Program Requirements
| Requirements for the History Major | 36 units |
| Core Requirements | 21 units | |
| HIST 120 | World Civilizations to 1648* | 3 |
| HIST 121 | World Civilizations since 1648* | 3 |
| HIST 151 | U.S. History to 1865* | 3 |
| HIST 152 | U.S. History since 1865* | 3 |
| HIST 210 | World Geography | 3 |
| POLI 300 | Research and Writing* | 3 |
| POLI 496 | Senior Seminar: Religion and Politics* | 3 |
| Additional Requirements | 15 units | |
| Fifteen additional units of upper-division department electives from the following list: | ||
| HIST 330 | History of Religion in America | 3 |
| HIST 334 | History of American Foreign Affairs | 3 |
| HIST 338 | History of California | 3 |
| HIST 342 | The American West | 3 |
| HIST 346 | History of American Immigration | 3 |
| HIST 350 | Medieval Europe | 3 |
| HIST 352 | Renaissance and Reformation | 3 |
| HIST 357 | Enlightenment Europe | 3 |
| HIST 358 | Europe 1789-1914 | 3 |
| HIST 359 | Europe 1914-1992 | 3 |
| HIST 374 | Colonial Era | 3 |
| HIST 376 | The Revolution and the Republic | 3 |
| HIST 380 | Civil War and Reconstruction | 3 |
| HIST 382 | Emergence of Modern America | 3 |
| HIST 386 | Modern America | 3 |
| HIST 484 | Historical Themes | 3 |
| HIST 497 | Readings | 1-4 |
| HIST 498 | Directed Research | 1-4 |
| HIST 499 | Thesis Project | 1-4 |
| POLI 325 | Constitutional Law | 3 |
| POLI 326 | Civil Rights and Civil Liberties | 3 |
| POLI 360 | Classical Political Thought | 3 |
| POLI 363 | Modern Political Thought** | 3 |
| POLI 376 | The American Founding** | 3 |
| POLI 390 | History and Politics of the Non-Western World | 3 |
| UBBL 450 | Ancient Near East History | 3 |
| UBBL 451 | Greco-Roman World | 3 |
| *Meets a general studies core requirement. | ||
| **Meets a general studies elective requirement. | ||
Note: This information is current for the 2007-08 academic year. To view 2008-09 program information, visit the Academic Catalogs page. For additional information, please contact the appropriate office.
