History Degree Plan
Degree Options
- Bachelor of Arts in History
- General History
- History Pre-Law
- History Education
- Social Studies Education
Minors
- History
- Modern Asia
- Modern Global Issues
- Religious Studies
- War and Society
Program Strengths
- Learn from history professors who enhance their professional development through extensive travel, research, and teaching abroad.
- Faculty members are distinguished for considering teaching as their primary mission.
- Several history professors have won major teaching awards.
- Many opportunities for studying abroad
- The Pre-Law Resource Center helps students prepare a path to law school.
- Numerous internships are available
Student Clubs
- History Club
- Phi Alpha Theta (National Honor Society)
- Pre-Law Society
Career Options
- Public history, cultural resource management, park management, interpretation of historical sites
- Primary and secondary education
- Information sciences, curator, archivist, librarian
- Researchers and analysts for intelligence operations, government services
- Nonprofit management
- Business management, personnel management, and marketing
- Law
- Journalism, technical writing, and editing
Admission to the Major Requirements
Students may be admitted as History majors upon declaring their intent to the department.
Suggested Classes for Freshmen
General History
- Work on UCORE requirements
- If interested in a second major, try a UCORE class from that area
History Pre-Law
- UCORE classes such as Phil 201, EconS 101/102, Pol S 101
- History/Social Studies Education:
- UCORE classes such as Hist 120, Pol S 101, EconS 102
- Begin working on History sequence: Hist 101/102, Hist 110/111
Suggested Classes for Transfer Students
- Complete UCORE requirements
- If AA is complete, working on upper-division History courses
- For teaching certification:
- T&L 301: Learning and Development
- Pol S 101: American National Government
- English 201: Writing and Research
- Econ S 102: Fundamentals of Macroeconomics
- Hist 209: Introduction to Social Studies Methods
Math Requirement
Any UCORE, most commonly:
- Math 105: Exploring Mathematics
- Fin 223: Personal Finance
Core Courses
- Hist 300: Writing about History
- Hist 469: Seminar in History
- 6 hours of U.S. History
- 6 hours of European History
- 9 hours of non-Western/Global History
For more information
history.wsu.edu
history@wsu.edu
509-335-5139
Advisors
Lauri Sue Torkelson
(General, Pre-law)
torkelson@wsu.edu
Wilson-Short 301C
509-335-4475
Frank Hill
(History Education, Social Studies)
fhill002@wsu.edu
Wilson-Short 301B
509-335-5670