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DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
Professor Pace, Chairperson
Professors Frazier, Shanafelt
Assistant Professor Wettemann
Mission and Goals:
The History Department at McMurry University seeks to:
1. Provide general courses in American and World history, with
emphasis on skills for research and interpretation, as well as
on assimilation of knowledge useful to the informed citizen;
2. Offer advanced courses for preparing students to teach at
the elementary and secondary levels, and offer a solid basis
for additional study for students who plan to work in post-
secondary education or related areas;
3. Assist the University and its community in developing
historical resources.
Special Programs and Opportunities
Public History Certification. A special addition to a student's degree,
this certification program will introduce students to a variety of areas of
public history, and offer exposure to the wide array of history
professions outside of the teaching classroom. The certificate program
is available to History majors or minors, History and Social Studies
Teaching Fields, or with approval of program director (Professor
Wettemann). The program includes nine hours of required courses,
plus six hours of courses chosen from a list of elective courses in
related disciplines. All courses must be completed with a grade of B or
better. The course requirements for the certificate are as follows:
Required Courses: Three courses/Nine hours
HIST 3340: Public History
HIST 3310: Texas History
HIST 4340: Public History Practicum
Elective Courses: One course selected from any two of the following
areas of concentration (two courses/six hours total):
Music/Fine Arts:
ART 2302: Art History II
ART 3390: Gallery Practices
M LH 2350: American Popular Music
Communication/Theater:
COMM 2330: Business and Professional Speaking
THRE 2350: Costume Construction
THRE 3310: Digital Video Capture and Editing
Business:
MGMT 3310: Principles of Management
MKTG 3370: Principles of Marketing
B A 4385: Ethics in Business and Society
Geography/Political Science:
P SC 3310/GEOG 3310: Political and Cultural Geography
Field Work:
In addition to the required coursework, students seeking a certificate in
public history will also perform ten hours of volunteer work in any two
of the following areas of concentration, working under the guidance of
a public history professional. Field work must be performed in fields
unrelated to the project undertaken in HIST 4340: Public History
Practicum. The program director will coordinate this work, in
conjunction with the appropriate local entities:
Archival Management Editing and Publishing
Historical Archaeology Historical Interpretation
Historic Preservation Material Culture Conservation
Government/Public Policy Site and Museum Management
Phi Alpha Theta. Phi Alpha Theta is a history honorary with chapters
on more than 700 campuses across the United States. Membership is
society based on completion of 2/3 of the course requirements forgraduation, rank in the upper 35% of one's class, a 3.0 overall GPA,
and at least 12 semester hours of history credit with at least a 3.1 GPA
in those courses. Chapter activities include projects and field trips.
Vernie Newman Award. This distinction, named after a long-time
faculty member, is given annually to the outstanding senior with a
major or teaching field in history.
Departmental Honors. Please see the description of the Honors
Program under the Special Programs section earlier in the catalog.
Requirements for Degrees in History follow the course
descriptions:
Course Descriptions: (HIST)
SURVEY COURSES
1310 World Civilization to 1500 (3-0) Prerequisite: none. Survey
of world civilization from its origins to the Renaissance and
Reformation in Europe. Comparison of European civilization
with the non-Western world: Far East, India, Africa, the
Americas. Required for a History major and minor, and for
History 8-12, and Social Studies teaching fields. (Fall)
1320 World Civilization Since 1500 (3-0) Prerequisites: none.
Survey of world history since the Renaissance and
Reformation: absolutism, revolution, and industrialization in
Europe; imperialism and the non-Western world; the two
World Wars; the growth of non-Western nationalism; the
contemporary world. Required for History major and minor,
and for History 8-12, and Social Studies teaching fields.
(Spring)
2310 United States to 1877 (3-0) Prerequisites: none. General
survey of American history to 1877, concentrating on
colonial foundation, national growth, Civil War, and
Reconstruction. Problems of the nature of history. Required
for a History major and minor, and for History 8-12, and
Social Studies teaching fields. (Fall, Spring, Summer I)
2320 United States Since 1865 (3-0) Prerequisites: none.
General survey of American history since 1865,
concentrating on economic, social, political and intellectual
developments. Problems of historical evidence and
research. Required for a History major and minor, and for
History 8-12, and Social Studies teaching fields. (Fall,
Spring, Summer II)
ADVANCED COURSES IN UNITED STATES HISTORY
Topical Courses
3310 Texas (3-0) Prerequisites: none. Cultural, social, economic,
and political history of Spain in Texas, Mexican Texas, the
Republic; 19th and 20th century developments; minorities in
Texas; geography of Texas. Requirement option for major
and minor in History, and for History 8-12, and Social
Studies teaching fields. (Spring)
3312 The American Indian (3-0) Prerequisites: Six hours of lower
level history or permission of instructor. A study of the
indigenous peoples on North America from ancient times to
the present with an emphasis on those tribes occupying
lands now within the boundaries of the United States,
highlighting social and cultural history. Central themes
include Indian resistance, adaptation, and persistence.
Requirement option for major and minor in History, and for
History 8-12, and Social Studies teaching fields. (Fall odd
years)
3313 The Black Experience in America (3-0) Prerequisites: Six
hours of lower-level history or permission of instructor. A
chronological survey of black history in the United States;
development of slavery, slave experience, the struggle to
gain and define freedom, segregation, and movement for
civil rights and equality. Requirement option for major and
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