History
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Jay Mullen, Chair
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SOU CATALOG HOME : SCHOOLS AND DEPARTMENTS : HISTORY : COURSES
Professors: Joseph W. Cox, Karen Gernant, Robert T. Harrison, Neil Kunze
Associate Professors: Jay C. Mullen, Karen S. Sundwick
Assistant Professors: Todd F. Carney, Gary Miller
Adjunct Faculty: Leonard W. Levy
The Department of History offers courses that help fulfill SOU general education requirements, elective requirements for a number of other programs, and requirements for a major or minor in history. The goals of the history baccalaureate degree are to:1. Introduce students to scholarship on the social, cultural, and political foundations of world societies in order to enhance their understanding of themselves and their own society.
2. Prepare students for public life by familiarizing them with the current professional views of world and United States history.
3. Build the intellectual capacities of students by encouraging critical thinking and analysis to prepare them for whatever career or life they choose.
4. Improve student abilities to search for and locate valid sources of information and knowledge through printed and electronic media.
5. Enrich the writing skills of students by offering opportunities to write and receive professional feedback.
6. Acquaint students with the realities, standards, and expectations of the professional world.
These goals are interrelated and make the study of history an important part of a complete education. The study of history is excellent preparation for teaching and advanced study in humanities and social sciences, law and library schools, and seminaries. It also provides a solid foundation for government service, business administration, public history and museum work, and for various other areas of communication, journalism, and writing. History courses and study are also an integral part of many other degree programs at Southern Oregon University.
The department strongly recommends a bachelor of arts degree, with two years of college-level foreign language, as the more appropriate degree for history majors. In addition, minors are offered in designated programs of historical study.
AfricanMiddle Eastern history, Asian history, European history, Latin American history, United States history, history of women and minorities.
Membership in the local chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the international honor society in history, is open to qualified students. The purposes of the society are to encourage, stimulate, and help maintain excellence in the historical scholarship of students and faculty. Phi Alpha Theta also has a number of programs, scholarship awards, and publications available to member students. For more information, see the chapter's faculty advisors.
Students who want to teach history at the middle school and/or high school level in Oregon public schools must complete a bachelor's degree in history before applying for admission to the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program at SOU. Interested students should consult the department chair for an appropriate advisor and also consult the Education Department regarding admission requirements for the MAT teacher education program.This competitive program requires students to prepare in advance to enhance their acceptance into the program. Practica, internships, and volunteer experiences working with children in the public schools prior to application to the MAT program are required.
The Department of History strongly urges the early development of an academic program suitable for a teaching career in consultation with a history faculty advisor.
In addition, admission requires proficiency in a second language. This requirement can be met by successfully completing two years of a second language at the college or university level or by passing a second language proficiency test at the intermediate level.
Beginning with the 19971998 academic year, the Department of History is offering all its courses as four credits. Students who have completed lower division survey sequences (three terms) in World Civilization or United States History under the old three-credit system will have satisfied degree and prerequisite requirements described below as "Hst 110 and 111 or equivalent" and "Hst 201 and 202 or equivalent." Students who have not yet completed the old Hst 112 or the old Hst 203 are required to complete the new Hst 111 or the new Hst 202.
The Department of History strongly urges students completing a history major to fulfill all general education requirements and prerequisites for upper division courses by the end of their sophomore year. Students should also begin foreign language study as soon as possible.For a bachelor's degree in history, a student must complete a program planned in cooperation with, and approved by, a history faculty advisor. The program must meet the criteria established for all arts and sciences degrees outlined in this catalog. It must also contain a minimum of 56 credits of history, 36 credits of which must be in prescribed and elective upper division courses. Majors fulfill 24 of these by selecting and pursuing two fields of historical study. Additionally, history majors must complete 4 credits in a prescribed computer science course.
Requirements include:
1. World Civilizations (Hst 110 and 111) 8
(Students who have completed a lower division sequence in Western Civilization or the equivalent World Civilization sequence satisfy this requirement.)
2. The United States (Hst 201 and 202) 8
(Students who have completed a lower division sequence in United States History or the equivalent satisfy this requirement.)
3. Writing and Methods for History
(Hst 298) with a grade of B- or better 4
4. Upper division courses 36
5. Microcomputer Applications (CS 115) 4
6. A 2.5 GPA for all history courses taken at SOU.
For a minor in history, a student must complete one of the programs described below. Questions about a specific minor should be directed to the appropriate member of the faculty whose specialization corresponds to the minor.
(24 credits)
(24 credits)
(24 credits)
(24 credits)
(24 credits)
(24 credits)