Degrees & Programs

For more information, contact History Chair Professor Kimberly Jensen jenseki@mail.wou.edu              FAQ Undergraduate Degree

The history department no longer offers the sequence in Western Civilization (HST 101, 102, and 103). For those students who took one or more of these courses as part of their major or minor or gen. ed. sequence, they may complete the sequence by taking the corresponding course in the World History sequence, as follows:

• For HST 101, substitute HST 104
• For HST 102, substitute HST 105
• For HST 103, substitute HST 106

BA IN HISTORY or HISTORY MAJOR (72 Credits)

Core Courses:

World History (complete sequence) (12)

• HST 104 World History: The Ancient and Classical World (4)
• HST 105 World History: Expanding Societies (4)
• HST 106 World History: The Modern World (4)

Choose Two: History of the United States (select two) (8)

• HST 201 US History: Native American Cultures to Early 19th Century
• HST 202 US History: Reform and Progress
• HST 203 US History: First World War to the Present

HST 420 should be taken the term preceding HST 499. In HST 420 the student will explore the theoretical foundations of the research topic that will become the basis for the HST 499 senior thesis paper.

• HST 420 Philosophies of History (4)
• HST 499 Senior Seminar (4)

Students will use a paper completed for upper-division history course at WOU as a foundation for their Senior Seminar thesis. They will revise and expand this topical paper, with history department advisers, across the senior year to complete Senior Seminar (HST 499) in the spring term.

Focus Areas

Select at least two courses from four of the five areas below: (44 Credits)

Europe/Russia (4 Credits Each)

• HST 400 The Viking World (4)
• HST 412 Yugoslavia: From Experiment to Collapse (4)
• HST 413 Dissent & Opposition in East Europe (4)
• HST 414 British History to 1300 (4)
• HST 415 British History to the 18th Century (4)
• HST 418 The Reformation (4)
• HST 419 Early Modern Europe (4)
• HST 422 Germany: The 19th Century (4)
• HST 423 Germany 1914 to 1945 (4)
• HST 424 Postwar German History (4)
• HST 425 Modern France: Revolution and Napoleon (4)
• HST 426 Modern France: The 19th Century (4)
• HST 427 Modern France: The 20th Century (4)
• HST 428 Nineteenth Century Europe (4)
• HST 429 Twentieth Century Europe: From World Wars to Cold War (4)
• HST 430 Twentieth Century Europe: Postwar Period (4)
• HST 431 Russia to Peter the Great (4)
• HST 432 Imperial Russia (4)
• HST 433 Soviet Russia (4)
• HST 434 Mediterranean Worlds I (4)
• HST 435 Mediterranean Worlds II (4)
• HST 436 History of Modern Paris (4)
• HST 437 WWII in Film (4)
• HST 439 Colonial Cultures (4)
• HST 447 Early Middle Ages (4)
• HST 448 High Middle Ages (4)
• HST 449 Late Middle Ages (4)
• HST 451 The Crusades (4)
• HST 452 Women and Family in the Middle Ages (4)
• HST 459 Medieval Saints & Sinners: History of Medieval Church (4)
• HST 460 The Black Death (4)
• HST 496 Empire and Environment (4)
• HST 497 History of Fascism (4)

North American Studies (4 Credits Each)

• HST 404 Gender Issues in History I (4)
• HST 405 Gender Issues in History II (4)
• HST 417 Topics in African American History (4)
• HST 442 America and the Middle East (4)
• HST 454 Mexico and the Caribbean Since Independence (4)
• HST 456 Mexico Since Independence (4)
• HST 475 Colonial America (4)
• HST 476 Market Democracy in America (4)
• HST 477 Civil War and Reconstruction (4)
• HST 479 Challenges of Progressive Era America (4)
• HST 480 Topics in Multicultural American History (4)
• HST 481 American Voices: Autobiography, Biography and Memoir in American History (4)
• HST 482 United States 1914-1945 (4)
• HST 483 Cold War America (4)
• HST 484 Health, Medicine and Gender in Historical Perspective (4)
• HST 486 Chicano/a History (4)
• HST 487 Canada: to Confederation -1867 (4)
• HST 488 Canada: Since Confederation (4)
• HST 489 Environmental History (4)
• HST 490 Wests of Early America (4)
• HST 491 Western US: 20th Century Issues (4)
• HST 492 Pacific Northwest History (4)
• HST 493 Women in Oregon History (4)
• HST 494 North American Constitutional History (4)

Comparative/Methods (4 Credits Each)

• HST 110 Detecting the Past: Critical Thinking with Historical Sources (4)
• HST 301 Introduction to Historical Research (4)
• HST 400 The Viking World (4)
• HST 404 Gender Issues in History I (4)
• HST 405 Gender Issues in History II (4)
• HST 406 Archival Science (4)
• HST 408 Oral History (4)
• HST 410 Introduction to Public History (4)
• HST 411 World Problems (4)
• HST 413 Dissent & Opposition in East Europe (4)
• HST 437 WWII in Film (4)
• HST 439 Colonial Cultures (4)
• HST 440 Gender and Colonialism (4)
• HST 441 Decolonization and its Aftermaths (4)
• HST 442 America and the Middle East (4)
• HST 451 The Crusades (4)
• HST 452 Women and Family in the Middle Ages (4)
• HST 458 History of Inter-American Relations (4)
• HST 459 Medieval Saints & Sinners: History of Medieval Church (4)
• HST 460 The Black Death (4)
• HST 479 Challenges of Progressive Era America (4)
• HST 480 Topics in Multicultural American History (4)
• HST 481 American Voices: Autobiography, Biography and Memoir in American History (4)
• HST 484 Health, Medicine and Gender in Historical Perspective (4)
• HST 489 Environmental History (4)
• HST 492 Pacific Northwest History (4)
• HST 493 Women in Oregon History (4)
• HST 494 North American Constitutional History (4)
• HST 496 Empire and Environment (4)
• HST 497 History of Fascism (4)

Africa/Latin America (4 Credits Each)

• HST 434 Mediterranean Worlds (4)
• HST 435 Mediterranean Worlds (4)
• HST 438 European Imperialisms (4)
• HST 440 Gender and Colonialism (4)
• HST 441 Decolonization and its Aftermaths (4)
• HST 442 America and the Middle East (4)
• HST 443 Jewish North Africa (4)
• HST 444 Colonial North Africa (4)
• HST 445 Postcolonial North Africa (4)
• HST 446 Pandemics and Crises in Latin America (4)
• HST 450 Crime and Society in Latin America (4)
• HST 453 Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin America (4)
• HST 454 History of the Caribbean (4)
• HST 455 Modern Latin America (4)
• HST 456 Mexico Since Independence (4)
• HST 457 The Cuban Revolution (4)
• HST 458 History of Inter-American Relations (4)
• HST 485 Race and Ethnicity in Latin America  (4)
• HST 486 Chicano/a History (4)

East and West Asia (4 Credits Each)

• HST 434 Mediterranean Worlds (4)
• HST 435 Mediterranean Worlds (4)
• HST 438 European Imperialisms (4)
• HST 440 Gender and Colonialism (4)
• HST 441 Decolonization and its Aftermath (4)
• HST 442 America and the Middle East (4)
• HST 461 History of East Asia: Traditional China (4)
• HST 463 Modern East Asia (4)
• HST 467 Modern China I: Fragmentation and Reform Movements in Late Imperial China (4)
• HST 468 Modern China II: The Republic of China in the 20th Century (4)
• HST 469 Modern China III: People’s Republic of China, Confucianism and Socialism (4)
• HST 471 Women in Japanese Society (4)
• HST 472 Women in Chinese Society (4)
• HST 473 Popular Culture in China (4)
• HST 474 Popular Culture in Japan (4)
• HST 495 Arab World in Transition (4)
• HST 495 Empire and Environment (4)

Consult a history department adviser in developing your plan. This may include History 407 seminars on topical/regional areas offered on a periodic basis. With prior approval from their History Department advisor, students may plan a program that includes up to 9 hours of Social Science electives relevant to their concentration areas in history to complete the 44 hour sequence.