Online History Degree Completion Programs

SNHU’s History BA offers several ways to focus an unfinished humanities degree, including American, European and Middle Eastern study. Its methods coursework leads to a History Research Seminar in which you develop an argument from primary and secondary evidence. The published 36 free elective credits create space to evaluate courses from other subjects alongside the history major. Ask which earlier surveys and advanced history classes fit the chosen concentration, then plan the research sequence within the 8-week online calendar.

Before you apply: Confirm how your earlier history courses apply to the concentration and methods requirements. Reserve time for source collection and sustained writing in the final research seminar.

UMGC gives returning history students a clearly organized major: historical surveys, methods and writing support upper-level electives and a final capstone. The 33-credit major sits within a 120-credit BA that also includes 46 elective credits. That structure helps you examine how coursework from another major would fit alongside the history requirements. Recommended U.S. and world-history groupings provide direction for advanced study, while the explicit methods and writing courses identify work to schedule before the final research project.

Before you apply: UMGC’s institutional requirements also apply, including 30 credits through the university, half the major, and 15 upper-level credits. Ask for a complete evaluation of the major and electives.

American Public University makes the transition from history coursework to independent research explicit. Its BA includes a concentration, then a proposal course followed by a senior seminar. The proposal establishes a question, method and source base before the major paper is written. This is useful if you want a completed degree that includes a substantial piece of historical work. Match earlier history classes to the concentration and ask how the proposal and seminar would fit into your final enrollment periods.

Before you apply: The senior seminar requires both the proposal course and a completed-credit threshold. Schedule these dependencies before estimating the remaining terms.

Eastern Oregon combines a history degree’s regional breadth with faculty-mentored research. Upper-level work spans several historical groupings, while methods and research preparation lead toward a thesis or capstone. That structure is useful if your prior history courses cluster in one area and you want to see which additional regions or methods remain. The BA uses quarter credits and includes foreign-language study. Compare the full remaining major with the university’s published transfer allowance before building a term-by-term schedule.

Before you apply: Compare the BA’s language requirement with the separate BS option. Use quarter credits consistently, and ask when the required capstone or research courses are offered.

Fort Hays State’s History BA makes methods and interpretation central to the comparison. The program highlights historical research alongside subjects such as modern Europe and Mexican American history, with additional period and regional interests available. If you already have survey credits, ask how they fit the major and which advanced courses would broaden that foundation. The online route serves students studying away from campus, while the university’s published transfer admissions criteria give you a separate entry checkpoint to review.

Before you apply: Ask the department which transferred surveys and advanced history courses satisfy the major. Check the schedule of the specific upper-level subjects you want to complete.

Penn State's History BA makes the distribution of your history courses part of the comparison. United States, European, global and pre-modern study all have a place in the plan. A transfer evaluation should identify those subject matches before you schedule the writing-intensive undergraduate seminar.

Before you apply: A course listed in two historical fields can satisfy only one distribution category.

ASU places methods alongside regional history, with courses such as The Historian's Craft and Methods of Historical Inquiry. If you already have survey courses, the useful next step is identifying which methods and advanced regional classes remain. The degree covers political, social, economic and cultural change rather than one period alone.

Before you apply: Review the remaining research sequence before treating accepted general education credits as progress through the history major.

Park pairs the history major with an internship and senior capstone. That makes the practical work part of your completion plan, alongside any surveys or electives that transfer. The distribution spans ancient, medieval, early modern and modern history, giving you several academic areas to compare with your old course descriptions.

Before you apply: The history major requires a 2.75 GPA, above the university's general graduation minimum. Plan the internship's attendance requirements with the department.

National's History BA culminates in a research paper that brings primary evidence into conversation with historical scholarship. Letters, diaries and newspapers are among the source types students examine. Bring earlier history syllabi to the transfer review so the department can distinguish survey credit from preparation for the advanced research work.

Before you apply: If general education has not satisfied the language requirement, additional language study or testing may be needed.

Holy Apostles places history alongside the social sciences and a substantial Catholic liberal arts core. Western civilization and psychology appear in the published plan, with theology, philosophy and literature elsewhere in the degree. This is a useful comparison if you want your remaining history study to stay connected to those broader subjects.

Before you apply: Check both the history-major matches and the Catholic core during your transcript review.

Washington State offers general history study and a pre-law option within its online BA. Both make historical writing and seminar work part of the major. Compare your earlier courses with the regional distribution, then decide whether the supporting subjects in the pre-law option fit your goals and remaining credits.

Before you apply: The pre-law option has a higher major-admission GPA requirement and adds supporting coursework. It is not a law degree.

Utah State's History BS moves from introductory surveys into research methods and an undergraduate capstone. A required minor gives your remaining electives a second academic focus. If you already hold an associate degree, ask which surveys transfer and when that lets you enter the methods sequence.

Before you apply: The current catalog sets a 2.50 GPA for transfer admission to this program; use that program requirement when discussing eligibility.

North Dakota's History BA combines regional study with The Historian's Craft and a research capstone. That gives you specific categories for sorting previous history coursework: North American, European and world history, followed by advanced electives. Public-history opportunities offer another subject to discuss with the advisor when planning the final part of the degree.

Before you apply: A course eligible for both European and world history can satisfy only one of those regional requirements.

Illinois Springfield explicitly offers an online history route for students with an associate degree or at least 30 credits. The major combines historical methods, non-U.S. history and a senior seminar. Use that entry point to discuss the upper-level work that remains after your introductory history courses are evaluated.

Before you apply: The Senior Seminar follows The Historian's Craft and requires senior status. Keep that order in your completion schedule.

Southern Illinois Carbondale offers a general History BA with regional and period study rather than a required specialization. You can compare previous coursework with a broad history major while planning the university core and College of Liberal Arts requirements. The online offering follows the same curriculum as its campus counterpart.

Before you apply: The separate History BS includes teacher-licensure preparation. Request the transfer plan for the general History BA listed here.

Western Kentucky gives you two history-major structures to consider. The standard major pairs with a minor or second major, while the extended history major supplies more history coursework itself. Comparing those structures with your earlier credits can reveal which academic plan better fits the subjects you have already studied.

Before you apply: Choose the no-concentration route for fully online study. Named concentrations have different attendance requirements.

Middle Tennessee State combines a broad history major with a required minor. Upper-level work covers U.S., European and global history before the final seminar. If your previous transcript already contains a second subject area, ask whether it can satisfy the minor as well as electives in the overall degree.

Before you apply: History classes that also meet general education requirements create more elective space; they do not reduce the 120-credit graduation total.

Columbia College's online history degree lets you organize your interests around a period, region or theme. Topics include women's history, Native American and African American history, war and society, and the history of science. Compare those subjects with your earlier surveys before selecting the advanced courses you want to finish.

Before you apply: The BA includes more humanities and language work than the BS. Ask for the requirements of the specific award you choose.

Eastern New Mexico's History BS provides an online route through U.S., European and non-Western history without the BA's language requirement. That difference can matter when you return with history credits but little language study. Compare the format of each remaining class, because ENMU uses both recorded and live online instruction.

Before you apply: Some online sections meet at fixed times. The BA's language choices can also introduce campus attendance, so this listing follows the BS.

UMPI's YourPace history concentration combines historical study with political science in a competency-based degree. You progress by demonstrating mastery within fixed sessions, which gives you a different schedule to compare with weekly lecture courses. The concentration includes advanced U.S., non-Western and pre-modern history alongside the introductory sequences.

Before you apply: YourPace applicants must be at least 20 years old. A six-credit sequence in one foreign language remains part of the degree.