History and Philosophy Double Major

Historical Survey Courses

Complete two courses from each of the following categories (4 courses/12 credits).

Histories of the U.S. and Europe

• HIST 1010 The Ancient World
    
• HIST 1020 Medieval World
    
• HIST 1025 - Medieval Plague, Modern Pandemic  
• HIST 1030 The Age of Revolutionary Europe
    
• HIST 1040 Europe Since 1800: Struggles and Transformations
    
• HIST 1050 Mythologies of Europe  
• HIST 1510 U.S.: Birth of a Nation, 1607-1789
    
• HIST 1520 U.S.: Expansion and Division, 1789-1877
    
• HIST 1530 U.S.: Emergence of Modern America, 1865-1920
    
• HIST 1540 U.S.: Recent America, 1918-Present
    
• HIST 1550 African American History: From Africa to the Present Day
    
• HIST 1560 Environmental History of the U.S.  
• HIST 1563 American Legal History  
• HIST 1570 Introduction to Industrial America
    
• HIST 1575 History of the American Southwest  

Global Histories and Histories of Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East

• HIST 1120 Asian History: The Indian Subcontinent
    
• HIST 1130 Asian History: China
     
• HIST 1140 Asian History: Japan
    
• HIST 1150 Introduction to Modern Sub-Saharan Africa
    
• HIST 1300 - Global Revolutions: A Comparative History
    
• HIST 1340 - Global Military History from the Ancient to Modern World
       
• HIST 1370 World History Since 1945  
• HIST 1400 Latin America to 1810
    
• HIST 1410 Latin America Since 1810
    
• HIST 1600 Making of the Modern Middle East I
    
• HIST 1610 Making of the Modern Middle East II
    
• HIST 1900 Special Topics in History  

Upper-Division Global History Courses

Complete two courses from the following list (2 courses/6 credits):

• HIST 3010 Women in Classical Antiquity
     
• HIST 3120 The Panorama of World Civilizations to 1500
     
• HIST 3150 Mesopotamian History
    
• HIST 3160 History of Ancient Egypt
    
• HIST 3220 Genocide: The Case of the Nazis and Jews
    
• HIST 3400 - Mass Violence and Political Oppression: Story, History, Imagery
    
• HIST 3520 History of Latinos in the U.S.
     
• HIST 3560 Modern Mexico
    
• HIST 3570 The City in Latin America  
• HIST 3580 - Immigrant Histories
    
• HIST 3590 Latin American History Through Film
    
• HIST 3600 The Global Sixties  
• HIST 3680 Islam and the West: Contacts, Representations, and Approaches
      
• HIST 3720 From Slavery to Freedom: Slavery & the African-American Experience in Colonial & Antebellum America
    
• HIST 3730 Vision and History in Native-American and African-American Narratives
     
• HIST 3890 History of Colonial India
    
• HIST 3920 History of the British Empire
    
• HIST 3950 - Environmental History: The West and the World
    
• HIST 3980 The Vietnam War Through Film
    
• HIST 4030 The Ottoman Empire, 1400-1800
     
• HIST 4050 From the Harem to the War Zone
       
• HIST 4150 Astrolabes, Arms, & Azulejos (Tiles): Medieval Science, Technology, Material Culture (600-1500 C.E.)
    
• HIST 4160 A Crossroads of Civilizations: Medieval Spain and North Africa (600-1500 C.E.)
     
• HIST 4290 - Europe and the World: 1492-1750
    
• HIST 4330 - Literature of Oppression in the Modern World
    
• HIST 4500 World War Two: A Global History
     
• HIST 4710 Asian American History
    
• HIST 4730 Early China
     
• HIST 4760 Shoguns, Samurai and Seppuku
    
• HIST 4770 Vietnam and the Global Sixties
      

History Electives

• Complete 12 credit hours of upper-division (3000+ level) History electives (4 courses/12 credits).

Senior Thesis

• HIST 4990 - Senior Thesis Seminar: Approaches to the Study of History  

Students must complete one Senior Thesis course for the double major, but may choose to take it from either the History or Philosophy department. The Senior Thesis will count as an upper-division elective in the major for which it is taken.

HIST 4990 is the History department’s capstone experience, and is done under the close supervision of a regular faculty member or instructor. Students will prepare a full-length (usually 25-30 pages) essay on a selected topic in History, relying heavily on original or primary sources. Please see the Guide to History 4990 Senior Thesis for further details, including a schedule of topics and instructors.

Note 1: Prior to taking HIST 4990, it is recommended that History majors complete HIST 3001 - The Historian’s Craft: Introduction to the Discipline of History  .

Note 2: Students must complete 9 credit hours of History course work at UCCS before taking HIST 4990.

Logic Course

Complete the required logic course listed below.

• PHIL 1120 - Critical Thinking

Philosophy Electives

• Complete 27 credit hours of Philosophy electives. At least 21 hours must be upper-division (3000+ level) Philosophy course work.

Senior Thesis

• PHIL 4950 - Senior Thesis  

Students must complete one Senior Thesis course for the double major, but may choose to take it from either the History or Philosophy department. The Senior Thesis will count as an upper-division elective in the major for which it is taken.