History emphasis, Associate of Science
Students who successfully complete an Associate of Science degree in History will be able to:
- Demonstrate broad based historical literacy.
- Develop both inquiry and narrative based approaches to understanding the past.
- Recognize the provisional nature of historical knowledge, the disciplinary preference for complexity, and the comfort with ambiguity that the study of History requires.
- Demonstrate familiarity with a range of tools and techniques historians use to analyze the historical record which accounts for its complexity, incompleteness, and its often contradictory nature.
Requirements
General Education Requirements
See the graduation requirements for the Associate of Science degree. OSU does not allow students to take courses in their chosen discipline to meet this requirement.
| MTH 105 | Math in Society | 4 |
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| MTH 111 | College Algebra | 5 |
| PE 231 | Lifetime Health & Fitness | 3 |
| WR 121 | English Composition | 3 |
| Communication | 3 |
| Biological Sciences | 4 |
| Biological/Physical Science | 4 |
| Cultural Diversity | 3 |
| Difference Power & Discrimination | 3 |
| Literature & the Arts | 3 |
| Physical Sciences | 4 |
| Social Processes & Institutions | 3 |
| Western Culture | 3 |
| Writing/Composition | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 43 |
MTH 111: Four credits apply toward general education requirement; one credit applies toward program.
Liberal Arts Core Requirements
See the degree requirements section for a list of Liberal Arts Core courses. OSU does not allow students to take courses in their chosen discipline to meet these requirements.
| Liberal Arts Core I: Fine Arts | 3 |
| Liberal Arts Core II: Humanities | 3 |
| Liberal Arts Core III: Non-Western Culture | 3 |
| Liberal Arts Core IV: Social Sciences | 3 |
| Liberal Arts Core V | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Program Requirements
| HST 101 | History of Western Civ | 3 |
| HST 102 | History Of Western Civ | 3 |
| HST 103 | History Of Western Civ | 3 |
| HST 201 | U.S. History: Colonial & Rev | 3 |
| HST 202 | U.S. History: Civil War & Recon | 3 |
| HST 203 | U.S. History: Rise To World Power | 3 |
| SPN 101 | First Year Spanish I | 4 |
| SPN 102 | First Year Spanish II | 4 |
| SPN 103 | First Year Spanish III | 4 |
| Electives | 2 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 32 |
Total Credit Hours: 90-91