About the Program
History and Social Studies Education Department
Cassety Hall 302
(716) 878-5412
https://history.buffalostate.edu/
The program ensures both a knowledge and an understanding of the foundations of the development of humankind, stimulates thinking about interaction of ideas, develops facility with written and verbal expression, increases confidence in articulating ideas, and encourages the critical awareness of self so important to an educated individual. Special emphasis is placed on the development of the abilities to analyze, synthesize, and communicate.
A departmental honors program is also available. Students should contact the department for additional information.
Learning Outcomes
Students will:
1. demonstrate mastery of subject material
2. demonstrate knowledge of historiography
3. be able to identify and interpret primary sources
4. understand the relationship between cause and effect
5. appreciate different cultural patterns, behaviors, actions, and the influence of ideas on human behavior
6. be able to write clearly and effectively according to the standards and the conventions of the historical profession
Program Requirements
General Education 23 Requirements (33 credit hours)
History Major Requirements (39 credit hours)
American History (6 credit hours)
Complete ALL of the following Courses:
HIS106 HISTORY OF AMERICAN LIFE I | 3 - Credit Hours
HIS107 HISTORY OF AMERICAN LIFE II | 3 - Credit Hours
European History (6 credit hours)
Complete at least 2 of the following Courses:
HIS115 FOUNDATIONS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION | 3 - Credit Hours
HIS116 EUROPE SINCE 1500 | 3 - Credit Hours
HIS117 TWENTIETH-CENTURY EUROPE | 3 - Credit Hours
World History (6 credit hours)
Two electives in Asian, African, Middle Eastern, or Latin American history.
Research and Writing Seminar (3 credit hours)
Complete ALL of the following Courses:
HIS300 RESEARCH AND WRITING SEMINAR | 3 - Credit Hours
Historiography Seminar (3 credit hours)
Complete at least 1 of the following Courses:
HIS400 SENIOR SEMINAR IN HISTORY | 3 - Credit Hours
HIS490 SENIOR SEMINAR IN HISTORIOGRAPHY | 3 - Credit Hours
Upper-Division History Electives (15 credit hours)
Select five 300 or 400-level courses by advisement
All College Electives (48 credit hours)
Completion requirement
120 Total Credit Hours