS- BA-HIST-UHST] s, choose from the following: 9 HIST 040 HIST 06 AMERICAN THROUGH POPULAR MUSIC OF OHIO HIST 07 US FOREIGN RELATIONS THROUGH 898 HIST 07 US FOREIGN RELATIONS, 898-945 HIST 07 US FOREIGN RELATIONS SINCE 945 HIST 075 HIST 080 HIST 08 HIST 087 HIST 00 HIST 0 HIST 0 HIST 04 HIST 06 HIST 07 OF WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES AFRICAN AMERICAN : SLAVERY TO FREEDOM AFRICAN AMERICAN : RECONSTRUCTION TO THE PRESENT SECTIONAL CONFLICT AND CIVIL WAR RECONSTRUCTION AND THE LATER SOUTH FROM 607 THROUGH 865 FROM 865 TO THE PRESENT MIGRATIONS TO AMERICA, 607 TO PRESENT PROGRESSIVE AMERICA: THE UNITED STATES, 896-99 NEW ERA THROUGH WORLD WAR: THE UNITED STATES, 90-945 HIST 08 RECENT AMERICA: THE UNITED STATES, 945- PRESENT HIST 8095 HIST 4097 HIST 4000 HIST 4056 HIST 4057 SPECIAL TOPICS IN UNITED STATES AMERICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE:THE ARTS AND SOCIETY INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC OF COLONIAL AMERICA:49-74 EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA:74-789 HIST 4058 JEFFERSON-JACKSON ERA, 789-848 4 History - B.A.
Kent State University Catalog 07-08 5 Roadmap This roadmap is a recommended semester-by-semester plan of study for this major. However, courses designated as critical (!) must be completed in the semester listed to ensure a timely graduation. General Electives 9 Minimum Total Credit Hours: 0 Course Title Credits Semester One UC 0097 DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE World and American History Electives 6 Foreign Language 4 Semester Two Credit Hours 4! World and American History Elective Foreign Language 4 Semester Three Credit Hours 6! HIST 050 HISTORICAL RESEARCH METHODS Foreign Language Semester Four! Declared Foreign Language College General Requirement Semester Five! Declared College General Requirement General Electives Semester Six! Declared General Electives Semester Seven General Electives Semester Eight! HIST 4909 SENIOR SEMINAR IN (ELR) (WIC) History - B.A. 5