May 04, 2024

2024-2025 Catalog with Addendum

History, AA

Location(s): Central Campus

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Understanding your past is a key element to shaping your future. This is why a History degree can be an excellent asset to have. With a degree in history, you´ll have a solid foundation for a number of careers such as teaching, coaching, journalism, law, civil service, criminal justice, government jobs, administration, or the ministry.

Studying history at TJC is a great start to your academic career. Our program provides you with the first two years of United States History, Western Civilization, and other courses to develop content knowledge, writing abilities, reading comprehension, and critical thinking. In addition, we offer a broad selection of liberal arts courses which transfer to four-year institutions and fulfill Core requirements for non-majors.

Being a historian means having the capacity to evaluate sources and determine whether content is credible and well-supported. An AA in History will give you this highly marketable skill.

Associate of Arts - (Includes Field of Study Courses)
TSI Complete

Major Courses: 15 Credits

Major Courses must not duplicate courses taken to fulfill TJC Core Curriculum requirements.

HIST 2311 - Western Civilization I Semester Credit Hours: 3
OR
HIST 2321 - World Civilizations I Semester Credit Hours: 3
HIST 2312 - Western Civilization II Semester Credit Hours: 3
OR
HIST 2322 - World Civilizations II Semester Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 1303 - World Regional Geography Semester Credit Hours: 3

Select two:

HIST 1302 - United States History II Semester Credit Hours: 3
HIST 2301 - Texas History Semester Credit Hours: 3
OR
HIST 2311 - Western Civilization I Semester Credit Hours: 3
OR
HIST 2312 - Western Civilization II Semester Credit Hours: 3
OR
HIST 2321 - World Civilizations I Semester Credit Hours: 3
OR
HIST 2322 - World Civilizations II Semester Credit Hours: 3
OR
HIST 2389 - Academic Cooperative Semester Credit Hours: 3
OR
HIST 2327 - Mexican American History I (to the United States-Mexico War Era) Semester Credit Hours: 3
OR
HIST 2328 - Mexican American History II (from the United States-Mexico War Era) Semester Credit Hours: 3
OR
ANTH 2301 - Physical Anthropology Semester Credit Hours: 3
OR
ANTH 2302 - Introduction to Archeology Semester Credit Hours: 3
OR
ANTH 2346 - General Anthropology Semester Credit Hours: 3
OR
ANTH 2351 - Cultural Anthropology Semester Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 2389 - Academic Cooperative Semester Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 1301 - Physical Geography Semester Credit Hours: 3

Select one:

Any course listed in the Course Descriptions that has a Course Designation of: Academic Transfer. For a list of those courses, click here.

TJC Core Curriculum: 44 Credits

In addition to Major Courses, the student is required to take 44 credit hours from the TJC Core Curriculum . These courses must not duplicate courses taken to fulfill Major Courses requirements.

Major Courses: 15
TJC Core Curriculum: 44

Total Semester Hours: 60

Recommended Course Sequence:

First Semester

ENGL 1301 - Composition I Semester Credit Hours: 3
HIST 1301 - United States History I Semester Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 1300 - Learning Framework Semester Credit Hours: 3 *
xxxx x4xx - Life and Physical Sciences Core Credit Hours: 4
GOVT 2305 - Federal Government Semester Credit Hours: 3

Second Semester

ENGL 1302 - Composition II Semester Credit Hours: 3
OR
ENGL 2311 - Technical and Business Writing Semester Credit Hours: 3
HIST 2301 - Texas History Semester Credit Hours: 3
OR
HIST 1302 - United States History II Semester Credit Hours: 3 **
xxxx x4xx - Life and Physical Sciences Core Credit Hours: 4
GOVT 2306 - Texas Government Semester Credit Hours: 3
MATH xxxx - Mathematics Core Credit Hours: 3

Third Semester

SPCH 1315 - Public Speaking Semester Credit Hours: 3
OR
SPCH 1321 - Business and Professional Communication Semester Credit Hours: 3
xxxx x3xx - Lang., Philosophy and Culture Core Credit Hours: 3
HIST 2311 - Western Civilization I Semester Credit Hours: 3
OR
HIST 2321 - World Civilizations I Semester Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 1303 - World Regional Geography Semester Credit Hours: 3
xxxx x3xx - Social and Behavioral Sciences Core Credit Hours: 3

Fourth Semester

HIST 2312 - Western Civilization II Semester Credit Hours: 3
OR
HIST 2322 - World Civilizations II Semester Credit Hours: 3
xxxx x3xx - Creative Arts Core Credit Hours: 3
xxxx x3xx - Major Elective Credit Hours: 3 **
xxxx x3xx - Major Elective Credit Hours: 3
xxxx x1xx - Elective Credit Hours: 1

Total Semester Hours: 60

*Recommended Core Curriculum course. Other Core Curriculum courses may satisfy this requirement.

**HIST 1302 recommended if not already taken to meet core requirements.

Check with 4-year institution for transferability of HIST 2301 , if using it as a major’s elective rather than as a Core requirement.

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History, AA

Location(s): Central Campus

Associate of Arts - (Includes Field of Study Courses)
TSI Complete

Major Courses: 15 Credits

Select two:

Select one:

TJC Core Curriculum: 44 Credits

Total Semester Hours: 60

Recommended Course Sequence:

First Semester

Second Semester

Third Semester

Fourth Semester

Total Semester Hours: 60

History, AA

Location(s): Central Campus

Associate of Arts - (Includes Field of Study Courses) TSI Complete

Major Courses: 15 Credits

Select two:

Select one:

TJC Core Curriculum: 44 Credits

Total Semester Hours: 60

Recommended Course Sequence:

First Semester

Second Semester

Third Semester

Fourth Semester

Total Semester Hours: 60

Associate of Arts - (Includes Field of Study Courses)
TSI Complete