History, Associate of Arts

Program Proficiencies and/or Prerequisites

Students must demonstrate proficiency in these areas either by placement scores  or specific course work.

• English 2 Proficiency 

• MATH 1210 

or

• MATH 1310 

• Reading 2 Proficiency 

Term 1

• HIST 1101 - Western Civilization I 3 credit hour(s) ^**
• ENG 1101 - College Writing 3 credit hour(s)
• Mathematics Requirement  3-4 credit hour(s)
• Fine Arts Requirement  3 credit hour(s)
• IT 1010 - Introduction to Computers 3 credit hour(s)

Term 2

• HIST 1102 - Western Civilization II 3 credit hour(s)
• ENG 1102 - Analytic and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hour(s)
• Laboratory Science Requirement  4 credit hour(s)
• Foreign Language Elective  3-4 credit hour(s) (Choose from courses with the prefixes ARBC, FREN, GER, PORT, SPAN, except SPAN 2280 )
• Elective  3 credit hour(s) (Social/Behavioral Science Recommended)

Term 3

• HIST 1161 - History of the United States I 3 credit hour(s) ^*

• or

• HIST 1181 - Early Latin American History 3 credit hour(s) ^**

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• COMM 1130 - Public Speaking 3 credit hour(s)

• or

• COMM 2221 - Interpersonal Communication Studies 3 credit hour(s)

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  • Laboratory Science Requirement  4 credit hour(s)
  • Social/Behavioral Science Requirement  3 credit hour(s)
  • Elective  3 credit hour(s) (Fine Arts Recommended)

Term 4

• HIST 1162 - History of the United States II 3 credit hour(s)

• or

• HIST 1182 - Modern Latin American History 3 credit hour(s)

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  • Social/Behavioral Science Requirement  3 credit hour(s)
  • Elective  3 credit hour(s) (Program Approved Elective Recommended)
  • Elective  3 credit hour(s) (Biological/Physical Science Recommended)
  • Elective  3 credit hour(s) (Mathematics Recommended)

   

Note

This information is meant to serve as a general guide for students intending to major in History. Specific requirements for transfer will vary from school to school. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the four year transfer school to confirm specific admission and degree requirements.

^* HIST 1101  and HIST 1102  can be taken in any order (do not need to be taken sequentially); HIST 1161  and HIST 1162  can be taken in any order (do not need to be taken sequentially).

** CNM students who plan to transfer to UNM and specialize in the United States should take HIST 1161  and HIST 1162 , while those planning to specialize in Latin America should take HIST 1181  and HIST 1182 .

Program Approved Electives

These courses transfer to UNM as History 220 “Studies in History.” While they do not transfer as required classes or history electives, they do count as general humanities electives and can benefit students who plan to take upper-division classes related to those topics of study.

Choose from the following list of courses:

• HIST 2230 - Twenieth Century Russia 3 credit hour(s)
• HIST 2240 - Vietnam: War Politics and Culture 3 credit hour(s)
• HIST 2260 - History of New Mexico 3 credit hour(s)
• HIST 2270 - The American West 3 credit hour(s)