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History (BA)

The major in history offers a program of study leading to the Bachelor of Arts Degree in History. The Program provides students with an appreciation of the development of mankind in addition to providing essential training for careers in education, law, literature, communication, journalism, art, library science, curatorship, religion, private enterprise and public service.

The Metropolitan Campuses is authorized to offer this Program.

Competencies Profile of Graduates

The program is designed to permit the development of the following competencies:

Knowledge

  1. To know the theoretical principles of historical research and their application.

Skills

  1. To apply knowledge in the different professional areas, such as education, law, literature, the communications, journalism, art, library science, archiving, museography, religion, private enterprise and public service.
  2. To use interdisciplinary knowledge in the construction of a world view of reality.
  3. To explain the historical and cultural development of Puerto Rico in the context of universal history.
  4. To apply the knowledge of history to the analysis of different kinds of human problems.

Attitudes

  1. To appreciate the historical development of human beings and their society through centuries.
  2. To value the role of the historian in modern society.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree in History

General Education Requirements 45 credits
Major Requirements 33 credits
Prescribed Distributive Requirements 21 credits
Required Related Courses 14 credits
Elective Courses 9 credits
Total 122 credits

General Education Requirements - 45 credits

Forty-five (45) credits are required as explained in the section “General Education Requirements for Bachelors’ Degrees.” Students of this Program are exempt from taking the course GEHS 2010 - Historical Process of Contemporary Puerto Rico.

Major Requirements - 33 credits

HIST 1020The AncientWorld

3
HIST 1030The Medieval World

3
HIST 1040The Modern World

3
HIST 1050The Contemporary World

3
HIST 2030Colonial Latin America

3
HIST 2050Puerto Rico I

3
HIST 2055Puerto Rico II

3
HIST 3050United States I

3
HIST 3055United States II

3
HIST 4020Historiography

3
HIST 4210Historical Research

3

Prescribed Distributive Requirements - 21 credits

Twenty-one (21) credits from the following courses:

HIST 2010Latin American Indigenous Cultures

3
HIST 2020Spain and Portugal I

3
HIST 2025Spain and Portugal II

3
HIST 2035Latin America Since its Independence

3
HIST 2040The Caribbean Since the 17th Century

3
HIST 2060Introduction to Oral History

3
HIST 2210The Computer in Historical Research

3
HIST 2220Puerto Rico and the Insular Caribbean in the 20th Century

3
HIST 3010Historical Process of the United States of America

3
HIST 3020Europe I

3
HIST 3025Europe Ii

3
HIST 3030The Muslim World

3
HIST 3040Africa

3
HIST 3060Asia

3
HIST 3075Russia During the 19th and 20th Centuries

3
HIST 3210The Second British Empire

3
HIST 3220Mexico Since its Independence

3
HIST 3225The Viceroyalty of the New Spain

3
HIST 3230The Era of Revolutions 1774 -1824

3
HIST 397_Special Topics

3
HIST 4110Historical Problems

3
HIST 4220Brazil

3
HIST 4230Spanish American Institutions Before Independence

3
HIST 4240Countries of the Southern Cone

3
HIST 4250Canada

3
HIST 4260Relations of Church and State in Colonial America

3
HIST 4300Study-Travel

3

Required Related Courses - 14 credits

Choose eight (8) credits in language courses from the following:

ITAL 1001Elementary Italian

4
ITAL 1002Elementary Italian

4
FREN 1001Elementary French

4
FREN 1002Elementary French

4
PORT 1001Elementary Portuguese

4
PORT 1002Elementary Portuguese

4

Note: It is recommended that students, who wish to continue graduate studies in history, take the credits in the same language.

Choose six (6) credits from the following courses:

ANTH 3010Ethnography and Ethnology

3
ANTH 3500Archeology

3
ANTH 4700Cultures of The Caribbean

3
SOCI 3900History of Social Thought

3
POLS 2040Government of the United States

3
POLS 2088Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

3
POLS 3501Political Systems of Latin America

3
GEOG 3434Geography of Middle America And the Caribbean

3
GEOG 4494Geography of Puerto Rico

3