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Related Degrees

Degree Plan and Description	Printable Degree Plan
AA - Associate of Arts	Degree Plan
BA - English	Degree Plan
BA - History	Degree Plan
BA - History and Historical Interpretation	Degree Plan
BA - Music	Degree Plan
BA - Psychology	Degree Plan
BA - Rhetoric and Writing	Degree Plan
BA - Spanish	Degree Plan
BS - Biology	Degree Plan

Degree Requirements

(Printable Version with full details)

The prerequisites and corequisites of the degree requirements are subject to change.

FRESHMAN YEAR- FALL SEMESTER: 15 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	ENGL 1203 Freshman English I	1
3	Mathematics Requirement	1
3	Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences Requirement	1
3	HIST 2753/2763 US History I or II	2
3	PSYC 1163 General Psychology
FRESHMAN YEAR- SPRING SEMESTER: 17 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	ENGL 1223 Technical Composition	1
4	Science Requirement	1
3	HIST 2753/2763 US History I or II	2
2	FORL 1322 Beg Conversational Spanish I
2	FORL 1332 Beg Conversational Spanish II
3	Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences Requirement	1
SOPHOMORE YEAR- FALL SEMESTER: 16 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences Requirement	1
4	Science Requirement	1
3	Historical Interpretation Requirement	2
3	PSYC 2963 Life Span Developmental Psychology
3	Historical Interpretation Requirement	2
SOPHOMORE YEAR- SPRING SEMESTER: 15 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	SPCH 1203 Intro to Speech Communication	1
3	Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Science Requirement	1
3	RHET 3503 Persuasive Writing
3	RHET 3103 Editing for Usage Style and Clarity
3	POLS 2753 American National Government	1
JUNIOR YEAR- FALL SEMESTER: 16 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	PSYC 3183 Cognitive Psychology
3	HIST 4503 Introduction to Public History
4	HIST 4514 Introduction to Historical Interpretation
3	Historical Interpretation Requirement	2
3	MUSI 4443 Survey of American Music
JUNIOR YEAR- SPRING SEMESTER: 16 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	Historical Interpretation Requirement	2
3	Historical Interpretation Requirement	2
3	PHIL 3203 Ethics Across the Disciplines
3	RHET 3613 Technical Writing
3	HIST 4524 Basic Skills in Interpretation
JUNIOR YEAR- SUMMER SEMESTER: 6 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	HIST 4533 Interpretation Travel Seminar	3
3	HIST 4953 History Internship
SENIOR YEAR- FALL SEMESTER: 12 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	Historical Interpretation Requirement	2
3	Historical Interpretation Requirement	2
3	HIST 3803 Methods of Historical Research
3	HIST 4573 Conservation of Heritage Resources
SENIOR YEAR- SPRING SEMESTER: 15 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	HIST 4803 Seminar in US History
4	HIST 4544 Interpretation of Historical Sites
4	HIST 4554 Interpretation Planning
4	HIST 4564 Communicating Through Exhibits
Total Hours: 128 At least 45 hours must be upper level

The prerequisites and corequisites of the degree requirements are subject to change.

NOTES
1: General Education Core Requirements, 2007-2008 catalog- Follow requirements with these stipulations: composition- must take second sequence with ENGL 1223; science- BIOL 1154 is required and select one from GEOL 1254, PHSC 2654, or PHSC 2754; fine arts- may not select MUSI 2763; Humanities- select ENGL 2783 or 2793; history/government- POLS 2753 is required; social sciences- ANTH 2803 and SOCI 2753 are required.
2: Historical Interpretation Requirement, 27 hours: Introductory HIST courses- HIST 2753, 2763, 1123, and 1133 are required; History of Europe- select either HIST 3103, 3053, or 3203; History of the United States- select two courses from HIST 3413, 3423, 3433, 3443, 3453, 3463, 3473, 4113, or 4153; Global and Cultural Awareness- ANTH 3103 is required and select one HIST course from 3503, 4123, 4133, or 4213.
3: HIST 4533 Interpretation Travel Seminar requires travel to a variety of historic sites.
The department requires all history courses counted toward fulfillment of the degree requirements to be passed with a C or better.

Transfer Course Information

The Arkansas Course Transfer System (ACTS) contains information about the transferability of courses within Arkansas public colleges and universities. Students are guaranteed the transfer of applicable credits and the equitable treatment of the application of credits for the admissions and degree requirements. Courses transferability is not guaranteed for courses listed in ACTS as "No Comparable Courses." Courses with a D grade will not transfer unless an appeal for exception is submitted in writing to the provost prior to the first day of class. ACTS-Arkansas Course Transfer System http://acts.adhe.edu -select Course Transfer. Students may also view the UA Fort Smith Transfer Credit Guide at www.uafortsmith.edu/Transfer/TransferCreditGuide.