Requirements

Major

The History major consists of a minimum of forty units, or ten four-unit courses. Of the ten required courses, at least eight must be taken in the History department, and no more than two will be accepted from other departments or institutions.

Required Courses

HIST 300	History Colloquium	4 units
HIST 490	Senior Seminar	4 units

Survey Courses

Choose three courses from different geographic areas (Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East & Africa, and United States) or two from geographic areas and one from the 190 global themes series. Survey courses (the 100 series and some of the 200 series) cover a broad chronological time frame. Courses satisfying a survey requirement are labeled in the course description.

Additional Electives

Students must complete five additional electives. Three of the remaining five electives must be upper division seminars (in the 300 series excluding HIST 300). By the end of junior year students should have taken at least one 300-level elective and the HIST 300 colloquium.

Pre-1800 Requirement

All History Majors must take at least one History course that has a pre-1800 Core designation.

Acceptable Courses from Other Departments

Courses that may be counted toward the major without petition are:

AMST 202/LLAS 202	Latina/o Cultural and Intellectual History	4 units
AMST 272/ASN 272	Asian Immigrants in American Society	4 units
AMST 280/DWA 246	The United States and East Asia	4 units
AMST 376/BLST 376	Slavery, Freedom, and American Memory	4 units
ENGL 341	Race, Law, and Literature	4 units

No more than two courses from other departments or transfer courses from other institutions (including study abroad courses) will be counted towards the History major.

Honors in the Major

Students who meet all three of the following requirements may be invited to expand their senior comprehensive requirement project for College Honors:

1. Earn an A or A- on their fall semester thesis.

2. Have demonstrated excellence in their departmental courses.

3. Meet the GPA requirements of at least 3.25 overall and at least 3.65 in the major.

Students working towards College Honors will continue in spring semester to work independently with their Comps advisor, enrolling in a required 2-unit Directed Research course, to complete their Honors thesis in advance of the Registrar’s spring deadline for the submission of senior comps marks. The Honors Thesis will be evaluated by the advisor and a second History faculty reader. For further information, contact the department chair.

Minor

Five courses (20 units) in History from at least two geographic areas, including HIST 300.