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Department of

History

Major

Requirements

  • History majors are required to complete 12 units of lower-division course work and 24 units of upper-division course work, including HIST 300W. Beginning with the class of 2014, instead of HIST 300W, students will take HIST 200 during their sophomore year and HIST 490 (1 credit) and HIST 495W, to be taken consecutively during the senior year. For the class of 2014 and subsequent classes, the total of upper-division units will be 25.
  • In the major, students must also take at least two upper-division courses in each of the following three categories: 1) the United States; 2) Europe; and 3) World.
  • Students can receive up to 3 units of credit for doing an internship at one of the historical societies or museums in San Diego.

Lower Division (12 units or 4 courses):

2 courses in U.S. history. Choose from:
HIST 117 U.S. History to 1870
HIST 118 U.S. History, 1870-Present
HIST 125D Race and Ethnicity in the American Experience
HIST 126D American Women in History

2 courses in non-US history. Choose from:
HIST 102 Ancient World
HIST 103 Medieval World
HIST 108 Atlantic World, 1500-1820
HIST 109 Pacific World, 1500-1820
HIST 116 War and Peace in the Modern World
HIST 130 Introduction to East Asia
HIST 140 Modern Europe: Culture and Society
HIST 170 World History I
HIST 171 World History II

Beginning with the class of 2014, students will be required to take only one U.S. course and two non-U.S. courses. Beginning with the class of 2014, all sophomores must take HIST 200 (Historian’s Methods).

Upper Division (24 units or 8 courses):

HIST 300W (Historian's Methods)
(Beginning with the class of 2014, instead of History 300W) HIST 490 Introduction to Senior Seminar (1 unit)
(Beginning with the class of 2014, instead of History 300W) HIST 495W Senior Seminar
2 courses in US History
2 courses in European History
2 courses in World History
1 course in a subject of your choice