Academic Catalog 2024-2025

History Minor

A History minor, consisting of 18 units, is available for those in other majors who nevertheless desire to learn some of the skills and content available to History majors. The requirements are:

Required Courses
HIS 1010World Civilizations I (GE)3
HIS 1011World Civilizations II (GE)3
Global Electives4
Choose one (1) course from the following:
Early Modern Europe
European Intellectual History
Russia to 1900
Twentieth-Century Russia and the Soviet Union
Islamic Civilization
Modern Middle East
Early East Asia
Modern Japan and Korea
Modern China Through Film
China in Revolution
Nineteenth-Century Europe
Twentieth-Century Europe
Europe and the World
U.S. Electives4
Choose one (1) course from the following:
Colonial and Revolutionary America
United States History, 1815-1914
California History
America in the 1960's
United States Since 1914
Asian-American History: 1800 to the Present
America in East Asia: 1800 to the Present
Gender and Law in the U.S.
San Diego Urban History
Additional Upper-Division Electives
Choose four (4) units from any of the courses listed above, below, or from an approved study abroad program:4
History of Surfing and Surf Culture
Wilderness in the American Mind
Two Years Before the Mast and the History of Coastal California
African Cultures and Histories
World War II Through Film
Internship in History 1
Topics in Women's History
Ancient and Medieval Christianity
Modern Christianity
The Ancient Historians
Special Studies in History
Total Units18
1

HIS 4060 may be completed for up to a total of four (4) units.