History, B.A.

Take the following courses with a grade of “C” or better:

• HIST 301 - Methodology of History (4 units)
• HIST 302 - Theory and History (4 units)

Take the following course:

• HIST 499 - Senior Seminar (4 units)

Take one history course

Students are also required to take one history course that fulfills the gender, race, and ethnicity requirement (from a list of approved courses available from the Undergraduate Advisor). This course can be double-counted towards fulfilment of the Field of Emphasis or towards the Breadth requirement. For example, HIST 406 (Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Asia) could be taken to fulfill either the Asian history field of emphasis or a breadth requirement if Asia is not one of the student’s fields of concentration.  

Option One:

two fields of nine units each.

Option Two:

three fields of six units each.

Concentration in Modern European history

History B.A. students with a field of concentration in Modern European history must take either

• HIST 330 - Early Modern Europe (3 units)

• or

• HIST 331 - History of Modern Europe, 1789 - Present (3 units)

Concentration in United States history

History B.A. students with a field of concentration in United States history must have, at the minimum, one course in U.S. history numbered 372-379 or 380A or 380B, and one course in U.S. history at the 400 level.

Core (40 units)

Take each of the following courses:

Diversity in History

Candidates must select three units from the following:

• HIST 309 - Men and Masculinity (3 units)
• HIST 319 - Women in the Ancient and Medieval West (3 units)
• HIST 338 - Modern European Women’s History (3 units)
• HIST 370 - Chicano History (3 units) (same as CHLS 300 )
• HIST 394 - Middle Eastern Women (3 units)
• HIST 406 - Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Asia (3 units)
• HIST 470 - American Jewish History (3 units)
• HIST 485A - History of Women in the U.S. Early Period (3 units)
• HIST 485B - History of Women in the U.S. Since 1850 (3 units)
• HIST 486 - History of Afro-Americans in the United States (3 units)
• HIST 490 - Selected Topics in History (1-3 units)

United States Studies

Candidates must select six units from the following:

• AFRS 332 - Civil Rights and the Law (3 units)
• AFRS 400 - African American Social Thought (3 units)
• AIS 335 - American Indian Philosophies (3 units)
• AIS 485 - American Indians and the Law (3 units)
• ASAM 335 - Asian and Latino Immigration Since World War II (3 units)
• ASAM 345 - Asian American Community Analysis (4 units)
• ASAM 346 - Asian Americans and the Law (3 units)
• ANTH 321 - North American Indians (3 units)
• ANTH 322 - California Indians (3 units)
• ANTH 329 - Cultural Diversity in California (3 units)
• AMST 310 - Foodways in Contemporary America (3 units)
• AMST 350 - California Culture (3 units)
• CHLS 300 - Chicano History (3 units) (same as HIST 370 )*
• CHLS 350 - The Latino Population in the United States (3 units)
• ECON 355 - Law and Economics (3 units)
• GEOG 304 - California (3 units)
• HIST 370 - Chicano History (3 units) (same as CHLS 300 )*
• HIST 371
• HIST 372 - United States: Colonial Period (3 units)
• HIST 373 - United States: Age of Revolution (3 units)
• HIST 375 - The United States Emerges as a Nation (3 units)
• HIST 376 - United States: Civil War and Reconstruction (3 units)
• HIST 378 - United States History: 1877-1920 (3 units)
• HIST 379 - United States: Twenties, Depression, and World War II (3 units)
• HIST 380A - The United States in the Liberal Era 1945-1968 (3 units)
• HIST 380B - The United States Since 1968 (3 units)
• HIST 407 - Japan and the United States in the 20th Century (3 units)
• HIST 451 - The United States in the World (3 units)
• HIST 471 - The American West (3 units)
• HIST 474 - The History and Culture of American Cities (3 units)
• HIST 477A - American Cultural History (3 units)
• HIST 477B - American Cultural History (3 units)
• HIST 478 - Foreign Relations of the U.S. (3 units)
• HIST 479 - U.S. Constitution: Origins and Early Development (3 units)
• HIST 482 - Recent American Environmental History (3 units)
• HIST 485A - History of Women in the U.S. Early Period (3 units) *
• HIST 485B - History of Women in the U.S. Since 1850 (3 units) *
• HIST 486 - History of Afro-Americans in the United States (3 units) *
• PHIL 451 - Liberty and Justice: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in American Law (3 units)
• POSC 308 - American Political Theory (3 units)
• POSC 311 - Constitutional Law: Power (3 units)
• POSC 312 - Constitutional Law: Rights (3 units)
• POSC 321 - The Media and American Politics (3 units)
• POSC 323 - Racial and Ethnic Politics - U.S. (3 units)
• POSC 326 - California Government in Comparative Perspective (3 units)
• POSC 412 - Law and Social Change (3 units)
• POSC 423 - The American Presidency (3 units)
• POSC 424 - The United States Congress (3 units)
• R/ST 302 - American Religious Diversity (3 units)
• R/ST 482
• SOC 420 - Social Stratification (3 units)
• SOC 427 - Social Order and Social Change (3 units)
• WGSS 308 - Gender, Sex, and the Law (3 units)
• WGSS 315 - Black Women in America (3 units)
• WGSS 318 - Fierce Struggle: U.S. Women of Color - History and Thought (3 units)
• WGSS 320 - Latina Women in the United States (3 units)

Global Studies

Candidates must select six units from the following:

• ANTH 307 - Modernization in Global Perspective (3 units)
• ANTH 323
• ANTH 332 - Chinese Culture and Society (3 units)
• ANTH 333
• ANTH 345
• ASAM 301
• CHLS 450 - 1492 and Beyond (3 units)
• ECON 366 - Introduction to Development Economics (3 units)
• ECON 372 - International Economics (3 units)
• GEOG 309 - The Middle East and North Africa (3 units)
• GEOG 313 - Southeast Asia (3 units)
• GEOG 314 - South Asia (3 units)
• GEOG 315 - East Asia (3 units)
• GEOG 316 - Europe (3 units)
• GEOG 318 - Russia and Its Neighbors (3 units)
• GEOG 321 - Geography of Latin America (3 units)
• HIST 304 - The Holocaust (3 units)
• HIST 332 - The Age of the Renaissance (3 units)
• HIST 334 - Early Modern France, 1589-1789 (3 units)
• HIST 336 - The French Revolution and Napoleon (3 units)
• HIST 337 - Europe in the Nineteenth Century (3 units)
• HIST 338 - Modern European Women’s History (3 units) *
• HIST 339 - Europe, 1890-1945 (3 units)
• HIST 340 - Europe Since 1945 (3 units)
• HIST 341A - Foundations of Russia (3 units)
• HIST 341B - Modern Russia (3 units)
• HIST 353 - Tudor and Stuart England (3 units)
• HIST 356 - Georgian and Victorian Britain (3 units)
• HIST 357 - Recent Britain (3 units)
• HIST 362 - Colonial Latin America (3 units)
• HIST 364 - Latin American Nations (3 units)
• HIST 382A - Imperial China (3 units)
• HIST 382B - Modern China (3 units)
• HIST 383A - Japan to 1850 (3 units)
• HIST 383B - Modern Japan (3 units)
• HIST 384 - Popular Culture and History in Contemporary Japan (3 units)
• HIST 385 - India and South Asia (3 units)
• HIST 386 - History of Modern Southeast Asia: Colonial Era to the Vietnam War (3 units)
• HIST 388 - Contemporary China (3 units)
• HIST 391 - The Making of Modern Africa, 1800-1939 (3 units)
• HIST 392 - Contemporary Africa, 1940-Present (3 units)
• HIST 394 - Middle Eastern Women (3 units) *
• HIST 400 - History of Western Scientific Thought (3 units)
• HIST 406 - Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Asia (3 units)
• HIST 407 - Japan and the United States in the 20th Century (3 units)
• HIST 418 - Central Asia and Afghanistan, Twentieth Century (3 units)
• HIST 432 - Change and Continuity in the Modern Middle East (3 units)
• HIST 440 - The Silk Roads (3 units)
• HIST 441 - Mediterranean World (3 units)
• HIST 443 - The Early Modern Atlantic World (3 units)
• HIST 462 - Mexico (3 units)
• HIST 463 - Power and Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean (3 units)
• HIST 488
• HIST 491 - Modern and Contemporary Africa (3 units)
• POSC 358 - Contemporary Latin American Politics (3 units)
• POSC 362 - Society and National Politics of China (3 units)
• POSC 367 - Governments and Politics of the Middle East (3 units)
• POSC 371 - Introduction to International Politics (3 units)
• R/ST 308 - Comparative Religious Ethics (3 units)
• R/ST 344 - Religions of Japan (3 units)
• R/ST 352 - Religions of India (3 units)
• R/ST 353 - Religions of Southeast Asia (3 units)
• R/ST 383 - Christianity and Global Ethics (3 units)

In addition

In addition to meeting the subject matter competence requirement for the Single Subject Teaching Credential in Social Science, prospective History/Social Science teachers  are also required to compete 45 units of professional preparation in the Single Subject Teaching Credential Program, including student teaching. Students may begin the professional preparation courses as early as the junior year. With careful planning, it is possible to complete all the credential program courses, except student teaching, as an undergraduate. Courses may also be completed as a post-baccalaureate student. Refer to the Single Subject Teacher Education section of this catalog or the Single Subject Credential Program website (www.ced.csulb.edu/singlesubject) for a description of the professional preparation requirements, courses, and application procedures. Prospective students should consult with the History/Social Science Education Credential Program Advisor in the History Department to plan their program.