History, B.A. - Pre-Credential Subplan/Option: 120 units

Major Required: 45 units

• Lower Division (15 units)

• HST 1100 - The Study and Practice of History (3)
• HST 1101 - World Civilizations to 1500 (3) (C2)
• HST 1102 - World Civilizations from 1500 (3) (C2)
• HST 2201 - United States History to 1877 (3) (D1)
• HST 2202 - United States History, 1877-Present (3) (D1)

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• Upper Division (30 units)**

• HST 3300 - Theory and Practice of History (3)
• HST 3370 - History of California (3) (C3)

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• HST 4494 - Digital Research Project in World History (3) or
• HST 4495 - Digital Research Project in European History (3) or
• HST 4496 - Digital Research Project in United States History (3) or
• HST 4497 - Digital Research Project in Applied History (3)

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• HST 4620 - Senior Thesis in History (3)

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• HST Upper-Division Content Breadth: Select 2 courses from each of the following categories:

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• Area Studies Emphasis: 6 units

  Select 6 units from the following list with consent of advisor.  Some upper division history courses may count in any emphasis. 

• HST 3301 - China to 1127 (3)
• HST 3302 - China 1127-1644 (3)
• HST 3303 - China 1644-1927 (3)
• HST 3305 - Ancient and Medieval India (3)
• HST 3306 - Modern India (3) (C3 or D4)
• HST 3307 - Modern South Asia (3)
• HST 3310 - Ancient Near East to 1200 BCE (3)
• HST 3311 - Ancient Egypt (3)
• HST 3312 - Ancient Near East 1200-323 BCE (3)
• HST 3313 - The Middle East from the Rise of Islam to 1500 (3) (C3)
• HST 3315 - The Middle East from 1500 (3) (D4)
• HST 3316 - History of Modern Iran (3)
• HST 3330 - History of North Africa (3)
• HST 3331 - Pre-Colonial Africa to 1885 (3)
• HST 3332 - Colonial and Post-Colonial Africa (3)
• HST 3335 - Colonial Latin America (3)
• HST 3337 - Latin America since 1810 (3) (D4)
• HST 3362 - Colonial Mexico (3)
• HST 3363 - Mexico since 1810 (3)
• HST 3365 - China 1927 to 2000 (3)
• HST 3368 - Japan to 1750 (3)
• HST 3369 - Japan since 1750 (3)
• HST 4437 - Mexican Revolution (3)
• HST 4438 - Latin America Since the Cuban Revolution (3)
• HST 4441 - Women in Asia (3)
• HST 4494 - Digital Research Project in World History (3)
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• US History Emphasis: 6 units

  Select 6 units from the following list with consent of advisor.  Some upper division history courses may count in any emphasis. 

• HST 3340 - History of American Institutions and Ideals, 1877-present (3) (C3)
• HST 3341 - Colonial America, 1492-1776 (3)
• HST 3342 - Founding America, 1776-1815 (3)
• HST 3343 - Jacksonian Democracy, 1815-1850 (3)
• HST 3344 - Slavery, Civil War and Reconstruction (3)
• HST 3345 - The United States, 1877-1945 (3)
• HST 3347 - United States since 1945 (3)
• HST 3371 - History of Southern California (3)
• HST 3372 - US/Mexico Borderlands and the American Southwest (3)
• HST 3373 - History and Hollywood (3) (C3)
• HST 3374 - The American West in History and Imagination (3)
• HST 4010 - American Biography and Autobiography (3)
• HST 4012 - Constitutional and Legal History of the U.S. (3)
• HST 4014 - Diplomatic History of the United States (3)
• HST 4015 - History of Education in America (3)
• HST 4016 - History of U.S. Capitalism (3)
• HST 4017 - American Foodways (3)
• HST 4401 - African American Experience (3)
• HST 4403 - History of Native Americans (3)
• HST 4405 - Becoming American: Migration, Immigration, and Citizenship in the United States (3)
• HST 4406 - History of Women, Gender, & Sexuality in the United States (3) (C3 or D4)
• HST 4407 - History of American Workers, 1877-Present (3) (D4)
• HST 4408 - History of American Science and Technology (3) (C3 or D4)
• HST 4496 - Digital Research Project in United States History (3)
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• European History Emphasis: 6 units

  Select 6 units from the following list with consent of advisor.  Some upper division history courses may count in any emphasis. 

• HST 3317 - Ancient Greece (3)
• HST 3319 - Ancient Rome (3)
• HST 3320 - Medieval Europe (3)
• HST 3322 - Europe 1450-1648: Renaissance and Reformation (3)
• HST 3323 - Europe 1648-1789: Enlightenment, Absolutism and Constitutionalism (3)
• HST 3324 - European Revolutions, 1789-1914 (3) (D4)
• HST 3326 - Europe in Crisis, 1900-1945 (3)
• HST 3327 - Postwar Europe, 1945-present (3)
• HST 3334 - Modern Spain (3)
• HST 3351 - Early Modern Britain, 1485-1688 (3)
• HST 3352 - History and Culture of the British Empire (3) (C3)
• HST 3355 - Russia to 1861 (3)
• HST 3356 - Russia–1861 to the Present (3)
• HST 4210 - History of the Scientific Revolution (3) (D4)
• HST 4434 - Ancient Law (3)
• HST 4450 - Culture and Thought in Imperial Russia (3)
• HST 4451 - The Holocaust (3)
• HST 4495 - Digital Research Project in European History (3)
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• Courses from the following list can count in any of the emphases:

• HST 3391 - Introduction to Public and Applied History (3)
• HST 3392 - Oral History in Theory and Practice (3)
• HST 3393S - Digital History and New Media Service Learning (3)
• HST 3399 - History of Modern Nation States (3)
• HST 4011 - History of Cities (3)
• HST 4200 - Islamic Science in World History (3)
• HST 4230 - Modern Science in World History (3)
• HST 4452 - History of Sport and Leisure (3)
• HST 4431 - Topics in World Civilization (3)
• HST 4433 - Nonviolence in the Modern World (3)
• HST 4435 - Environmental History (3)
• HST 4497 - Digital Research Project in Applied History (3)
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• HST 4990 - Special Topics for Upper Division Students (1-3)

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• Note(s):

  *Taking more than one of the following courses is allowed; after the first one they will count as a corresponding emphasis course, but each can only be taken once: HST 4494 , HST 4495 , HST 4496 , HST 4497 .

  **09/27/2024: Revised from 33 to 30 units; major required units remains at 45.

Subplan/Option Required: 39 units

• ANT 1020 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3)
• EC 2201 - Principles of Microeconomics (3)
• EC 2202 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3)

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• EC 4407 - History of Economic Thought (3) or
• EC 4408 - Money and Banking (3) or
• HST 4016 - History of U.S. Capitalism (3) *

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• ENG 2105 - Written Reasoning (3) (A3)
• GEO 1010 - Physical Geography (3) (B1)
• GEO 1020 - Human Geography (3)
• GEO 3510 - Geography of California (3) (B5 or D4)
• HST 4463 - Assessment Seminar and Field Training for Potential Teachers (3)
• PHL 2200 - Religions of the World (3) (C2)
• PLS 2020 - Introduction to Comparative Government (3)
• PLS 4811 - California Government (3) (D4)
• PSY 2201 - Introduction to Psychology (3) (E)

Note(s):

*Course is listed as Major Required and Subplan/Option Required; course fulfills one requirement only and cannot be double-counted.

Unrestricted Electives: 0-15 units

Select a sufficient number of courses so that the total from “Major Required”, “Subplan/Option Required”, ”GE”, and “Unrestricted Electives is at least 120 units.

General Education Requirements: 48 units

Students should view their Degree Progress Report (DPR) for information regarding their General Education requirements. Unless specific GE courses are required for their major, please refer to the list of approved courses in the General Education Program in the University Catalog, https://catalog.cpp.edu. When viewing the catalog, students should select the catalog year associated with the GE requirements listed in their Degree Progress Report.

American Institutions: 6 units

Courses that satisfy this requirement may also satisfy GE Areas D1 and D2.

Graduation Writing Test

The Graduation Writing Test (GWT) is suspended until Fall 2025. Students entering Cal Poly Pomona before Fall 2025 are not required to take the Graduation Writing Test.

Summer Sponsored Experience: 0 unit

• CPU 3003 - Cal Poly Pomona Undergraduate Summer Experience (0)