General Requirements
College of Letters and Sciences BS Degree Requirements
Units required: 9.00
- Select a 4-5 credit laboratory science course. This course must be from a different discipline than the lab science course used in Area 2, University Requirements, Quantitative and Technical Reasoning. (1 course)
- Select 5 units of Math beyond 141 or 3 units of Computer Science and 3 units of Math beyond 141. (1-2 courses)
Unique Requirements
Units required: 11.00
- Select 2-3 units from courses listed:
ARTHIST 201, ARTHIST 202, ARTHIST 305, ARTHIST 311, ARTHIST 312, ARTHIST 313, ARTHIST 314, ARTHIST 315, ARTHIST 316, ARTHIST 318, ARTHIST 317, ARTHIST 319, MUSC 140, MUSC 143, MUSC 245, MUSC 246, MUSC 247, THEATRE 100, THEATRE 110, ENGLISH 200, ENGLISH 201, ENGLISH 206, ENGLISH 216, ENGLISH 226, ENGLISH 236, ENGLISH 251, ENGLISH 252, ENGLISH 263, ENGLISH 264, ENGLISH 265, ENGLISH 321, ENGLISH 323 (2 units)
- Social Sciences Select 3 units from courses listed:
ECON 201, ECON 201EX, ECON 202, ECON 202EX, ECON 213, GEOGRPY 230, POLISCI 217, POLISCI 247, POLISCI 250, ANTHROPL 218 (3 units)
- Chronological Breadth - Select at least 6 units of Pre-Modern History (These courses may count for major requirements below):
HISTRY 124, HISTRY 130, HISTRY 150, HISTRY 154, HISTRY 300, HISTRY 301, HISTRY 304, HISTRY 313, HISTRY 316, HISTRY 324, HISTRY 342, HISTRY 351, HISTRY 353, HISTRY 354, HISTRY 355, HISTRY 371 (6 units)
History Major Minor Required
GPA required: 2.000
Units required: 36.00
- HISTRY 200 and HISTRY 499 (2 courses)
- Geographical/Thematic Breadth Select at least 3 units in each of the following groups:
Units required: 12.00
A. European History
HISTRY 154, HISTRY 155, HISTRY 351, HISTRY 352, HISTRY 353, HISTRY 354, HISTRY 355, HISTRY 371, HISTRY 372, HISTRY 375, HISTRY 460 (3 units)
B. African, Asian, Latin American, or Middle Eastern History
HISTRY 130, HISTRY 131, HISTRY 340, HISTRY 342, HISTRY 343, HISTRY 346, HISTRY 347, HISTRY 432, HISTRY 433, HISTRY 434 (3 units)
C. U.S. History
HISTRY 125, HISTRY 141, HISTRY 150, HISTRY 300, HISTRY 301, HISTRY 304, HISTRY 305, HISTRY 306, HISTRY 307, HISTRY 311, HISTRY 124, HISTRY 102, HISTRY 313, HISTRY 314, HISTRY 316, HISTRY 317, HISTRY 324, HISTRY 362, HISTRY 390, HISTRY 394, HISTRY 403, HISTRY 415, HISTRY 425, CHICANO 310 (3 units)
D. Global/Comparative History
(Depending on the semester's offering, HISTORY 455 and HISTORY 110 may fulfill different geographic breadth requirements for the major.)
HISTRY 150, HISTRY 165, HISTRY 190, HISTRY 326, HISTRY 367 (3 units)
- Geographical/Thematic Depth - Select at least 9 additional units from one of the following groups:
Units required: 9.00
A. European History
HISTRY 154, HISTRY 155, HISTRY 351, HISTRY 352, HISTRY 353, HISTRY 354, HISTRY 355, HISTRY 371, HISTRY 372, HISTRY 375, HISTRY 460 (3 units)
B. African, Asian, Latin American, or Middle Eastern History
HISTRY 130, HISTRY 131, HISTRY 340, HISTRY 342, HISTRY 343, HISTRY 346, HISTRY 347, HISTRY 432, HISTRY 433, HISTRY 434 (9 units)
C. U.S. History
HISTRY 102, HISTRY 125, HISTRY 141, HISTRY 300, HISTRY 301, HISTRY 304, HISTRY 305, HISTRY 306, HISTRY 307, HISTRY 311, HISTRY 313, HISTRY 314, HISTRY 316, HISTRY 317, HISTRY 324, HISTRY 362, HISTRY 390, HISTRY 394, HISTRY 403, HISTRY 415, HISTRY 425, CHICANO 310 (9 units)
D. Individually designed Thematic Concentration
(The following courses must be personalized into your Geographical/Thematic Breadth or Geographical/Thematic Depth category, with approval by a History department advisor.)
HISTRY 110, HISTRY 291, HISTRY 422, HISTRY 455, HISTRY 490, HISTRY 491, HISTRY 492, HISTRY 496, HISTRY 498 (9 units)
- Select additional History courses to bring total units to 36. (1 course)
Distributional Requirements
The courses chosen to complete the 36 units in the History major (above) must satisfy the following distribution requirements:
- Introductory level (100s-200s, excluding HISTRY 200) - Select at least 9 units (9 units)
- Upper level (300s-400s, excluding HISTORY 499) - Select at least 18 units (18 units)