History, B.A.: Sustainability and Modernization Concentration

History, B.A. Program (120 units)

Program Description

Students who pursue a degree in History come to understand the major issues facing the contemporary world through a historical lens, and understand how actions and actors of the past have created the political, social, and environmental circumstances faced by civilization today. Their studies afford them entree to the riches of the recorded past and understanding of the process of historical change. At the same time, a History major enables them to develop critical reading and writing skills that are valuable in life and crucial in any employment field they choose to enter.

Career Opportunities

Archivist • Attorney • Corporate Historian • Curator • Diplomat/Foreign Service Officer • Government Service • International Relations Specialist • Journalist • Legal Assistant • Librarian • Museum Worker • Professor • Politician • Public Administrator • Researcher • Teacher • Writer

Features

The B.A. degree major in History requires 51 semester units in History, 16 at the lower division and 35 at the upper division level.  A required applied history course (4 units) introduces majors to the practical application of historical method and research beyond the classroom. Concentration requirements (9 units) permit specialization in a particular area, while elective courses (6 units) provide additional breadth. Three one-unit history labs are required for all majors to deepen the skills learned in the required courses. Capstone courses in historiography and thesis research acquaint students with the theory and practice of historical study and provide opportunities for the student to engage in original historical research.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students graduating with a B.A. in History from Cal State East Bay will be able to:

1. assemble, organize, and interpret historical evidence, and achieve digital literacy in accessing and presenting historical materials;
2. demonstrate significant knowledge of major events and trends in their area of concentration;
3. write and speak clearly and persuasively about historical themes and topics, and solve historical problems by collaboratively with others;
4. conduct historical research in primary sources, provide original interpretation of sources, and accurately reference all sources, and construct historical arguments using original research;
5. identify differences and similarities among diverse peoples and cultures over time and develop an historical perspective on social responsibility and sustainability;
6. analyze the dynamics of applied history beyond the classroom.

Degree Requirements Unit-Outline

• A baccalaureate of arts degree requires a total of 120 units:
  • The major requirements consists of 51 units
  • General Education (GE) & Graduation Requirements (GR) consists of 57 units;
  • Free Electives may consist of 12 units (actual number of free elective units may depend on GE/GR units).

Note: It may be possible to double-count units within the graduation requirements or that a course may satisfy both a graduation requirement and a major requirement. Students should contact their program and AACE advisors for information.

History Major Requirements (51 units)

Sustainability and Modernization Concentration

The Sustainability and Modernization concentration is 9 units.  Students must choose three (3) courses from the following:

• HIST 323 - Global Environmental History Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: C4
• HIST 333 - Sustainability in the Ancient World Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: C4; Sustainability
• HIST 334 - Ancient Egyptian Civilization Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: C4
• HIST 337 - The Roman Republic Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: C4
• HIST 341 - The Birth of Europe Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: C4
• HIST 345 - Conflict and Expansion in Early Modern Europe Units: 3
• HIST 351 - Russia: Peter to the Present Units: 3
• HIST 365 - China: Origins to Mongol Conquest Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: D4
• HIST 366 - China: Ming Dynasty to Today Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: C4
• HIST 367 - Japan: Origins to Tokugawa Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: C4
• HIST 368 - Japan, Tokugawa to Today Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: C4
• HIST 369 - The Korean Peninsula Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: C4
• HIST 371 - North America: 1492-1850 Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: C4
• HIST 377 - The Birth of American Popular Culture Units: 3
• HIST 382 - California and the World Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: D4; US-3
• HIST 386 - Food and Justice in US History Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: C4
• HIST 388 - US and California Environmental History Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: C4
• HIST 392 - Migration and Modernization in 20th Century Mexico Units: 3
• HIST 277 - Science and Culture in the History of Medicine in the United States Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: C2; Writing II

Other Undergraduate Degree Requirements

In addition to major requirements, every student must also complete the University’s baccalaureate requirements for graduation, which are described in the Requirements, Exams & Testing  chapter of this catalog. 

Department Courses Listed by Course Type

History Courses

Department of History

Courses

Other Courses

• •  HIST 402 - Introduction to Public History Units:
• •  HIST 403 - Introduction to Digital Historical Methods Units:
• •  HIST 404 - Introduction to Teaching of History Units:
• •  HIST 101 - World History I Units:
• •  HIST 102 - World History II Units:
• •  HIST 110 - The United States to 1877 Units:
• •  HIST 111 - The United States Since 1877 Units: