Requirements and Learning Outcomes

• General Electives | Complete as many courses as necessary from any discipline to fulfill your 120-credit requirement to graduate.

General Education requirements for all new students entering UBalt in fall 2022 and after.Back to Top

 

Course	Title	Credits	Notes
HIST 295	The Historian's Toolkit	3
HIST 495	Senior Seminar in History	3

 

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Complete any THREE 100- or 200-level HIST courses. (9 credits)

Topics in American History (12 credits)

Complete FOUR of the following Topics in American History courses:

Course	Title	Credits	Notes
HIST 306	Popular Music in U.S. History	3
HIST 308	History of American Business	3
HIST 321	America Since 1940	3
HIST 325	Prisons and Police in U.S. History	3
HIST 330	Immigration and Law in U.S. History	3
HIST 340	American Legal History	3
HIST 345	Politics in U.S. History	3
HIST 350	History of U.S. Foreign Relations	3
HIST 364	Civil Rights in U.S. History	3
HIST 375	The Civil War and Reconstruction	3
HIST 380	The Chesapeake World	3
HIST 381	American Cities	3
HIST 382	History of Baltimore	3
HIST 385	U.S. Women's History	3
HIST 395	Introduction to Historiography	3
HIST 396	Introduction to Public History	3
HIST 434	American Constitutional History	3
HIST 496	Seminar in Public History	3

 Topics in History of the Wider World (9 credits)

Complete THREE of the following Topics in History of the Wider World courses:

Course	Title	Credits	Notes
HIST 310	Ancient Civilizations	3
HIST 312	Age of Revolution	3
HIST 313	Europe, 1815-1914	3
HIST 314	War in Europe, 1914-1945	3
HIST 315	Europe Since 1945	3
HIST 316	Black Europe	3
HIST 324	Modern China	3
HIST 326	Modern Japan	3
HIST 328	Modern Korea	3
HIST 354	History of Germany	3
HIST 360	Darwin, Marx, Nietzsche and Freud	3
HIST 440	History of Common Law	3
HIST 466	History of Africa	3

ADDITIONAL COURSES 

The following courses, depending on the instructor's preference, may be taught either as Topics in American History or Topics in the History of the Wider World courses and may be applied to those requirements as appropriate:

Course	Title	Credits	Notes
HIST 344	World War II	3
HIST 390	Film and History	3
HIST 438	Great Trials in History	3
HIST 445	Topics in the History of Religion	3
HIST 460	The Cold War, 1945-1990	3
HIST 477	Technology and History	3
HIST 490	Internship	3
HIST 492	Independent Study	1-3 credits
HIST 493	Honors Seminar	3
HIST 494	Honors Project	3-6 credits
HIST 497	Special Topics in History	3

 

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You can choose to complete this specialization in public history, which is the professional application of historical methods, skills, research and presentation in settings outside the classroom. Public historians work in museums, archives, government, historical societies, living history sites, preservation groups, businesses and nonprofit organizations of all kinds, either independently or in partnership with academic institutions.

 

You can fulfill this specialization through Topics in American History core courses or general electives; this does not require completion of additional credits beyond those of the History program.

Foundation Requirement (3 credits)

Choose ONE of the following:

Course	Title	Credits	Notes
HIST 380	The Chesapeake World	3
HIST 382	History of Baltimore	3

Public History Core Requirements (6 credits)

Course	Title	Credits	Notes
HIST 396	Introduction to Public History	3
HIST 490	Internship	3

 

Specialized Electives (6 credits)

Choose TWO of the following with advisement from the program director:

Course	Title	Credits	Notes
CMAT 369	Digital Video	3
CMAT 381	Representing Reality: News & Documentary	3
CMAT 455	Hypermedia	3
PPIA 300	American Political Institutions	3
PPIA 322	Bureaucracy and Public Policy	3
PPIA 326	Urban Politics and Public Policy	3
PPIA 348	State and Local Government	3
PPIA 461	Maryland Government Processes and Politics	3
HIST 250	Digital History	3
HIST 496	Seminar in Public History	3	highly recommended
MGMT 301	Management and Organizational Behavior	3
MGMT 315	Human Resource Management	3
MKTG 301	Marketing Management	3
PSYC 355	Interviewing Psychology	3
SOCI 302	The American Family in Perspective	3
SOCI 303	Urban Sociology	3
WRIT 330	Writing, Editing & Publishing	3

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Course	Title	Credits	Notes
IDIS 101	First Year Seminar: Introduction to University Learning	3	freshmen only; transfer students replace this with a different elective

Complete as many courses as necessary from any discipline to fulfill your 120-credit requirement to graduate.

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Meet the UBalt Information Literacy graduation requirement by successfully completing ONE of the following:

Course	Title	Credits	Notes
HIST 295	The Historian's Toolkit	3
INFO 110	Introduction to Information Literacy	3

 

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Construct a historical web in which to situate events within the context of social, technological, environmental developments in American and world history.

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Analyze sources in ways that correspond to the field of historical investigation.

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Assemble a range of primary and secondary sources during research, including evidence from archives, material culture, the built environment, maps and other visual sources.

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Create effective written and oral reports that communicate their findings.

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Formulate sustained arguments about historical events and their interpretations.

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Evaluate contemporary issues through the lens of related historical patterns and events.

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