undergraduate bulletin - LaGrange College

instead of ―an additional nine (9) semester hours of 3000- or 4000-level History courses‖
as listed in Section C, History majors with a Public History concentration need twelve
(12) additional credits:
o HIST 3000
o HIST 4485
o one (1) Administration and Methods elective and
o one (1) Communication and Implementation elective.
COMBINED B.A. AND M.A.T PROGRAM OF STUDY
Undergraduate students who meet the admission requirements for the Master of Arts in Teaching
[M.A.T] (passing GACE Basic Skills or a combined SAT score of more than 1000) and those
who have a GPA of 3.0 or higher in their undergraduate studies are eligible to participate in a
combined B.A. and M.A.T. program of study after the completion of 90 semester hours. Once
accepted, candidates may take entering cohort graduate courses the Summer semester following
their junior year of study. Upon gaining senior status, candidates may take one (1) three-credit
graduate course during the Fall, Interim, and Spring semesters only if enrolled with twelve (12)
undergraduate credits.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS (HIST)
*HIST 1101 World Civilization I. (3) Fall and Spring
Survey course on the development of world civilization up to 1660.
*HIST 1102 World Civilization II. (3) Fall and Spring
Survey course on the development of world civilization from 1660 to the present.
*HIST 1111 History of the United States to 1865. (3) Fall
Emphasis on the Colonial, Revolutionary, early national, and Civil War periods.
*HIST 1112 History of the United States, 1865 to the Present. (3) Spring
Emphasis on Reconstruction, liberal nationalism, New Deal, and postwar periods.
HIST 2000 Research Methods in History. (3) Interim
This course is required of all sophomore history majors. It acquaints the student with the basic
components of historical methodology and research.
HIST 3000 Public History. (3) on demand
This course provides an overview of public history, exploring the many arenas in which one can
apply the practical use of historical research, analysis, writing, and presentation in non-teaching
fields. Students learn what constitutes public history, understand the techniques and practices
associated with it, and develop a critical assessment of the public history field and the
contemporary issues facing public historians. The course also aims to improve students‘ abilities
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