Arnold H. Green, Chair
2130 JFSB, (801) 422-8056

College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences Advisement Center
151 SWKT, (801) 422-3541

Admission to Degree Program

All degree programs in the Department of History are open enrollment. However, special limitations apply for teaching majors.

The Discipline

History stands at the heart of a liberal arts bridge between the humanities and social sciences. Historical understanding is thus basic to the life of an educated human being. As such, it is the ideal major for the student who wants the broad educational background for entrance into professions such as law, government service, or business, or who wants a liberal arts education. History can also be valuable training for someone who plans to teach.

Career Opportunities

In recognition of the broad range of uses to which historical education can be put, the field of public history has emerged in recent years. Today people whom others would consider bankers, lawyers, corporate executives, or public servants view themselves as historians—public historians. They are the people with analytical skills provided by their historical education who work outside the university but who consider themselves historians by virtue of the value of the training they have received. A significant percentage of the jobs listed by firms and agencies with BYU's Employment Office specify no major. Many of these will be taken by public historians anxious to serve their employers with the valuable skills learned in their history major.

Graduation Requirements

To receive a BYU bachelor's degree a student must complete, in addition to all requirements for a specific major, the following university requirements:

• The university core, consisting of requirements in general and religious education. (See the University Core section of this catalog for details. For a complete listing of courses that meet university core requirements, see the current class schedule.)
  
• A minimum of 30 credit hours in residence
  
• A minimum of 120 credit hours
  
• A cumulative GPA of at least 2.0
  

Undergraduate Programs and Degrees

BA	Family History–Genealogy
BA	History
BA	History Teaching
Minors	Family History–Genealogy History History Teaching Native American Studies
Cert	Family History–Genealogy

Students should see their college advisement center for help or information concerning the undergraduate programs.

Graduate Programs and Degrees

MA    History

For more information see the BYU 2006–2007 Graduate Catalog.