Program Code - CIP Code: HIST.AA/24.0101
Credits Required: 62
Academic Division: Arts, Communications and Humanities
Contact:hist@kckcc.edu
Requirements for admission to the program:
History at Kansas City Kansas Community College introduces students to an array of peoples, time periods, and regions. Students examine a wide range of subjects from ancient and classical civilizations, to modern world. Topics, which are drawn from the entire map of human experiences include creativity, belief, conflict, Identity, innovation, ordinary life, and power. Students also learn historical literacy. They learn to evaluate evidence, examine contexts, identify changes and continuities, and to understand complexity. They encounter traditional and new approaches to historical subjects, and they are introduced to historiography.
Students who already believe that the study of the past is interesting and meaningful will be encouraged. For other students, history at the college will open up new worlds of knowledge and understanding. The American Historical Association in its Careers for Students of History Identifies seven careers in History: “classrooms’, ‘museums’, ‘editing and publishing’, ‘archives’, ‘historic preservation’, ‘federal, state and local history’ and consultants and contractors’. The community college provides the foundation for students who intend to earn a baccalaureate degree and graduate degrees in history. Students who intend to teach in elementary and secondary schools should also satisfy requirements for certification.
| Course | Credit Hours | |
| BLUE 0101 | Freshman Seminar | 1 |
| Course | Credit Hours | |
| ENGL 0101 | Composition I* | 3 |
| ENGL 0102 | Composition II* | 3 |
| SPCH 0151 OR SPCH 0201 |
Public Speaking OR Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
| MATH 0105 OR MATH 0108 |
College Algebra** OR Pre-Calculus Mathematics** | 3 |
| HIST 0104 OR HIST 0105 |
United States to 1877 OR United States Since 1877 | 3 |
| PHIL 0103 OR PHIL 0105 OR PHIL 0206 |
Introduction to Philosophy OR Logic OR Ethics* |
3 |
| Humanities Elective | 3 | |
| POSC 0101 OR POSC 0102 | Introduction to Political Science OR International Relations/ Foreign Policy |
3 |
| SOSC 0107 | Sociology | 3 |
| Natural and Physical Science | 5 | |
| LANG | Elective | 5 |
| Total Hours for General Education Requirements | 37 | |
| *See course syllabus for prerequisite. ** Math sequence is contingent upon previous high school mathematics background and transfer institution. Students should confer with an advisor to determine correct placement. | ||
| Course | Credit Hours | |
| HIST 0115 | World Civilization I | 3 |
| HIST 0116 | World Civilization II | 3 |
| Choose 16 hours from the following | ||
| HIST 0106 HIST 0107 HIST 0108 HIST 0109 HIST 0112 HIST 0204 HIST 0205 |
Black History (3hrs) Modern Europe (3hrs) Religion in America (3hrs) The Bible as History (3hrs) Modern Latin America (3hrs) Western Civilization I (3hrs) Western Civilization II (3hrs) |
16 |
| Total Hours for History Requirements | 22 | |
| *See course syllabi for History course prerequisites. | ||
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Total Hours for an Associate in Arts in History Degree |
60 |