History, B.A.

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(120 units)

Required for the Major	46-48
Free Electives in any Discipline	21-23
General Education & American Institutions	51
TOTAL	120 units

Lower Division Required Courses - 15 units

Upper Division Required Courses - 31-33 units

Students should select at least three courses from each of the following areas: History of North America and World History. One of these areas must have four courses.

History of North America - 9-12 units

Students should select at least three courses from the following list:

HIST 333 - History of Southern California Chicana/o Art (Cross-listed as ART 333, CHS 333) Units: 3 *
HIST 334 - Narratives of Southern California (Cross-listed as ENGL 334) Units: 3 *
HIST 335 - American Ethnic Images in Novels, Film and Art (Cross-listed as ART 335, ENGL 335) Units: 3 *
HIST 349 - History of Business and Economics in North America (Cross-listed as ECON 349, BUS 349) Units: 3 *
HIST 350 - Chicana/o History and Culture (Cross-listed as CHS 350) Units: 3 ^†
HIST 351 - History of African Americans Units: 3
HIST 369 - California History and Culture Units: 3
HIST 370 - United States Colonial History Units: 3
HIST 371 - The Founding of the United States Units: 3
HIST 372 - United States Industrialization and Progressivism Units: 3
HIST 373 - American Labor History Units: 3
HIST 374 - United States Since 1945 Units: 3
HIST 401 - United States Immigration History, 1840-1945 Units: 3
HIST 402 - Southern California Chicana/o History and Culture (Cross-listed as CHS 402) Units: 3 *
HIST 403 - The American Intellectual Tradition Units: 3
HIST 420 - History of Mexico Units: 3
HIST 421 - Revolutionary Mexico, 1876-1930 Units: 3
HIST 470 - People and Everyday Life in Early America Units: 3

World History - 9-12 units

Students should select at least three courses from the following list:

HIST 310 - History of the Mediterranean Units: 3
HIST 316 - History of Medieval Europe 800-1400 Units: 3
HIST 317 - Renaissance and Reformation Europe 1350-1648 Units: 3
HIST 318 - The Age of Revolution in Europe 1648-1871 Units: 3
HIST 319 - European History, 1871-1945 Units: 3
HIST 320 - European History, 1945-present Units: 3
HIST 330 - The History of Science: Nonwestern Origins and the Western Revolution (Cross-listed as CHEM 330) Units: 3 *
HIST 339 - Business in China: Heritage and Change (Cross-listed as BUS 339) Units: 3 *
HIST 340 - History and Psychology of Nazi Germany (Cross-listed as PSY 340) Units: 3 *
HIST 342 - Environmental History (Cross-listed as ESRM 342) Units: 3 *
HIST 360 - History of Colonial Latin America Units: 3 *
HIST 361 - History of Modern Latin America Units: 3 *
HIST 365 - Themes in World History Units: 3 *
HIST 366 - Oceans of World History Units: 3
HIST 380 - History of the Pacific Islands Units: 3
HIST 391 - Traditional China Units: 3
HIST 392 - Modern China Units: 3
HIST 393 - Contemporary China Units: 3
HIST 394 - Traditional Japan Units: 3
HIST 395 - Modern Japan Units: 3
HIST 396 - East Asia: Then and Now Units: 3
HIST 436 - Psychology and History of East Asian Warrior Cultures (Cross-listed as PSY 436) Units: 3 *
HIST 442 - The African Diaspora (Cross-listed as ANTH 442) Units: 3 *
HIST 451 - History of Africa Since 1800 Units: 3 *
HIST 452 - History of Southern Africa Since 1600 Units: 3 *

Thematic History - 6 units

Students should select two courses from the following list:

HIST 330 - The History of Science: Nonwestern Origins and the Western Revolution (Cross-listed as CHEM 330) Units: 3 *
HIST 338 - Theatre in History (Cross-listed as PATH 338) Units: 3 *
HIST 342 - Environmental History (Cross-listed as ESRM 342) Units: 3
HIST 365 - Themes in World History Units: 3 *
HIST 366 - Oceans of World History Units: 3
HIST 412 - Law and Society Units: 3 *
HIST 413 - World Religions and Classical Philosophies Units: 3 *
HIST 414 - Women and Gender in History Units: 3
HIST 415 - Society and Radicalism Units: 3
HIST 430 - Tradition and Transformation: Literature, History, and Cultural Change (Cross-listed as ENGL 430) Units: 3 *

Historiography - 3 units

HIST 491 - Historiography Units: 3

Capstone or Internship or Service Learning 1-3 units

HIST 492 - Internship/service Learning Units: 1-3
HIST 494 - Independent Research Units: 1-3
HIST 497 - Directed Studies Units: 1-3
HIST 499 - Capstone in History Units: 1-3

Special Topics

(Can be used to fulfill major requirement–see Major advisor)

HIST 490 - Special Topics Units: 3

Electives

(Do not fulfill major requirement; count toward “free electives in any discipline”)

HIST 272 - Constitutional History of the U.S. Units: 3 ^†
HIST 275 - The United States to 1900 Units: 3 ^†
HIST 331 - Narratives of the Working Class (Cross-listed as ENGL 331, SOC 331, POLS 331, ECON 331) Units: 3 *
HIST 332 - Dance in History (Cross-listed as PADA 332) Units: 3 *
HIST 337 - Music in History (Cross-listed as PAMU 337) Units: 3 *
HIST 445 - Chicano Child and Adolescent (Cross-listed as EDUC 445, CHS 445) Units: 4 *

Double-Counting for History Majors

Courses double counted from the requirements by both the History Program and GE/ American Institutions would increase the standard units (21-23) for electives.

According to the GE requirements, students must take 9 units from those interdisciplinary courses numbered 330-349 and 430-449. Six of the 9 units can be double counted and three of the 9 units must be outside the major and not cross-listed with the HIST prefix.

History majors are encouraged, but not required, to select from the following interdisciplinary courses offered by the History Program in satisfying the GE Interdisciplinary requirements:

Note(s):

^* Courses Fulfilling GE Requirement.

† Courses Fulfilling American Institution Requirement.

History, B.A.

(120 units)

Lower Division Required Courses - 15 units

World Civilizations - 6 units

American History - 6 units

Methodology - 3 units

Upper Division Required Courses - 31-33 units

History of North America - 9-12 units

Students should select at least three courses from the following list:

World History - 9-12 units

Students should select at least three courses from the following list:

Thematic History - 6 units

Students should select two courses from the following list:

Historiography - 3 units

Capstone or Internship or Service Learning 1-3 units

Special Topics

Electives

Double-Counting for History Majors

Note(s):