The perspectives, content, and skills you will gain as a History major or minor will improve your understanding of the complex global world around you and strengthen your professional abilities in many areas. Employers, whether in business, government, education, international organization, or any other field, are looking for employees who can read carefully, write clearly, think logically, learn independently, work with people across cultural and geographical perspectives, and analyze problems within the appropriate critical contexts. The study of history cultivates all of these skills as well as your pathways of humanistic empathy and understanding of the world around you, your scientific skills of objective investigation, and your creative skills of expression and interpretation.
Coursework in Geography and Environmental Studies fosters a greater understanding of the places, people, and environmental systems that affect us locally, regionally, and globally. GES degrees incorporate diverse intellectual approaches, conceptual tools, and geospatial technologies to prepare graduates for careers that make a positive difference with real-world impacts. GES students benefit from small classes; faculty dedicated to teaching and learning; a commitment to diversity and inclusiveness; and the beautiful, dynamic geography of Colorado and the Pikes Peak Region.
General Information
The Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History and Geography and Environmental Studies requires the following:
- A minimum of 30 credit hours of HIST course work. At least 18 of those hours must be upper division (courses numbered 3000 or higher).
- A minimum of 33 credit hours of GES course work. At least 18 of those hours must be upper division.
- A grade of C or better in courses applied to the HIST major and a grade of C- or better in courses applied to the GES major.
- A minimum 2.0 GPA must be maintained in all HIST and GES course work.
- Completion of the Geography Exit Exam during the final semester of the senior year.
Additional course work is required to complete the History and Geography and Environmental Studies, BA degree. Please see the advising guide on the Academic Advising website for more information.
