What can you do with an undergraduate degree in history?
Many, many things

History majors become good writers and effective speakers. They know how to use evidence and argument to support their point of view. They also understand the importance of placing current events into historical perspective.

History majors go on to work in law and business, public service (including politics, public administration, and the foreign service), college and secondary teaching, the military, newspapers, museums and libraries. They work as editors, archivists, administrators, curators, historic preservation specialists, writers, public policy analysts and historians. Some work in the production of historical documentaries in television, radio and film.

For more information, see Dr. Peter N. Stearn's excellent article, "Why Study History?" on the American Historical Association's website: http://www.historians.org/pubs/Free/WhyStudyHistory.htm
and "Careers for History Majors": http://www.historians.org/pubs/Free/careers/Index.htm

The History Major

History majors are required to complete 12 units of lower-division course work and 24 units of upper-division course work, including History 300W - Historian's Methods - a class that fulfills the general education requirement for written literacy.

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 credit for doing an internship at one of the historical societies or museums in San Diego. See History 498 "Internship" in the Bulletin.

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

Upper Division (24 units or 8 courses):

History 300W Historian's Methods*

2 courses in US History

2 courses in European History

2 courses in World History

1 course in a subject of your choice

The History Minor

All History minors are required to take 6 units of lower-division courses and 12 units of upper-division courses selected in consultation with a faculty advisor in History.