University Core Curriculum Requirements — 40 credit hours
All University of Portland students progress through a set of shared course options as part of the University’s liberal arts Core Curriculum. This curriculum offers a foundation of multiple lenses to address enduring questions of human concern, integrating the liberal arts, the University mission, and the knowledge, skills, and values needed in a diverse society and in the workplace.
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HST 420/430/450 and HST 470 are the designated Writing in the Discipline courses for the B.A. in History.
College of Arts and Sciences B.A. Requirements — 24-33 credit hours
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Major Requirements — 33 credit hours
All history majors will take HST 470 during the fall semester of their senior year. Students on Track One will complete their 3-credit hour capstone in HST 470. Students on Track Two will begin their 6-credit hour Honors Capstone during HST 470 and complete it in HST 471, offered the spring semester of their senior year.
Track One
Students on Track One will complete their 3-credit hour capstone project in HST 470 and will choose either an additional 400-level seminar or an additional 300-level class to complete the 33 credit hours required of the major.
| Lower-division history courses | 6 |
| HST 300 | Introduction to Historical Methods | 3 |
| Upper-division history courses | 15-18 |
| 400-level seminars (HST 420, 430, 450) | 3-6 |
| HST 470 | The Practice of History | 3 |
Upper-division history courses: must include at least one 300-level course each in American, European, and non-Western history.
Track Two
Students on Track Two will begin their 6-credit hour Honors capstone project during HST 470 and complete it in HST 471, offered the spring semester of their senior year.
Students must have a 3.5 GPA in the major or receive permission from the department chair to register for HST 471.
| Lower-division history courses | 6 |
| HST 300 | Introduction to Historical Methods | 3 |
| Upper-division history courses | 15 |
| 400-level seminars (HST 420, 430, 450) | 3 |
| HST 470 | The Practice of History | 3 |
| HST 471 | Senior Seminar | 3 |
Upper-division history courses: must include at least one 300-level course each in American, European, and non-Western history.
Any additional credit hours required to complete a minimum of 120 credit hours