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History
Bachelor of ArtsThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Program Highlights
- Gain knowledge: Research, interpret, and present historical knowledge.
- Communicate effectively: Write and speak clearly and appropriately about historical information for diverse audiences.
- Engage viewpoints: Engage in history as a moral and ethical practice, recognizing a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives.
- Learn from history: Apply historical precedents to contemporary life and develop self-reflection.
- Gain perspective: Achieve a deep understanding of the different peoples, events, and cultures that have shaped human civilization.
Required Courses
- (3 Credits, HIST 115) or (3 Credits, HIST 141)
- (3 Credits, HIST 116) or (3 Credits, HIST 142)
- (3 Credits, HIST 156)
- (3 Credits, HIST 157)
- (3 Credits, HIST 289)
- (3 Credits, HIST 309)
- (3 Credits, HIST 495)
- Upper-level HIST courses (12 credits): Focused study in either U.S. history or world history recommended; see Degree Focus below
Degree FocusÂ
To align with the 12-credit upper-level requirement listed above, we recommend you choose from one of the following groups of classes below to align with your career interests:
U.S. History
- (3 Credits, HIST 316L)
- (3 Credits, HIST 365)
- (3 Credits, HIST 377)
- (3 Credits, HIST 461)
World History
- (3 Credits, HIST 326)
- (3 Credits, HIST 337)
- (3 Credits, HIST 392)
- (3 Credits, HIST 480)
Career Preparation
This program is designed to prepare you to succeed in a range of professional settings, including museums, historic sites, government, educational institutions, research firms, cultural resource management, public history archives, and more. Graduates might pursue careers as teachers, writers, historians, archivists, museum curators, research analysts, heritage managers, or historical consultants.Â
Please note: Pursing a Master of Arts in Teaching through our accelerated pathway may better prepare you for the teaching careers represented here.Â
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
No previous experience is needed.
Total Program Credits
120
Transfer Credits
Up to 90
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $324 per credit (in-state)
- $499 per credit (out-of-state)
- $250 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
Humanities
Bachelor of ArtsThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Program Highlights
- Integrate theory: Integrate theories, methods, and concepts from multiple humanities disciplines, such as philosophy, history, art, literature, music, and religious studies.
- Evaluate arguments: Evaluate the adequacy and justifiability of propositions, theories, assumptions and arguments.
- Communicate effectively: Communicate the results of critical reflection into personal positions on social, cultural, and ethical issues.
- Apply ethics: Apply sound ethical reasoning in contemporary contexts.
- Develop understanding: Develop cultural understanding by exploring the cultural heritage of sites, events, people, and communities.
Required Courses
- (3 Credits, HUMN 100)
- (3 Credits, PHIL 100)
- (3 Credits, PHIL 140)
- (3 Credits, HIST 115), (3 Credits, HIST 116), (3 Credits, HIST 141), or (3 Credits, HIST 142)
- (3 Credits, MUSC 210) or any MUSC course
- (3 Credits, ARTH 372) or any upper-level ARTH course
- (3 Credits, PHIL 304) or any upper-level PHIL course
- (3 Credits, HUMN 351) or any upper-level HUMN course
- (3 Credits, PHIL 349) or any upper-level PHIL course
- (3 Credits, ENGL 406) or any upper-level ENGL course
- (3 Credits, HUMN 495)
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help you develop in-depth knowledge and skills to pursue careers in education, publishing, journalism, advertising, social work, sales, law, management, human resources, and insurance. Potential job titles within specific humanities careers include non-profit organization administrator, public or private school educator, administrator for a local or community government organization, and editor or copywriter in a media organization.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
No previous experience is needed.
Total Program Credits
120
Transfer Credits
Up to 90
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $324 per credit (in-state)
- $499 per credit (out-of-state)
- $250 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
Political Science
Bachelor of ScienceThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Program Highlights
- Learn concepts: Identify the characteristics of political science and distinguish between major concepts, theories, and research methods.
- Study key systems: Explain key domestic and international systems, institutions, and organizations, including their purposes, functions, and impacts on domestic and global politics and policies.
- Research political ethics: Describe ethical issues in political science that inform a commitment to integrity in personal, professional, and political practice.
- Promote diversity: Explain the importance of diversity, equity, and identity within sociopolitical, economic, and cultural contexts, both domestically and internationally.
- Apply new info: Apply new information, terminology, and research in political science and other relevant fields.
- Analyze reports: Analyze qualitatively and quantitatively based reports and articles for validity, methodology, applicability, and conclusions.
- Produce research: Produce research within the major theoretical/conceptual frameworks of political science, using appropriate research skills, including statistical methods as needed.
- Communicate effectively: Express yourself clearly, accurately, logically, cohesively, and critically about international and domestic political issues using strong critical thinking and analytical writing skills.
Required Courses
- (3 Credits, GVPT 100)
- (3 Credits, GVPT 101)
- (3 Credits, GVPT 170) or (3 Credits, GVPT 200)
- (3 Credits, GVPT 210)
- (3 Credits, GVPT 280)
- (3 Credits, GVPT 306)
- (3 Credits, GVPT 403) or any upper-level GVPT course
- (3 Credits, GVPT 406)
- (3 Credits, GVPT 457) or any upper-level GVPT course
- (3 Credits, GVPT 495)
Career Preparation
This online political science program may help prepare you for a variety of careers in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. Potential job titles in these areas include political scientist, information analyst, intelligence analyst, research scientist, lobbyist, or community outreach specialist.
Please note: Higher advancement in political science careers may require further education, such as a master's degree.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
No previous experience is needed.
Total Program Credits
120
Transfer Credits
Up to 90
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $324 per credit (in-state)
- $499 per credit (out-of-state)
- $250 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.