Senate Doc #3089S

                                               Approved   3/9/89



                                  APC Document #20

                             Catalog Changes in History







         I.  Delete the entire catalog description of the history

             program.



        II.  Add the following to the catalog. Effective Date:  Fall 1989



        Associate Professor Greenawalt (Chairman);  Professors Ready,

        Walker; Associate Professor Uldricks; Assistant Professor

        Spellman; Instructor Kathleen Nilan



             The purpose of history is to provide a broad liberal arts

        education which addresses fundamental questions about the nature of

        humanity, of society, of past experiences, and of the times in

        which we live.  UNCA history graduates use their training in

        numerous ways:  half the majors have entered careers in business

        and education, while the remainder are employed in such fields as

        national and state government, in law, medicine, banking, the

        military, the ministry, social service, law enforcement, graduate

        study, and archival work.  These fields and others demonstrate the

        diversity of careers entered by those trained in history.  



        Program in History



           I.  Required courses in the major - 36 hours:  101, 102, 151,

               152, 390, 452, and six additional three-semester-hour

               courses chosen as described below after "Course

               Distribution."

          II.  Required courses outside the major - None

         III.  Foreign Language - Students expecting to enroll in      

               graduate school are encouraged to complete the             

               intermediate level in a foreign language.

          IV.  Other departmental requirement - The senior demonstration 

               of competency is satisfied by completion of History 452   

               with a grade of C or better.



        Program in Social Studies Certification



             Students wishing to be certified as social studies teachers

        with a major in history should study the program listed by the

        Education Department and consult with the History chairman.  The

        program especially includes a study of world civilizations, United

        States and North Carolina history, and of European, Russian, and

        Asian history.  A guidesheet has been prepared for specific

        choices.  



           I.  Required courses in the major - 36 hours:  101, 102, 151,

               152, 315, 390, 452, and five additional three-semester-

               hour courses chosen from the guidesheet available from the

               History or Education departments.

          II.  Required courses outside the major - Econ 200 and 201;

               plus 15 hours from the Social Sciences as described in the


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               Education section.

         III.  Other departmental requirements - the senior demonstration 

               of competency is satisfied by completion of History 452 

               with a grade of C or better.



        A Joint Major in Political Science and History



           I.  Required courses in the Major - 48 hours as follows:

               Hist 101, 102, 151, 152, 390, 452, and six additional

               hours at the 300 level or above from History; Pols 22O,

               281, 490, and 15 additional hours from Pols, 9 of which

               must be at the 300 level or above.

          II.  Required courses outside the major - none

         III.  Other departmental requirements - the senior demonstration

               of competency is satisfied by completion of History 452   

               with a grade of C or better.



        History Minor



             Eighteen hours in History:  nine semester hours from History

        101, 1O2, 151, 152, and nine semester hours at the 300 level or

        higher.  At least six of the 300 level and higher credit hours must

        be taken at the University of North Carolina at Asheville.  



        Credit for Courses Outside History 



             As many as six semester hours of credit for courses outside

        the area of history may be counted toward the requirements of any

        program if approved by the department chairman.  



        Course Descriptions [This grouped listing replaces the current

        listing using the same course descriptions except for those noted.] 



             Students are expected to avoid undue concentrations of courses

        in either American or European history.  Every major must select at

        least one advanced course from each of categories II, III, and IV,

        and no more than four from any one of the above divisions.  



        Category I.  Courses required of all majors. 



        1O1  The United States to 1865 (3)



        lO2  The United States Since 1865 (3)



        151  World Civilization to 1687 (3)



        152  World Civilization Since 1687 (3)



        390  Seminar in Historiography (3)

             A study in the practice and writing of history, its evolving

        methods, theories and content, with attention to both academic and

        public history.  Required of all majors.  Prerequisite:  l2 hours

        in history, or by permission of the instructor.  




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        452 Senior Research Seminar (3) 

             A research seminar in which a student conducts a supervised

        investigation of a selected subject.  Prerequisite:  History 390 



        Category II.  American History Courses



        303  Colonial and Revolutionary America (3)



        305  Civil War and Reconstruction (3) 



        308  The United States Since 1937 (3)



        311  Foreign Relations of the US (3)



        315  North Carolina History (3) 



        3l6  The American West (3)



        Category III.  European History Courses



        340  Classical Greece (3)



        342  The Roman Empire (3)



        344  The Byzantine Empire (3) 



        346  Medieval Europe (3)



        348  Tudor-Stuart England (3)



        350  Britain Since 1688 (3) 



        353  Modern Germany (3)



        361  Renaissance and Reformation (3)



        363  Europe in the Age of Revolution (3)



        364  Europe, 1848-1918 (3) 



        365  Recent European History (3) 



        366  Ecomomic History of Europe (3)



        367  Tsarist Russia (3) 



        368  Soviet Russia (3) 



        Category IV.  Other History Courses   



        320  History of Science (3)



        380  Imperial China (3) 




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        381  Revolutionary China (3)    



        Category V.  Unclassified   



        395  Internship



        171-3, 271-3, 371-3, 471-3  Special Topics in History (l-3)



             Courses not otherwise included in the catalog listing but for

        which there may be special needs.  May be repeated for credit as

        often as permitted and as subject matter changes.  These courses

        may be distributed into categories I through IV above as determined

        by the chairman.  





        A.  Impact Statement 



             1.  It will be necessary to change the description of the

        joint major in History and Political Science as found on p. 176 in

        the Political Science section to conform to the new description of

        the history program.  Chairman Farzanegan is aware of this and

        concurs.  



             2.  Changes in the foreign language requirements are effective

        immediately and cover all currently declared majors.  



        B.  Rationale 



             The revisions proposed include three significant changes,

        which are:  



             1.  Addition of History 452 Senior Research Seminar.  



             This seminar will replace the written exams as the Senior

        demonstration of competency.  The growth in library holdings can

        now support a variety of directed research projects, while the

        emphasis on written papers can contribute to the undergraduate

        research effort and provide appropriate responses to the annual

        call for papers at the state Phi Alpha Theta convention each April. 



             2.  Deletion of a requirement for competency at the

        intermediae level of a foreign language.  



             Currently only one other department and one program call for

        this competency at the intermediate level.  



             Our current requirement exceeds the demands placed on majors

        at such schools as Duke, Chapel Hill, Wake Forest, Smith, Davidson,

        and Mount Holyoke, to mention a few.  Reduction to a six-hour

        requirement will align us with most UNCA departments, while it will

        allow the easier development of a social studies certification with

        a major in history.  


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