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Apr 09, 2026
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2026-2027 University Catalog Near-Final DRAFT
History, B.A.: 120 units
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Major Required: 45 units
Lower Division: 15 units - HST 1100 - The Study and Practice of History (3)
- HST 1101 - World Civilizations to 1500 (3) [GE 3B]
- HST 1102 - World Civilizations from 1500 (3) [GE 3B]
- HST 2201 - United States History to 1877 (3) [GE 4A] [AmInst-A]
- HST 2202 - United States History, 1877-Present (3) [GE 4A] [AmInst-A]
Upper Division: 12 units - HST 3300 - Theory and Practice of History (3)
- HST 3370 - History of California (3) [GE 3C]
- 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)
- HST 4620W - Senior Thesis in History (3)
HST Upper-Division Content Breadth: 18 units
- Select 6 units from each of the following categories for a total of 18 units. Some upper division history courses may count in any category. Area Studies: 6 units - 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) [GE 3C or 4C]
- 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) [GE 3C]
- HST 3315 - The Middle East from 1500 (3) [GE 4C]
- HST 3330 - History of North Africa (3)
- HST 3331 - Pre-Colonial Africa to 1885 (3)
- HST 3332 - Colonial and Post-Colonial Africa (3)
- HST 3333 - History of Health and Healing in Twentieth Century Africa (3)
- HST 3335 - Colonial Latin America (3)
- HST 3337 - Latin America since 1810 (3) [GE 4C]
- HST 3360 - History of Central Asia (3)
- 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 4438 - Latin America Since the Cuban Revolution (3)
- HST 4441 - Women in Asia (3)
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US History: 6 units - HST 3340 - History of American Institutions and Ideals, 1877-present (3) [GE 3C] [AmInst-A]
- 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) [GE 3C]
- 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) [GE 3C or 4C]
- HST 4407 - History of American Workers, 1877-Present (3) [GE 4C]
- HST 4408 - History of American Science and Technology (3) [GE 3C or 4C]
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European History: 6 units - 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) [GE 4C]
- 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) [GE 3C]
- HST 3356 - Russia–1861 to the Present (3)
- HST 4210 - History of the Scientific Revolution (3) [GE 4C]
- HST 4434 - Ancient Law (3)
- HST 4451 - The Holocaust (3)
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Select from List of Courses: 0-18 units
- Courses from the following list can count in any of the categories. - 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) [GE 3C or 4C]
- HST 4452 - History of Sport and Leisure (3)
- HST 4431 - Topics in World Civilization (3)
- HST 4433 - Nonviolence in the Modern World (3) [GE 3C or 4C]
- HST 4435 - Environmental History (3)
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- HST 4990 - Special Topics for Upper Division Students (1-3)
Unrestricted Electives: 44 units
Select a sufficient number of courses so that the total from Major Required, Unrestricted Electives, and Graduation Requirements is at least 120 units. Notes:
- 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 .
- All new majors see the Department Chair for advisement.
- Continuing Students should see their assigned faculty advisor one or more times per year.
- Students desiring to pursue graduate study should take at least one foreign language for Area 3B.
Graduation Requirements: 52 units
General Education: 43 units
Unless specific GE courses are required for the major, please refer to the list of approved courses in the General Education Program . American Institutions: 6 units
The CSU requires all students complete coursework in US History, US Government, and California and local government. For more information on satisfying this requirement, consult American Institutions Courses List . If students satisfy these requirements through GE or major coursework, unrestricted electives may increase. University Writing Requirement (UWR): 3 units
Students must complete 3 units of writing-intensive coursework with a grade of C or higher. Students are eligible to take their UWR when they have completed 60 semester units. Writing-intensive courses are marked with a “W” in the catalog and embedded in all majors. University Writing Requirement Courses List . Summer Sponsored Experience: 0 unit
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