Research Minor - History

This minor will be offered primarily to History majors. Student who have completed 15 hours of their required major with a an average grade point of 3.0 in their history classes, and who have permission from their faculty mentor, will be admitted into the research minor

Note - Research

The student will pick a faculty mentor based on research interests, and the mentor and student together will choose two other faculty to serve on the student’s committee. An oral presentation of the research results is required. The faculty mentor will determine the appropriate seminar, colloquium, symposium, or conference for the student’s oral presentation.

Program Requirements

RESR 498 - Undergraduate Research/Scholarship 1 to 3 semester hours
Research in History
No more than three semester hours per semester. Work will be entirely with the faculty mentor.
MCOM 488 - Research Communication 3 semester hours
To include advanced desktop publishing, oral communication, word processing & general photography techniques.

Restricted Electives - Foreign Language

SPAN 101 - Introductory Spanish I 4 semester hours
SPAN 102 - Introductory Spanish II 4 semester hours

Supportive Electives - 6 semester hours

The committee and student will choose two courses from the following.

LIBM 306 - Reference Resources 3 semester hours
MCOM 430 - Media Law 3 semester hours
MATH 281 - Introduction to Statistics 3 semester hours
SPAN 201 - Intermediate Spanish I 3 semester hours
SPAN 202 - Intermediate Spanish II 3 semester hours
SPAN 301 - Spanish Conversation & Composition I 3 semester hours
SPAN 302 - Spanish Conversation & Composition II 3 semester hours
SPAN 490 - Seminar 1 to 3 semester hours
SPAN 491 - Independent Study 1 to 6 semester hours

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Research Minor - History

Note - Research

Program Requirements

Restricted Electives - Foreign Language

Supportive Electives - 6 semester hours