Undergraduate Programs

BA/BS in History

History is an undergraduate liberal arts major that equips students with the necessary skills in critical thinking, research, and writing to be well prepared for a full range of professional careers. The History major is excellent undergraduate preparation for law school and the other graduate programs including MA and Ph.D degrees in history and related fields. The BA/BS in History is well suited for students who desire to enter careers in teaching and earn their teaching certification in social studies at Texas Woman's University, either on the undergraduate level or through the recently developed and rapidly growing Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT).

What Can You Do with a Degree in History?  A mini-guide from the American Historical Association

BA/BS in Government

Government is an undergraduate liberal arts major designed to meet the needs of students who anticipate careers in politics, law, and public service.  The government major emphasizes the development of skills in critical thinking, research, leadership, and written and oral expression. Skills developed as a government major are valuable as preparation for a wide range of careers and professions in both the private and public sectors of employment.  Many students expect to use their undergraduate government major as preparation for graduate work in political science, public administration, and the law. Our two-track program permits government majors to emphasize politics or legal studies.

How to Apply

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Undergraduate Student News

Spring 2012 - Clarice Robinson, a student in government, has been selected for Teach for America.  She will teach in the Mississippi Delta during the next academic year.

Spring 2012 - Christina Wagoner, a student in history, presented her paper "The Welsh Not: The Blue Books & Their Effects on Welsh Language Education in the Nineteenth Century” at the 2012 Phi Alpha Theta Biennial National Convention in Orlando, Florida.

Summer 2011 - Christina Wagoner, a student in history, was awarded the Graydon A. Tunstall Undergraduate Scholarship from Phi Alpha Theta.

Spring 2011 - 35 students within the department make the Dean and Chancellor's lists:
Dean's List - Jared Dempsey, Bertha Jimenez, Nicole Ford, Christine Hislop, Barbara West, Eric Ellinghouse, Kevin Callahan, Leigh Hochhalter, Casey Windhauser, Evelyn Gardner, Christopher Cyrus, Carla Aguilar, Ashlee Davis, Brittney Davis, Ebonie Tave, Brittanee Yarbro, Adrienne Simmons, Karen Fenn, Lauren Scott, Sarah Middlebrook
Chancellor's List - Kendra Coulson, Jasmine Savoy, Jason Ruvaldt, Chalette Luster, Amanda Saye, Sherry Shumer, Sara Glenn, Pamela Payne, Megan Nieves, Shannon Brougher, Andrea Castro, Nakela Gosson-Gatlin, Kaitlyn Waynen, Kiariye Beck, Christina Wagoner

Spring 2011 - Ashlee Davis, a student in government, won the Best Capstone Project in the Honors Scholars Program for "Immigration and the Due Process Clauses of the Constitution."  Her project was supervised by Mrs. Patricia Devereaux.

Spring 2011 - Megan R. Nieves, a student in history, presented her paper "The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus" at the Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference at Abilene Christian University.

Spring 2011 - Jennifer Crowder, a student in history, presented her paper "Ashurnasirpal the Great" at the Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference at Abilene Christian University.

Spring 2011 - Christina Wagoner, a student in history, presented her paper "The Crown of England's Title to America: Theophilus Evans' Use of Welsh Indians in British Political and Religious Propaganda" at the Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference at Abilene Christian University.

Spring 2011 - Jaymee Wright and Elise Doland presented a poster, "Major Change: How Majors Have Changed at TWU" at the 14th Annual Student Creative Arts and Research Symposium.

Spring 2011 - Sarah Dillard, Ann Truong, and Shannon Lawson presented a poster, "Better dead than Coed: TWU Pioneers Protest Change" at the 14th Annual Student Creative Arts and Research Symposium.

Spring 2011 - Ashlee Davis presented a poster, "Immigration and the Due Process Clauses of the Constitution" at the 14th Annual Student Creative Arts and Research Symposium.

Spring 2011 - Sarah Middlebrook presented a poster, "The T.E.A. Party: What Does It All Mean?" at the 14th Annual Student Creative Arts and Research Symposium.

Spring 2011 - Christina Wagoner presented a poster, "The Fight Against Anglo Assimilation: Language Policy in Wales and it's Global Impact" at the 14th Annual Student Creative Arts and Research Symposium. 

Spring 2011 - Casey Allison and Samantha Hooten presented a poster, "'Stings Like a Bee!' Women in the Airforce, WWII", at the 14th Annual Student Creative Arts and Research Symposium.

Spring 2011 - Christina Wagoner, a student in history, was selected for inclusion in Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges for 2011.

Spring 2011 - Sara Glen, Jalessa Komalafi, Sherri Shumer, and Andrea Castro, all students in government - legal studies, participated in TUMCA State Tournament for Moot Court at the University of North Texas.  Even though they had only been working toward this for less than two months, they still made it to the second day of competition.

Fall 2010 - 40 History and Government majors made the Dean and Chancellor's Lists:
Dean's List - Lacy Shields, Micha Boyd, Kathryn Baird, Brittani Kirksey, Edward Brown, Aminata Diallo, Tanya Franklin, Colleen Hester, Sherry Shumer, Elesha Abney, Leigh Hochhalter, Jillion Crawford, Ileana Rojas, Evelyn Gardner, Christopher Cyrus, Jordan Hitchcock, Dan Nelson, Carla Aguilar, Paige Adelmann, Gwendolyn Delgadillo, Amanda Rodriguez, Brittanee Yarbro, Gijo Thomas, Sonya Altoun
Chancellor's List - Kendra Coulson, Nicole Ford, Jason Ruvaldt, Penny Davis, Eric Ellinghouse, Chalette Luster, Sara Glenn, Laura Fernandez, Tamia Fincher, Sarah Barnes, Ashlee Davis, Andrea Castro, Adrienne Simmons, Karen Fenn, Lauren Scott, Sarah Middlebrook

Spring 2010 - 33 History and Government majors made the Dean and Chancellor's Lists:
Dean’s List – Lacy Shields, Y Nhu Nguyen, Edward Brown, Aaron Claycomb, Sandra Hardy, Margaret Ongele, Sherry Shumar, Taylor Dorrough, Nicole Moebus, Elvia Martinez, Elisha Abney, Laura Alexander, Gena Archer, Ashlee Davis, Jared Dempsey, Kathryn Baird, Vanessa Azcona, Megan Nieves, Stephanie Clubb, Tiffany Smith, and Sara Taller
Chancellor’s List – Kendra Coulson, Phillip Pierce, Erica Gutierrez, Wandaliz Elder, Sarah Barnes, Gwendolyn Delgadillo, Andrea Castro, Christina Wagoner, Jason Rudvaldt, Jillion Crawford, Paige Adelmann, and Lauren Scott

Spring 2010 - Holli Downs, a student in history, presented her paper "Freedom in Chains: Christianity and the American Slave" at the Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference in Sherman, Texas.  She was a finalist for the best paper prize coming in 4th place our of over 40 papers.

Spring 2010 - Kathryn Baird, a student in history, presented her paper "The First Battle of the Cold War" at the Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference in Sherman, Texas.

Spring 2010 - Christina Wagoner, a student in history, presented her paper "The Rainbow Tug-of-War: Homosexual Policy in the United States Armed Forces Since World War II" at the Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference in Sherman, Texas.

Spring 2010 - Ashley Kees, a student in history, presented her paper "Dona Marina: Traitor, Victim, Survivor" at the Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference in Sherman, Texas

Spring 2010 - Kathryn Baird, a student in history, presented her paper, “Winning the Peace: The United States and the Marshall Plan in Post World War II Europe," at the 2010 Phi Alpha Theta Biennial National Convention in San Diego, California. 

Spring 2010 - Christina Wagoner, a student in history, presented her paper, “Don't Ask Don't Tell: Step Forward or Step Back?" at the 2010 Phi Alpha Theta Biennial National Convention in San Diego, California. 

Spring 2010 - Lacy Stone, a student in history, presented her paper, “Convincing the Nation: U.S. Propaganda in World War II," at the 2010 Phi Alpha Theta Biennial National Convention in San Diego, California.

Fall 09 - Tiffany Smith, a history major, published the article, “A Thousand Words Unsaid: The Role of Censorship in the United States During World War II,” in Ibid the peer-reviewed publication of TWU’s Phi Alpha Theta Chapter.

Fall 09 - Stephanie Parham, a history major, published the article, “Soldados y Susanas SP: The Mexican American Experience in World War II,” in Ibid the peer-reviewed publication of TWU’s Phi Alpha Theta Chapter.

Fall 09 - Jodi Clayton, a history major, published the article, “Feeding the Wartime Family: How Women Made Do With Less in the Name of Patriotism,” in Ibid the peer-reviewed publication of TWU’s Phi Alpha Theta Chapter.  She recieved the Ibid Editorial Award for Best Essay for this submission.

Fall 09 - LaSandra Prince, a government major is spending a semester at Harlaxton College in England.  She was elected Harlaxton College Student Government Vice President for the Fall Semester.

Fall 09 - Elizabeht Farr, a history major, and Karen Fenn, a government major, are among the first 20 students receiving a scholarship from the SPRINT (Single Parent Resources Information Networking and Technology) program.

Spring 09 - Diana Cruz, a government major, was one of only 50 students in the state selected for the Texas Legislative Internship Program (TLIP), sponsored by Sen. Rodney Ellis (D-Houston) and coordinated by the Mickey Leland Center for World Hunger and Peace at Texas Southern University. TLIP interns work in the offices of ranking members of the Texas Legislature or statewide elected officials. Sen. Ellis created the program in 1990 for students interested in the political process and in the kind of humanitarian service exemplified by the late Houston Congressman Mickey Leland.

Spring 09 - Elyze Davis, a government major, received the Outstanding Senior Award.

Spring 09 - Tonya Bruton, a student in history, presented her paper, “’Another Day, Another Dollar’: African American Women, the South, and New Deal Work Programs,” at the 2008 Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference at Texas Wesleyan University.

Spring 09 - Jackie Wooten, a student in history, presented her paper, “The ‘Grippe’ of Death: The 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic,” at the 2008 Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference at Texas Wesleyan University.  She also presented her paper, “The Black Panthers and the African American Community,” at the 2008 Phi Alpha Theta Biennial National Convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Spring 09 - Bridgette Baima, a student in history, presented her paper, “Infant Mortality during the 20^th Century” at the 2008 Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference at Texas Wesleyan University.

Spring 09 - Brittany N. Hinkle, a student in history, presented her paper, “The Gay Man’s Scourge: AIDS in Three American Cities, 1979-1984” at the 2008 Phi Alpha Theta Biennial National Convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Fall 08 - Gregory A. Michna, a student in history, published the article, “’It Worked, My God, the Damn Thing Worked!’: Industrial and Scientific Triumphs of the Manhattan Project,” in Ibid the peer-reviewed publication of TWU’s Phi Alpha Theta Chapter.

Fall 08 - Bridgette Baima, a student in history, published the article, “Infant Mortality in the Twentieth Century,” in Ibid the peer-reviewed publication of TWU’s Phi Alpha Theta Chapter.

Fall 08 - Amanda Danesi, student in history, published the article, “Hospice the Way to Go” in Ibid the peer-reviewed publication of TWU’s Phi Alpha Theta Chapter.

Fall 08 - Sarah Whittington, a student in history, published the article, “The Rise and Fall of Spiritualism in the Nineteenth Century,”  in Ibid the peer-reviewed publication of TWU’s Phi Alpha Theta Chapter.  This article was awarded the 2008 Editorial Award for the best essay to appear in Ibid.