Major and Minor Degree Requirements

For the Major:

1. TOTAL UNITS IN HISTORY
   
   33 minimum units including a minimum of 18 units at the upper-division level.
   
   NOTE: Many students use History units to meet their General Education requirements. History majors may do so as well. However, any History course up to, and including, 9 units that is used to fulfill General Education requirements may not be used to count towards the History major. In other words, all History units, beginning with the 10th unit used to meet General Education requirements, may be "double-dipped" to meet History major requirements; the first nine used for General Education may not be "double-dipped."
   
   The 33 units must meet the following additional requirements:
2. HST 301: Introduction to the Study of History (requirement beginning
   with catalog year 2009-2010): HST 301 introduces history students to research
   and writing skills essential to success in the major.  It is a prerequisite
   for admission into HST 396.
   
   
   
3. AREA REQUIREMENT
   The Department of History insists that its undergraduate majors distribute their course offerings among at least three geographical fields in History. Students must choose at least three of the following four areas, and take at least 2 courses (6 units) in each of these three areas. The logic behind these requirements is breadth of historical knowledge.
   
   
   • Africa, Asia, and the Middle East
   • Europe
   • Latin America
   • United States
   
   
4. CHRONOLOGICAL REQUIREMENT
   
   All History majors must take at least one course covering history before 1500. The History course used to meet this requirement may have been used to meet General Education rather than History major units (e.g., if you use HIST 101 for your General Education requirements, you may also use it to meet the chronological requirement).
   

You may also "double-dip" any history course in both an area requirement and the chronological requirement, if it is on the list of approved courses (check your SAPR for the list).





5. RESEARCH SEMINAR REQUIREMENT
   
   All History majors must take HIST 396, The Nature and Practice of History. The
   prerequisite for this course is a passing grade in HST 301: Introduction to the Study of
   History.  HIST 396 may not be used to satisfy any area requirement.
   Honors students should enroll in the special honors section, HIST 396h.
   
   

   For the Minor:

   The History Minor (HIST) requires a minimum of 18 units which must include 9 units of upper-division course work.
   Complete:
   A. 9 units from: HIST 100-499
   B. 9 units from: HIST 300-499

   History Teaching Minor (HIED)