As a discipline that documents and interprets continuity and change through time, California State University Channel Islands’ History Program prepares students to search into the human experience, as well as to communicate and analyze historical interpretations and ideas, verbally and in the written form. An emphasis of the program is to examine events from local and global perspectives. In this regard, a defining aspect of the History Program consist of a cutting-edge series of courses that emphasize the United States’ relationship with the Pacific Rim, encompassing the Americas, the Pacific Islands, and Asia.
In support of the University’s commitment to an interdisciplinary education, the History Program affords students the opportunity to integrate into their plan of study cross-listed history courses as well subjects outside the discipline to be utilized as part of their electives. Furthermore, the History Program promotes community-based applied research by placing student interns within public, private, and non-profit institutions as part of its degree requirement.
Students graduating with a B.A. in History would possess:
The History Program trains students in the art of inquiry and effective communication. Students with a B.A. degree in History will be prepared to continue their graduate and post-baccalaureate education. Many history students also find careers in law, education, journalism, government, public, private, or foreign services.
46-48 units required for the major
24-26 units of free electives in any discipline
48 units of General Education
120 Total Units for Graduation
(Except for the capstone category, all courses listed below are 3 units)
HIST 211 World Civilizations: Origins to 1500*
HIST 212 World Civilizations: Since 1500*
HIST 270 The United States to 1877†
HIST 271 The United States since 1877†
HIST 280 The Historian’s Craft*
Students should select at least three courses from the following list:
HIST 333 History of Southern California Chicana/o Art*
HIST 334 Narratives of Southern California*
HIST 335 American Ethnic Images in Novels and Film*
HIST 349 History of Business and Economics in North America*
HIST 350 Chicano History and Culture†
HIST 351 History of African Americans
HIST 369 California History and Culture
HIST 370 United States Colonial History
HIST 371 The Founding of the United States
HIST 372 United States Industrialism and Progressivism
HIST 373 American Labor History
HIST 374 United States since 1945
HIST 401 United States Immigration History, 1840-1945
HIST 402 Southern California Chicana/o History and Culture*
HIST 403 The American Intellectual Tradition
HIST 420 History of Mexico
HIST 421 Revolutionary Mexico, 1876-1930
HIST 470 People and Everyday Life in Early America
Students should select at least three courses from the following list:
HIST 310 History of the Mediterranean
HIST 319 European History, 1871-1945
HIST 320 European History 1945 to the Present
HIST 330 History of Science: Non-western Origins and the Western Revolutions*
HIST 340 History and Psychology of Nazi Germany*
HIST 342 Environmental History*
HIST 360 History of Colonial Latin America*
HIST 361 History of Modern Latin America*
HIST 365 Themes in World History*
HIST 366 Oceans of World History
HIST 380 History of Pacific Islands
HIST 391 Traditional China
HIST 392 Modern China
HIST 393 Contemporary China
HIST 394 Traditional Japan
HIST 395 Modern Japan
HIST 396 East Asia: Then and Now
HIST 436 Psychology and History of Asian Warrior Cultures*
HIST 442 African Diaspora*
HIST 451 History of Africa Since 1800*
HIST 452 History of Southern Africa Since 1600*
Students should select two courses from the following list:
HIST 330 History of Science: Non-western Origins and the Western Revolutions*
HIST 338 Theatre in History*
HIST 342 Environmental History*
HIST 365 Themes in World History*
HIST 366 Oceans of World History
HIST 412 Law and Society*
HIST 413 World Religions and Classical Philosophy*
HIST 414 Women in History
HIST 415 Society and Radicalism
HIST 490 Special Topics (3) can be taken to fulfill major requirements. Its category depends on the topic offered.
HIST 491 Historiography
HIST 492 Internship/Service Learning (1-3)
HIST 494 Independent Research (1-3)
HIST 497 Directed Studies (1-3)
HIST 499 Capstone (1-3)
HIST 272 Constitutional History of the United States†
HIST 275 History of United States to 1900† (for LS majors)
HIST 331 Narratives of the Working Class*
HIST 430 Tradition & Transformation: Literature, History & Cultural Change*
HIST 445 Chicano Child and Adolescent*
Affords non-majors the opportunity to investigate the historical complexities of societies and movements and their legacies in the present. Therefore the minor serves as a primer to the scholarly appreciation of the past.
Students must select three lower division History courses. They must select at least one course from each area listed below:
HIST 211 World Civilizations: Origins to 1500 (3)
HIST 212 World Civilizations: Since 1500 (3)
Or articulated transfer courses of African, Asian, Latin American or Western Civilization based on history advisor’s approval may be substituted
HIST 270 The United States to 1877 (3)
HIST 271 The United States since 1877 (3)
HIST 272 Constitutional History of the U.S. (3)
HIST 280 The Historian’s Craft (3)
Students must select any three courses from the program’s upper-division offerings.
*- Courses fulfilling the GE requirement
†- Courses fulfilling the Title V requirement
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