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General Studies (BGS): History Emphasis

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History Bachelors BGS

Variable Credit Min

33

Variable Credit Max

33

Major Academic Plan

Title

Aims of a BYU Education

Learning Outcome

Describe how coursework in the BGS program has contributed to the aims of a BYU education: Spiritually strengthening Character building Intellectually enlarging Preparing for lifelong learning and service.

Title

Historical Research Methods

Learning Outcome

Demonstrate basic proficiency in using the historical method of research

Title

Effective Writing

Learning Outcome

Write effectively about historical topics.

Title

American and World History

Learning Outcome

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

Program Requirements

Have 27 hours of campus residency.

Complete a minimum of 10 hours in the emphasis after formal admission to the BGS program.

Thirty of the 120 hours must be 300-level or above courses.

Students must earn a minimum 2.0 BYU grade point average, a minimum 2.0 cumulative grade point average, and a minimum 2.0 emphasis grade point average.

The program must be completed in eight years or less.

All emphasis courses taken after admission to BGS must be BYU courses.

Requirement 1 —Complete 1 Course

Prerequisite course (must be completed before taking any other courses, includes preparing academic plan which must be approved before proceeding):

course - Essential College Skills 1.0

Requirement 2 —Complete 4 Courses

Core courses:

course - World Civilization to 1500 3.0

course - World Civilization from 1500 3.0

course - U S Through 1877 3.0

course - U S Since 1877 3.0

Requirement 3 —Complete 18 hours

course - Family Historian's Craft 3.0

course - Con & Col Lat Amer 3.0

course - Modern Latin Amer 3.0

course - British Fam Hist Research 3.0

course - WW II in History & Memory 3.0

course - Italian Renaissance 3.0

course - Reformation: Age of Turmoil 3.0

course - Russian Empire Under Romanovs 3.0

course - Soviet & Post-Soviet Russia 3.0

course - Modern Japan 3.0

course - Family History Directed Rsrch - You may take once 0.5v

course - Acad Internship--Family, Local, and Social History - You may take once 12.0

Requirement 4 —Complete 1 Course

Complete a capstone experience (last course to be completed):

course - BGS Capstone 2.0

Note 1: Other BYU undergraduate courses (including Salt Lake Center classes) in history may also be used to fill emphasis electives.