HISTORY
60 credit hours
Department Chair:
Sam Tullock . . . . . . . . . . . SCC-G222 . . . . . . . . . . .972.881.5737
Michael McConachie . . . . CPC-E221 . . . . . . . . . . .972.548.6513
Wendy Gunderson . . . . . . PRC-F213 . . . . . . . . . . .972.377.1536
Academic Advisor:
Kari Ford . . . . . . . . . SCC-G151 . . . . . . . . . . .972.881.5782
Department Website:
The History Program is designed for students interested in completing an associate degree as well as students pursuing a bachelor’s degree. The American survey history courses meet the state’s requirement for six hours of American history. In addition to the survey courses, the program also includes classes in Western Civilization, History of Texas, History of Women in America, Survey of the History of American Religion, and Introduction to America and the World in the Twentieth Century.
Career Opportunities
Background acquired by students majoring in history prepares them for careers in a variety of fields such as journalism, law, politics, social work, television, radio, etc. A degree in history is not only beneficial to students seeking a career as a writer or teacher, but also will provide career opportunities in such adjacent fields as public history, museum curator, archivist, research associate for public and private agencies and in developing fields like environmental historian for state agencies, contract work for legal firms and in the areas of computer/video/film documentaries.
AA Core Curriculum 45 credit hours
Additional Graduation Requirement 3 credit hours
See AA Core.
Recommended Electives 12 credit hours
HIST 2301 History of Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
HIST 2311 Western Civilization I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
HIST 2312 Western Civilization II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
HIST 2327 Mexican-American History I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
HIST 2328 Mexican-American History II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
HIST 2381 African-American History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
PHIL 1301 Introduction to Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
PHIL 2303 Introduction to Logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
PSYC 2301 General Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
SOCI 1301 Introduction to Sociology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
XXXX x4xx Foreign Language Sequence I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
XXXX x4xx Foreign Language Sequence II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
