History, B.A. Program (120 units)
Program Description
The History BA degree at Cal State East Bay is a flexible, foundational liberal arts degree enabling graduates to move into a wide choice of careers. Our graduates possess exceptional skills in analysis, research, interpretation, and written and oral communication. Cal State East Bay History majors are also culturally sensitive, careful thinkers, who work successfully in collaboration with others and with a powerful sense of ethics, derived from historical study.
Our motto is: Learn the Past. Understand the Present. Shape the Future. At East Bay, you will join an active community of scholars dedicated to redefining the way history is imagined, investigated, and presented. As professors and students, we rely on each other to raise new questions, share unique perspectives, engage in rigorous analysis, and generate original histories. History major courses at Cal State East Bay are thematic, so that students can study the historical roots of urgent questions today, comparatively. We invite prospective students to review our themes at https://www.csueastbay.edu/history/.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Interpret historical sources ethically.
- Collaborate in achieving representative historical understandings.
- Demonstrate knowledge of diverse human experiences across time and place.
- Make the past accessible and relevant to the public.
- Employ valid research methods to answer historical questions.
- Analyze the historical roots of contemporary issues.
Program Roadmaps
These program roadmaps represent recommended pathways through the program. Please see an advisor to create a degree graduation plan that is customized to meet your needs.
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Career Opportunities
We believe the past is alive all around us. The ability to gather information about it, interpret it, and bring its relevance to bear on decision-making is central to many fields of work today. History faculty equip students with the knowledge, analytical ability, and practical skills they need to become active historians and professionals in a wide range of career settings.
According to the American Historical Association, the leading five areas of work for History majors are in education, management, law, administration, and sales. History majors are well prepared for careers in these specific areas:
Archivist | Attorney | Data analyst | Community engagement specialist | Consultant | Curator | Curriculum Developer | Diplomat/Foreign Service | Diversity officer/consultant | Editor | Educational Professional (i.e., school administrator or student support specialist and counselor) | Elected representative | Government or public service | Grant writer | Human resources manager | Journalist and media | Legal assistant or paralegal | Librarian or library science | Marketing and social media | Museum professional | Non-profit professional | Park ranger | Preservation specialist | Researcher | Teacher, K-12 | University or college professor | Website designer | Writer
Features
The B.A. major degree in History requires 51-56 semester units in History coursework, 16 at the lower division and 35 at the upper division level. A required applied history course (4 units) gives students practice in sharing their expertise with diverse public audiences. Thematic areas (minimum of 9 units) allow students to analyze the roots of contemporary issues, while elective courses (minimum of 6 units) permit additional specialization. Three one-unit Linked Labs for Success (3 units) provide opportunities to hone skills, identify resources for mentoring, and investigate career and advanced degree possibilities. Skills and capstone courses in historical interpretation offer guided research opportunities for students, who are encouraged to develop their own research topics and questions.
Degree Requirements Unit-Outline
- A baccalaureate of arts degree requires a total of 120 units:
- The major requirements consist of 51-56 units;
- General Education (GE) & Graduation Requirements (GR) consist of 52 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 graduation requirements. For example, a course may satisfy both a graduation requirement and a major requirement. Students should contact their advisor (or department chair) and College of Letters, Arts, and Social Science main advisors.
History Major Requirements (51-56 units)
Lower Division Requirements
Sixteen (16) units of foundation courses are required. Complete all of the following classes:
Upper Division Skills Courses
Twelve (12) units of skills courses are required. Complete all of the following classes:
Applied History
Four (4) units of an applied course is required. Select one of the following classes to complete:
Research Capstone Requirement
A research capstone experience for (4) units is required, ideally taken during the student’s graduation semester:
Thematic Areas
The following 9-12 units of thematic area upper division coursework are required.
Upper Division Electives
A minimum of six (6) additional upper division units in any of the three thematic areas is required. Students may choose two courses from any of the thematic areas: Migration and Globalization; Social Justice and Citizenships; or Sustainability and Modernization to fulfill this elective requirement, and may choose to specialize in one of the thematic areas.
Department Courses Listed by Course Type
Anthropology, Global Studies, and History Courses
Department of History and Global Cultures
Go to information for this department.
Anthropology
Anthropology: Applied Anthropology
Anthropology: Archaeology
Anthropology: Area Studies
Anthropology: Biological Anthropology
Anthropology: Methods
Anthropology: Linguistic Anthropology
Anthropology: Sociocultural Anthropology
Global Studies
History: Additional Courses
History: Applied
History: Lower Division
History: Graduate
History: Migration and Globalization
History: Social Justice and Citizenships
History: Sustainability and Modernization
History: Skills Courses
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