History and Political Science 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
      

Upper-Division History Electives

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

History Summit Course

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

• HIST 4990 Senior Thesis Seminar: Approaches to the Study of History
   , is the History department’s Summit course, 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.

• HIST 3001 The Historian’s Craft: Introduction to the Discipline of History
   , is recommended to be completed prior to taking HIST 4990.

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

General Track

Complete the following required courses (5 courses/15 credits):

• PSC 1010 Introduction to Global Politics
    
• PSC 1100 The American Political System
    
• PSC 2070 Might and Right Among Nations
    or
  PSC 2450 American Political Thought
    
• PSC 3420 Political Theory
    
• PSC 3500 Introduction to Political Inquiry
    

Complete one course from each of the following expandable lists (3 courses/9 credits).

• American Political Institutions and Behavior Courses
    
• Global Politics Courses
    
• Public Administration, Policy and Law Courses
    

Complete 2 additional PSC elective courses to meet total and upper-division requirements for the major (2 courses/6 credits).

American Political Institutions and Behavior Track

Complete the following required courses (6 courses/18 credits):

• PSC 1010 Introduction to Global Politics
    
• PSC 1100 The American Political System
    
• PSC 2070 Might and Right Among Nations
    or
  PSC 2450 American Political Thought
    
• PSC 3420 Political Theory
    
• PSC 3500 Introduction to Political Inquiry
    
• PSC 4470 Constitutional Law
    

Complete three courses from the following expandable lists (3 courses/9 credits).

• American Political Institutions and Behavior Courses
    
• Public Administration, Policy and Law Courses
    

Complete an additional 3 hours of PSC elective courses to meet total and upper-division requirements for the major (1 course/3 credits).

Global Politics Track

Complete the following required courses (7 courses/21 hours):

• PSC 1010 Introduction to Global Politics
    
• PSC 1100 The American Political System
    
• PSC 2070 Might and Right Among Nations
    or
  PSC 2450 American Political Thought
    
• PSC 3420 Political Theory
    
• PSC 3500 Introduction to Political Inquiry
    
• PSC 4210 International Politics
    
• PSC 4220 Comparative Politics
    

Complete three courses from the following expandable list (3 courses/9 hours).

• Global Politics Courses
    

Public Administration, Policy and Law Track

Complete the following required courses:

• PSC 1100 The American Political System
    
• PSC 2070 Might and Right Among Nations
    or
  PSC 2450 American Political Thought
    
• PSC 3420 Political Theory
    
• PSC 3500 Introduction to Political Inquiry
    
• PSC 4320 Public Administration
    
• PSC 4460 Administrative Law
    

Complete three courses from the following expandable list (3 courses/9 hours).

• Public Administration, Policy and Law Courses
    

Complete an additional 3 hours of PSC elective courses to meet total and upper-division requirements for the major (1 course,3 credits).

Political Science Summit Course

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

The Summit course options for Political Science are:

• PSC 4020 The American Congress
   
• PSC 4210 International Politics
   
• PSC 4470 Constitutional Law