BA in Family History—Genealogy (49–70 hours*)

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1. Complete one course from the following in fulfillment of the university core First-Year Writing requirement:
   WRTG 150 : Writing and Rhetoric. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WRTG 150 : Writing and Rhetoric. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   DESCRIPTION:	Processes of writing, reading, and research with an emphasis on argumentation and rhetorical analysis.
   NOTE:	Fulfills General Education First-Year Writing requirement.
   
   
   PHIL 150 : Reasoning and Writing. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PHIL 150 : Reasoning and Writing. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   RECOMMENDED:	Recommended for philosophy majors and minors.
   DESCRIPTION:	Informal grammar, logic, and rhetoric as tools for reading and writing. Library research.
   NOTE:	Fulfills GE First-Year Writing requirement. No course challenges accepted.
   
   
   
   Note: Waivers based on Advanced Placement (AP) or other test scores do not apply to this requirement. Students with AP credit for Engl 115 should take Wrtg 150 or Phil 150.
2. Complete one course from the following in fulfillment of the university core Languages of Learning requirement:
   HONRS 250 : Math Modeling--Toward a Personal Understanding of the World. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HONRS 250 : Math Modeling--Toward a Personal Understanding of the World. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Developing skills in arriving at quantitative models for the world as we see it. Some math skills reviewed and some new ones introduced.
   
   
   PHIL 305 : Predicate Logic. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PHIL 305 : Predicate Logic. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring On Demand
   PREREQUISITE:	PHIL 205
   DESCRIPTION:	History and use of predicate logic; evaluating arguments with counterexamples and proofs; informal mathematical proofs.
   NOTE:	Fulfills GE Languages of Learning requirement.
   
   
   STAT 121 : Principles of Statistics. (3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   STAT 121 : Principles of Statistics. (3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Independent Study also; Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   RECOMMENDED:	MATH 110 or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Stemplots, boxplots, histograms, scatterplots; central tendency, variability; confidence intervals and hypothesis testing involving one and two means and proportions; contingency tables, simple linear regression.
   
             : Honors Principles of Statistics.
   
   
   An approved culminating foreign language course.

   Note: These courses, and their prerequisites, impart linguistic or quantitative skills advantageous to historical research.

3. Complete the following (may be used as partial fulfillment of the university core doctrinal foundation and religion requirement):
   REL C 261 : Introduction to Family History (Genealogy). (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   REL C 261 : Introduction to Family History (Genealogy). (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   DESCRIPTION:	Introduction to the doctrinal significance, necessary skills, and available resources dealing with family history and genealogy.
   
   
   REL C 293R : Specialized Studies in Family History (Genealogy). (1-2:Arr.:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   REL C 293R : Specialized Studies in Family History (Genealogy). (1-2:Arr.:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	REL C 261
   DESCRIPTION:	Using documents from specific regional and organizational sources to identify ancestors and submit their names for temple ordinances.
   
               : LDS Family History.
               : United States and Canada Family History.
               : British Family History.
               : Scandinavian Family History.
               : Germanic/Slavic Family History.
               : Hispanic Family History.
               : Southern European Family History.
               : Native American Family History.
   
   
4. Complete one course from the following:
   HIST 220 : The United States Through 1877. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 220 : The United States Through 1877. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Independent study also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   DESCRIPTION:	Discovery, colonization, American Revolution, estabishment of the Constitution, foreign affairs, westward expansion, slavery, sectionalism, Civil War, and reconstruction.
   
   
   HIST 221 : The United States Since 1877. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 221 : The United States Since 1877. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Independent Study also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   DESCRIPTION:	Industrialization, immigration, urbanization, political and social movements, and foreign policy.
   
   

5. Complete the following:
   HIST 200 : The Historian's Craft. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 200 : The Historian's Craft. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   DESCRIPTION:	History within the broader framework of liberal education; nature of history; questions historians ask; skills and resources needed to study, understand, and write history.
   NOTE:	Required of all history majors.
   
   
   HIST 317 : The Family and the Law in American History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 317 : The Family and the Law in American History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	The interaction of families with law and government as illustrated in original American sources; individual family histories reconstructed in the broader perspective of history.
   
   
   
   Note: For majors Hist 200 is considered a prerequisite for all 300- and 400-level courses. It must be completed no later than the sophomore year or in the first semester/term after the major is declared. Hist 200 and 490 combined satisfy the university core Advanced Written and Oral Communications requirement.
6. Complete three courses from the following:
   HIST 350 : England/Wales After 1700 Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 350 : England/Wales After 1700 Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   DESCRIPTION:	Records, geographical-historical background, paleography, and methods for reconstruction of individual families and development of demographic and family history studies in England and Wales after 1700.
   
   
   HIST 351 : Germanic Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 351 : Germanic Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Odd Yrs.
   DESCRIPTION:	Records, geographical-historical background, paleography, and methodologies for reconstruction of individual families and development of family history studies in Germanic areas of Europe.
   
   
   HIST 352R : Scandinavian Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 352R : Scandinavian Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   DESCRIPTION:	Records, geographical-historical background, paleography, and methodologies for reconstruction of individual families and development of family history studies in Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Sweden, and/or Finland.
   
              : Danish Family, Local, and Social History Research.
              : Norwegian and Iclandic Family, Local, and Social History Research.
              : Swedish and Finnish Family, Local, and Social History Research.
   
   
   HIST 353R : Southern European and Latin American Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 353R : Southern European and Latin American Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   DESCRIPTION:	Records, geo-historical background, paleography, and methods for reconstruction of individual families; development of demographic and family history studies which may include Portugal, Spain, France, and Italy and their colonies in the Americas.
   
   
   HIST 354 : Slavic Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 354 : Slavic Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   Records, geographical-historical background, paleography, and methodologies for reconstruction of individual families; development of family history studies in Slavic areas of Europe.
   
   
   HIST 401 : Northeastern United States and British Canada Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 401 : Northeastern United States and British Canada Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	On Demand
   DESCRIPTION:	Records, geographical-historical background, paleography, and methodologies for reconstruction of individual families and development of family history studies in New England and Mid-Atlantic states research.
   
   
   HIST 403 : Midwestern United States and Plains States Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 403 : Midwestern United States and Plains States Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Records, geographical-historical background, paleography, and methodologies for reconstruction of individual families and development of family history studies in Midwestern and Plains states research.
   
   
   HIST 404 : Southern United States Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 404 : Southern United States Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	On Demand
   DESCRIPTION:	Records, geographical-historical background, paleography, and methodologies for reconstruction of individual families and development of family history studies in southern states research.
   
   
   HIST 405 : Native American Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 405 : Native American Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	On Demand
   DESCRIPTION:	Records, geographical-historical background, paleography, and methodologies for reconstruction of individual families and development of family history studies in Native American research.
   
   
   HIST 411R : Advanced Southern European and Latin American Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 411R : Advanced Southern European and Latin American Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Advanced research methods utilizing the reconstruction of individual families in the development of demographic and family history studies in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Latin America, Quebec, and Spanish United States.
   
   
   HIST 412 : England/Wales Before 1700 Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 412 : England/Wales Before 1700 Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Odd Yrs.
   DESCRIPTION:	Advanced research methods utilizing sources prior to 1700 in the reconstruction of individual families in the development of demographic and family history studies in England and Wales.
   
   
   HIST 414 : Scotland Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 414 : Scotland Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   Records, geographical-historical background, paleography, and methods for reconstruction of individual families and development of demographic and family history studies in Scotland.
   
   
   HIST 415 : Ireland Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 415 : Ireland Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   Records, geographical-historical background, paleography, and methods for reconstruction of individual families and development of demographic and family history studies in Ireland.
   
   
   
   Note: It is recommended that students focus on one geographical area. Majors should consult with the family history coordinator soon after declaring.
7. Complete one course from the following advanced skills courses:
   HIST 433 : Writing Narrative Biographies. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 433 : Writing Narrative Biographies. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Independent Study also.
   DESCRIPTION:	Workshop in writing narrative family, local, and social history, emphasizing the problems of writing biographical narrative.
   
   
   HIST 434 : Computers in Family Historical Research and Publication. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 434 : Computers in Family Historical Research and Publication. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Use of computer programs and the internet in researching family, local, and social history; including programs and techniques for publishing.
   
   

8. Complete the following:
   HIST 439 : Seminar on Professional Family History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 439 : Seminar on Professional Family History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Practicum in professional client research exploring advanced genealogical methodologies.
   
   
   HIST 496R : Academic Internship: Family, Local, and Social History. (1-5:0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 496R : Academic Internship: Family, Local, and Social History. (1-5:0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   DESCRIPTION:	Work-study involving family, local, and/or social history at one or more archives, libraries, publishers, data providers, or research organizations on the international, national, state, or local level, under supervision of a professional genealogist, historian, archivist, or librarian.
   
   

9. Complete one course from the following:
   HIST 420 : Latin Language Handwriting and Documents. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 420 : Latin Language Handwriting and Documents. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	On Demand
   DESCRIPTION:	Interpretation of handwriting within historical contexts in Latin ecclesiastical and notarial documents useful in family, local, and social history research, including church registers, notarial settlements of estates, probate records, and inventories; medieval to modern periods.
   
   
   HIST 421 : English Language Handwriting and Documents. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 421 : English Language Handwriting and Documents. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Odd Yrs.
   DESCRIPTION:	Interpretation of handwriting within historical contexts in vernacular scripts in the British Isles, sixteenth through eighteenth centuries, in sources useful in family, local, and social history research.
   
   
   HIST 422 : Germanic Language Handwriting and Documents. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 422 : Germanic Language Handwriting and Documents. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Even Yrs.
   DESCRIPTION:	Interpretation of handwriting in vernacular scripts in the German kingdoms, sixteenth through eighteenth centuries, in family history sources.
   
   
   HIST 423 : Slavic Language Handwriting and Documents. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 423 : Slavic Language Handwriting and Documents. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   Interpretation of handwriting in vernacular scripts in the Slavic language areas of Eastern Europe, sixteenth through eighteenth centuries, in family history sources.
   
   
   HIST 424 : Romance Language Handwriting and Documents. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 424 : Romance Language Handwriting and Documents. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   Interpretation of handwriting in vernacular scripts in the Romance languages of Europe (especially Spanish, French, and Italian), sixteenth through eighteenth centuries, in family history sources.
   
   
   HIST 425 : Scandinavian Language Handwriting and Documents. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 425 : Scandinavian Language Handwriting and Documents. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   Interpretation of old Gothic script handwriting in Scandinavian areas of Europe (including Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland), sixteenth through eighteenth centuries, in family history sources.
   
   

10. Complete one course from the following list of social and cultural history courses. Seek faculty advice in choosing electives:
    HIST 244 : Jewish History: A.D. 70 to the Present. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    HIST 244 : Jewish History: A.D. 70 to the Present. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Even Yrs.
    DESCRIPTION:	Jewish diaspora, Jewish life in Moslem and Christian countries; Jewish religious movements; development of Zionism; Jewish communities in modern Israel and the United States.
    
    
    HIST 290 : Nature and History: The Earth's Environmental Past. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    HIST 290 : Nature and History: The Earth's Environmental Past. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
    DESCRIPTION:	Human historical interactions with animals, plants, and landscapes. Global histories of climate, population, whaling, fossil fuels, the car, animal rights, suburban sprawl, eco-theology, environmentalism, ecotourism, etc.
    
    
    HIST 318 : European Women's History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    HIST 318 : European Women's History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
    RECOMMENDED:	Hist 200.
    DESCRIPTION:	European women and gender from 1400 to the present.
    
    
    HIST 319 : The Family in Europe. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    HIST 319 : The Family in Europe. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Even Yrs.
    DESCRIPTION:	Nature and development of marriage and family life and structure from the ancient to modern era.
    NOTE:	Independent Study also.
    
    
    HIST 320 : Society in Europe. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    HIST 320 : Society in Europe. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Even Yrs.
    DESCRIPTION:	Common life in Europe from 1500 to the present: family problems, social customs, marriage, superstition, death, diet, work, hardships, migration, and childhood.
    
    
    HIST 358 : Gender and History in Latin America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    HIST 358 : Gender and History in Latin America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
    DESCRIPTION:	How gender roles have been defined legally, socially, and culturally in Latin America from the colonial period to the present, emphasizing the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
    
    
    HIST 377 : American Social History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    HIST 377 : American Social History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    DESCRIPTION:

    Methods and issues of social history; emphasizing gender, social class, race, and ethnicity.
    
    
    HIST 378 : American Family History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    HIST 378 : American Family History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    DESCRIPTION:

    History of American families from colonial period to the present.
    
    
    HIST 381 : U.S. Religious History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    HIST 381 : U.S. Religious History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
    DESCRIPTION:	Religious developments in America from colonial times to the present.
    
    
    HIST 384 : United States Women's History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    HIST 384 : United States Women's History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
    DESCRIPTION:	Survey course of women's experience in American culture and society from the Puritans to the present.
    
    

11. Complete one course from list of history courses that (1) does not appear above and (2) relates to your selected geographical area of emphasis. Seek faculty advice in choosing electives.
12. Complete the following capstone courses:
    HIST 482 : Capstone Seminar: Writing and Professional Paths in Family History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    HIST 482 : Capstone Seminar: Writing and Professional Paths in Family History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
    PREREQUISITE:	HIST 439
    DESCRIPTION:	Research seminar; evidentiary analysis and writing skills in preparing a compiled lineage and exploring professional alternatives in family history, including professional accreditation or certification.
    
    
    HIST 490 : Capstone Research Seminar. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    HIST 490 : Capstone Research Seminar. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
    PREREQUISITE:	HIST 200
    DESCRIPTION:	Research seminar; critical, analytical, and writing skills in preparation of a senior thesis.
    NOTE:	Required of all history majors.
    
    

*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.

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