Department of History

Professor: Hardin, Department Chair
 

Mission and Goals:

Graduates of the History Department at McMurry University will demonstrate:

1. Knowledge of core factual data: major U.S. history trends and figures.
2. Knowledge of core factual data: major world history trends and figures.
3. Ability to conduct research, collect data, and analyze and draw conclusions from that data.
4. Basic reading/writing/composition skills.
5. Effective public presentation skills.
6. Personal discipline and study habits.

Special Programs and Opportunities

Hunter Holland History Endowed Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to students majoring in history. It is automatically renewable for up to four years.

Other scholarships. The Ruth Barr McDaniel Endowed Scholarship is awarded to a history major actively engaged with the McWhiney History Education Group. It is given on an annual basis, as is the Maxine Durrett Earl Charitable Foundation Scholarship, which goes to a history major from Garza County or the surrounding area. The Susan M. Evans and J.L. and Virginia Rhoades scholarships rotate each year between the history and political science departments.

Vernie Newman Award. This distinction, named after a long-time faculty member, is given annually to the outstanding senior with a major or teaching field in history.

Departmental Honors. Please see the description of the McMurry University Honors Program  under the Special Programs section in the catalog.

Phi Alpha Theta. Phi Alpha Theta is a history honorary society with chapters on more than 800 campuses across the United States. Membership is based on a 3.0 overall GPA and completion of at least 12 semester hours of history credit with a 3.1 GPA or better in those courses. Chapter activities include projects and field trips.

Walter Prescott Webb Historical Society. The Walter Prescott Webb Historical Society works through college and university history departments to encourage students to discover, research, write, and publish the history of Texas as they find it where they live. Local, community, and regional history comprise the focal point of chapter activities.

Programs

• History Grades 7-12, BA
• History, BA
• Social Studies Grades 7-12, BA

• History Minor

Courses

• HIST 4X95 - Independent Studies
• HIST 4X96H - Honors Tutorial
• HIST 4X97H - Senior Thesis
• HIST 1300 - Making History
• HIST 1310 - World Civilization to 1500
• HIST 1320 - World Civilization Since 1500
• HIST 2310 - United States to 1877
• HIST 2320 - United States Since 1865
• HIST 2330 - Virtue in World History
• HIST 2340 - Virtue in American History
• HIST 3310 - Texas
• HIST 3331 - Modern Britain
• HIST 3351 - The Creative American Republic, 1787-1848
• HIST 3352 - Civil War and Reconstruction
• HIST 3354 - Modern America
• HIST 3360 - Renaissance and Reformation
• HIST 3363 - Nineteenth Century Europe
• HIST 3364 - Twentieth Century Europe
• HIST 3375 - Mexico
• HIST 3377 - Historiography and Methods
• HIST 4330 - The Wild West
• HIST 4345 - Special Topics in American History
• HIST 4354 - The U. S. in the Era Of World War
• HIST 4360 - Russia and the Soviet Union
• HIST 4365 - Modern Germany
• HIST 4375 - Special Topics in World History
• HIST 4380 - Senior Research Seminar