Public History, B.A.

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Requirements for Graduation:

To be eligible for graduation, students majoring in Public History must complete a minimum of 120 credits, achieve a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher, satisfy the College’s residency requirements, and complete the General Education Requirements of the College. A minimum grade of 2.0 is required for First Year Seminar and all courses taken as part of Foundations. Courses used to complete General Education Requirements may not be taken on a pass/fail basis.

The General Education Requirements of the college require students to successfully complete First Year Seminar, Foundations, Disciplinary Perspectives, and a Constellation. Students who enter the college with 30 credit hours completed will not take a First Year Seminar course and therefore must take an additional 3 credits for graduation. Transfer students that are awarded 60 or more credits upon acceptance to York College will not be required to complete a Constellation.

In addition, students majoring in Public History must maintain a 2.0 grade point average in the course requirements of the major and receive a grade of 2.0 or better in all History courses.

Note: Students majoring in Public History may not double major in History, nor may they minor in American History or World History.

General Education Requirement:

First Year Seminar

FYS 100 First-Year Seminar 3 credit hours

Foundations Requirements

FCO 105 Rhetorical Communication 3 credit hours
Advanced Communication course:
FCO 225 (WRT225) Interdisciplinary Communication 3 credit hours
Choose one of the following Quantitative Fluency courses:
MAT 111 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving in Mathematics 3 credit hours
PHL 220 Principles of Scientific Reasoning 3 credit hours
PHL 222 Critical Thinking 3 credit hours
PHL 231 Logic 3 credit hours
Choose one of the following American Citizenship courses:
ECO 201 Principles of Economics (Micro) 3 credit hours
LIT 281 American Literature and Identity I 3 credit hours
LIT 282 American Literature and Identity II 3 credit hours
PS 101 (PS141) American Government and Citizenship 3 credit hours
Choose one of the following Global Citizenship courses or students have the option to complete this requirement by successfully completing 6 credits of the same foreign language:
ECO 200 Principles of Economics (Macro) 3 credit hours
G 100 (G243) World Regional Geography 3 credit hours
PS 102 Contemporary Global Issues 3 credit hours

Disciplinary Perspectives Requirement

Humanities course:

Satisfied by major
Choose one of the following Arts courses:
ART 101 Art and Visual Culture 3 credit hours
CRW 272 Introduction to Creative Writing 3 credit hours
MUS 186 (MUS200) Listening to Music 3 credit hours
THE 154 Introduction to Theatre 3 credit hours
Choose one of the following Social and Behavioral Sciences courses:
ECO 205 (ECO300) Economic Perspectives 3 credit hours
ENT 150 Introduction to Entrepreneurship 3 credit hours
MKT 100 Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
PS 110 Introduction to Political Science 3 credit hours
PSY 100 General Psychology 3 credit hours
REC 101 Recreation and Leisure in Modern Society 3 credit hours
SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology 3 credit hours
Choose one of the following Natural/Physical Sciences courses:
BIO 204 (BIO110) Exploring Biology 3 credit hours
CHM 240 Perspectives on the Molecular World 3 credit hours
ESS 254 Local Perspectives on the Geological World 3 credit hours
G 151 Introduction to Physical Geography 3 credit hours
PSC 152 Concepts in Physics in Everyday Life 3 credit hours

Constellation Requirement

The Constellation requirement is met when a student completes four courses from a minimum of three disciplines within the Constellation requirements. Transfer students that are awarded 60 or more credits upon acceptance to York College will not be required to complete a Constellation except for Education majors.

Required Major Courses:

Core Courses (18 credits)

HIS 101 The Foundation of the West 3 credit hours
HIS 102 The West in the World 3 credit hours
HIS 111 American Civilization I 3 credit hours
HIS 112 American Civilization II 3 credit hours
HIS 200 Methods and Theory in History 3 credit hours
HIS 499 Senior Seminar in History 3 credit hours

Proseminar (3 credits)

Students must complete one of the following courses before registering for History Seminar (HIS499):

HIS 363 Coming of the Civil War 1846-1861 3 credit hours
HIS 365 The Emergence of Modern America, 1877-1914 3 credit hours
HIS 402 The Black Death 3 credit hours
HIS 420 The First World War 3 credit hours
HIS 421 Nazi Germany and the Holocaust 3 credit hours
HIS 452 Creation of the American Nation 3 credit hours

History Electives (9 credits)

Students must successfully complete 9 credits of History electives of which 6 credits must be at the 300 level or higher.

Required Public History Courses (9 credits)

HIS201 Intro to Public History
HIS393 Special Topics-Public History
HIS 495 History Internship 3 credit hours

Public History Targeted Electives (6 credits)

Students must complete at least two of the following:

HIS 205 Oral History: Techniques and Research 3 credit hours
HIS 206 Introduction to Museum Studies 3 credit hours
HIS 386 Historical Geography of North America 3 credit hours
HIS 463 Policy and History in York, Pennsylvania 3 credit hours

Skill Building Targeted Electives (18 credits)

Students must choose two courses from three of the five clusters below:

Administration and Government Cluster

BUS 350 Management of Not-for-Profit Operations 3 credit hours
PS 151 Introduction to Public Administration 3 credit hours
PSY 200 Essential Skills and Tools in Psychology 3 credit hours
PS 242 State and Local Government 3 credit hours
PS 312 Politics of Public Policy 3 credit hours
THE 300 Arts Administration 3 credit hours

Art History and Archaelology Cluster

ANT 230 Archaeology 3 credit hours
ART 204 Survey of Western Art I 3 credit hours
ART 205 Survey of Western Art II 3 credit hours
ART 388 History of Photography 3 credit hours
ART 389 History of Graphic Design 3 credit hours
ART 390 Art of the Classical World 3 credit hours
ART 391 Nineteenth-Century Art 3 credit hours
ART 394 The Modernist Impulse: Art 1900-1950 3 credit hours
ART 395 Pop to Postmodern Art 3 credit hours

Foreign Language Cluster

Complete two semesters (6 credits) of the same foreign language.

Geographic Information Systems Cluster

G 261 (G361) Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 3 credit hours
G 461 Advanced Geographic Information Systems 3 credit hours

Written Communication Cluster

WRT 280 Research Methods in Writing Studies 3 credit hours
WRT 305 Rhetorical Theory 3 credit hours
WRT 315 Advanced Composition 3 credit hours
WRT 320 Digital Writing: Theory and Practice 3 credit hours
WRT 321 Document Design: Theory and Practice 3 credit hours
WRT 341 History of Women’s Rhetorics 3 credit hours
WRT 410 Professional Editing 3 credit hours

Elective Courses (18 credits)

Students may choose any 18 credits of elective courses.

Suggested Course Sequence:

Freshman Year (30 credits)

FCO 105 Rhetorical Communication 3 credit hours
FYS 100 First-Year Seminar 3 credit hours
HIS 101 The Foundation of the West 3 credit hours
HIS 111 American Civilization I 3 credit hours
HIS 112 American Civilization II 3 credit hours
HIS201 Intro to Public History
Foundations - Quantitative Fluency course 3 credit hours
Foundations - American Citizenship course 3 credit hours
Disciplinary Perspectives - Social and Behavioral Sciences course 3 credit hours
Elective course 3 credit hours

Sophomore Year (30 credits)

FCO 225 (WRT225) Interdisciplinary Communication 3 credit hours
HIS 102 The West in the World 3 credit hours
Foundations - Global Citizenship course 3 credit hours
Disciplinary Perspectives - Arts course 3 credit hours
Disciplinary Perspectives - Natural/Physical Sciences course 3 credit hours
Public History Elective course 3 credit hours
History Elective course 3 credit hours
Skill-Building Elective course 3 credit hours
Skill-Building Elective course 3 credit hours
Elective course 3 credit hours

Junior Year (30 credits)

HIS 200 Methods and Theory in History 3 credit hours
HIS393 Special Topics-Public History
History Proseminar course 3 credit hours
History Elective course 3 credit hours
Public History Elective course 3 credit hours
Skill-Building Elective course 3 credit hours
Skill-Building Elective course 3 credit hours
Constellation course 3 credit hours
Constellation course 3 credit hours
Elective course 3 credit hours

Senior Year (30 credits)

HIS 495 History Internship 3 credit hours
HIS 499 Senior Seminar in History 3 credit hours
Skill-Building Elective course 3 credit hours
Skill-Building Elective course 3 credit hours
History Elective course 3 credit hours
Constellation course 3 credit hours
Constellation course 3 credit hours
Elective course 3 credit hours
Elective course 3 credit hours
Elective course 3 credit hours