History
 

Family History - Genealogy

Family History - Genealogy
BA
Hours52 - 77 Credit Hours
MAPMajor Academic Plan

Program Requirements

requirement 1 Complete 1 course
Complete the following in fulfillment of the University Core First-Year Writing requirement. Note: Waivers based on Advanced Placement (AP) or other test scores do not apply to this requirement. Students with AP credit for Engl 115 should take Wrtg 150.
WRTG 150 - Writing and Rhetoric 3.0
requirement 2 Complete 2 courses
Complete the following in fulfillment of the university core Civilization 1 and 2 requirements:
HIST 201 - World Civilization to 1500 3.0
HIST 202 - World Civilization from 1500 3.0
requirement 3 Complete 2 courses
Complete the following (may be used as partial fulfillment of the University Core Doctrinal Foundation and Religion requirement):
REL C 261 - Introduction to Family History (Genealogy) 2.0
REL C 293R - Specialized Studies in Family History (Genealogy) 1.0
You may take this course up to 1 time.
requirement 4 Complete 1 course
Note 1: Hist 217 should be completed no later than the sophomore year or in the first semester/term after the major is declared. Majors should consult with the family history coordinator soon after declaring. Note 2: Students must complete Hist 217 with a grade of C or higher in order to satisfy this requirement.
HIST 217 - The Family Historian's Craft 3.0
requirement 5 Complete 3 courses
NOTE: Hist 200 and 317 should be completed no later than the sophomore year or in the first semester/term after the major is declared. Hist 200 and 490 combined satisfy the University Core Advanced Written and Oral Communications requirement.
HIST 200 - The Historian's Craft 3.0
HIST 218 - The Family and the Law in American History 3.0
HIST 220 - The United States Through 1877 3.0
requirement 6
Hist 220 must be completed as a college/university course and cannot be fulfilled with AP or other test scores. Contact your academic advisement center with questions.
requirement 7 Complete 1 course
HIST 280 - Northern US Family, Local, and Social History Research Since 1790 3.0
HIST 281 - Southern US Family, Local, and Social History Research Since 1790 3.0
HIST 282 - Colonial US Family, Local and Social History Research 3.0
requirement 8 Complete 3 courses
Note 1: Hist 280, 281, or 282 may be used to fulfill this requirement only if not fulfilling the above requirement. Note 2: Hist 390R must be a family history section.
HIST 280 - Northern US Family, Local, and Social History Research Since 1790 3.0
HIST 281 - Southern US Family, Local, and Social History Research Since 1790 3.0
HIST 282 - Colonial US Family, Local and Social History Research 3.0
HIST 350 - British Family, Local and Social History Research 3.0
HIST 351 - Germanic Family, Local, and Social History Research 3.0
HIST 352 - Scandinavian Family, Local, and Social History Research 3.0
HIST 353 - Southern European and Latin American Family, Local, and Social History Research 3.0
HIST 354 - Slavic Family, Local, and Social History Research 3.0
HIST 390R - Special Topics in History 3.0v
HIST 396 - Historical Narrative: A Writing Workshop 3.0
HIST 434 - Computers in Family Historical Research and Publication 3.0
requirement 9 Complete 1 course
HIST 420 - Latin Language Handwriting and Documents 3.0
HIST 421 - English Language Handwriting and Documents 3.0
HIST 422 - Germanic Language Handwriting and Documents 3.0
HIST 423 - Slavic Language Handwriting and Documents 3.0
HIST 424 - Handwriting and Documents in Latin and the Romance Languages 3.0
HIST 425 - Scandinavian Language Handwriting and Documents 3.0
requirement 10 Complete 1 course
HIST 439 - Seminar on Professional Family History Research 3.0
requirement 11 Complete 3.0 hours from the following course(s)
HIST 496R - Academic Internship: Family, Local, and Social History 6.0v
You may take up to 6 credit hours.
requirement 12 Complete 1 course
Social and cultural history courses. Seek faculty advice in choosing electives.
HIST 232 - Introduction to the History of Christianity 3.0
HIST 244 - Jewish History: A.D. 70 to the Present 3.0
HIST 290 - Nature and History: The Earth's Environmental Past 3.0
HIST 292 - Food and History 3.0
HIST 293 - World War II in History and Memory 3.0
HIST 305 - The Age of Enlightenment 3.0
HIST 310 - European Economic History 3.0
HIST 311 - The History of Film, Radio, and Television 3.0
HIST 312 - History of Ideas 3.0
HIST 318 - European Women's History 3.0
HIST 319 - The Family in Europe 3.0
HIST 320 - Society in Europe 3.0
HIST 358 - Gender and History in Latin America 3.0
HIST 368 - Sport, Society, and American Culture 3.0
HIST 378 - History of American Families 3.0
HIST 379 - U.S. Religious History to 1860 3.0
HIST 380 - U.S. Religious History Since 1860 3.0
HIST 384 - United States Women's History 3.0
requirement 13 Complete 1 course
Complete one course from list of history courses that (1) does not appear above and (2) relates to your selected geographical area of emphasis. Seek faculty advice in choosing electives.
HIST 231 - Introduction to East Asian History 3.0
HIST 238 - Ancient Near East to 330 BC 3.0
HIST 239 - Ancient Near East, 330 BC - 640 AD 3.0
HIST 240 - Middle East History to 1800 3.0
HIST 241 - Middle East History from 1800 3.0
HIST 242R - (Hist-NES 347R) Arab and Islamic Civilization 2.0v
HIST 243R - (Hist-NES 349R) Jewish Civilization 2.0v
HIST 247 - (Hist-ClCv 304) Greek History 3.0
HIST 248 - (Hist-ClCv 307) Roman History 3.0
HIST 250 - Europe 1500 to the Present 3.0
HIST 251 - Conquest and Colonization of Latin America 3.0
HIST 252 - Modern Latin America 3.0
HIST 261 - Modern Africa 3.0
HIST 276 - Exploration of Teaching - Social Science 4.0
HIST 294 - The Age of the French Revolution 3.0
HIST 295 - Latin America in the Age of Revolution, 1750-1850 3.0
HIST 299R - Academic Internship 6.0v
HIST 300 - The Early Middle Ages 3.0
HIST 301 - The Late Middle Ages 3.0
HIST 302 - The Italian Renaissance 3.0
HIST 303 - The Reformation: Age of Turmoil 3.0
HIST 304 - The Expansion of Europe, 1400-1800 3.0
HIST 306 - Nineteenth-Century Europe 3.0
HIST 307 - Europe Since 1914 3.0
HIST 308 - The Mediterranean 3.0
HIST 309 - European Revolutions Since 1500 3.0
HIST 313 - Strategy in Peace and War 3.0
HIST 314 - Fascism and Nazism in Europe, 1914-present 3.0
HIST 315 - European Jews and the Holocaust 3.0
HIST 316 - Modern Military History: Peace, Security, and American War-Making 3.0
HIST 322 - Pre-Modern Britain 3.0
HIST 323 - Modern Britain 3.0
HIST 324 - France 3.0
HIST 325 - Spain 3.0
HIST 326 - The History of Mexico 3.0
HIST 327 - Italy in the Modern World Since 1848 3.0
HIST 328 - Modern Germany 3.0
HIST 329 - The City in Brazil: An Urban History 3.0
HIST 330 - Tsarist Russia 3.0
HIST 331 - Soviet Union and Post-Soviet Russia 3.0
HIST 332 - Scandinavian History 3.0
HIST 333 - History of the Ottoman Empire 3.0
HIST 334 - History of Ancient Iraq 3.0
HIST 335 - Crusades 3.0
HIST 336 - South African Liberation Movements 3.0
HIST 337 - Pre-modern Korea 3.0
HIST 338 - Modern Korea 3.0
HIST 339 - African Social Change 3.0
HIST 340 - Traditional China 3.0
HIST 341 - China Since 1200 3.0
HIST 342 - The Mongol Empire in World History 3.0
HIST 343 - Early Japan: Shinto and Samurai, Courtiers and Courtesans 3.0
HIST 344 - Modern Japan 3.0
HIST 347 - Chinese Cultural History 3.0
HIST 348 - Modern South East Asia 3.0
HIST 349 - History of Asian Religions and Thought 3.0
HIST 355 - History of Argentina 3.0
HIST 356 - Brazil 3.0
HIST 357 - The Indian in Latin American History 3.0
HIST 359 - Inter-American Relations 3.0
HIST 360 - American West to 1900 3.0
HIST 361 - The American West Since 1900 3.0
HIST 363 - The Spanish Frontier in North America 3.0
HIST 364 - Utah 3.0
HIST 365 - American South 3.0
HIST 366 - Slavery and the Slave Trade in Africa and the Atlantic World 3.0
HIST 367 - Slavery in the United States 3.0
HIST 368 - Sport, Society, and American Culture 3.0
HIST 369 - History of Travel and Tourism 3.0
HIST 370 - Colonial America 3.0
HIST 371 - Revolutionary America 3.0
HIST 373 - Civil War Era, 1848-1877 3.0
HIST 374 - U.S. History from 1890 to 1945 3.0
HIST 375 - Joseph Smith in Mormon History and Historiography 3.0
HIST 376 - U.S. History from 1945 to 2000 3.0
HIST 377 - Growing Up in America: A History of Childhood and Youth 3.0
HIST 379 - U.S. Religious History to 1860 3.0
HIST 380 - U.S. Religious History Since 1860 3.0
HIST 382 - Mormonism in the American Experience 3.0
HIST 383 - African-American History, 1865 to Present 3.0
HIST 385 - Latinos in the United States 3.0
HIST 386 - American Indian History to 1830 3.0
HIST 387 - American Indian History from 1830 to the Present 3.0
HIST 389 - Mormonism Among Christian Theologies: A Comparative History 3.0
HIST 391 - The Vietnam War 3.0
HIST 392 - U.S. Constitutional History 3.0
HIST 393 - U.S. Foreign Relations 3.0
HIST 394 - Scripture in American History 3.0
HIST 396 - Historical Narrative: A Writing Workshop 3.0
HIST 397 - Historical Literacies in United States History 3.0
HIST 398 - 20th-Century American Economic Policy 3.0
HIST 399 - Democratic Classroom Design for Social Studies 3.0
HIST 430R - (Hist-Clscs) Topics in Ancient Roman History 3.0
HIST 430R - (Hist-Clscs) Topics in Ancient Greek and Roman History 3.0
HIST 431 - Public History 3.0
HIST 487 - Philosophies of History 3.0
HIST 495R - Directed Research 3.0
HIST 496R - Academic Internship: History Teaching and Social Science Teaching 12.0
HIST 498R - Directed Readings 3.0v
requirement 14 Complete 1 course
Note: It is recommended that students select the section designated for family history majors only; offered annually.
HIST 490 - Capstone Research Seminar 3.0
Program Outcomes: 

Effective Genealogical Research

Demonstrate proficiency in using genealogical research methodology through informed and honest use of primary and secondary sources and by incorporating knowledge of the historical context.

Historical Knowledge

Gain a historical consciousness by demonstrating a knowledge of major developments in American and world history and understand key historical terms and theories.

Genealogical and Historical Analysis

Acquire the ability to analyze genealogical and historical questions and issues clearly, assess historical and genealogical information accurately, and distinguish between questionable and valid historical and genealogical assertions.

Effective Communication

Skillfully integrate data into a coherent argument expressed through a clear, well-written style and through oral communication.