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College of the Pacific

Bachelor of Arts in History

I. General Education Requirements
Minimum 42 units and 12 courses, including:

  • PACS 001  Pacific Seminar I: What is a Good Society?
  • PACS 002  Pacific II Topical Seminar
  • PACS 003  Pacific Seminar III: The Ethics of Family, Work, and Citizenship

Note: 1) Pacific Seminars cannot be taken for Pass/No Credit. 2) Transfer students with 16 or more transfer units complete 2 additional General Education elective courses from below in place of taking PACS 001 and 002.

One course from each subdivision below:

  • The Individual and Society
    • IA. Individual and Interpersonal Behavior
    • IB. U.S. Studies
    • IC. Global Studies
  • Human Heritage
    • IIA. Literature, Letters and Language
    • IIB. Fundamental Human Concerns
    • IIC. Practice and Perspective in the Visual and Performing Arts
  • Natural World and Formal Systems of Thought
    • IIIA. Life and Physical Laboratory Sciences
    • IIIB. Formal Systems of Thought
    • IIIC. Science, Technology, and Society
      or  a second Life and Physical Laboratory Science


Note: 1) A complete list of the courses that satisfy the subdivisions above can be found in the front General Education section of this catalog and the online course search. 2) No more than two courses from a discipline may be applied to meet the requirements of the general education program.
 
II.   College of the Pacific BA Requirement
a.  One year of college instruction or equivalent training in a language other than English.
Note: 1) Transfer students with sophomore standing are exempt from this requirement.

III.  Fundamental Skills
Demonstrate competence in:

  1. Reading
  2. Writing
  3. Quantitative analysis


Note: 1) A detailed description of how you can satisfy the fundamental skills above can be found in the front General Education section of this catalog.

IV.  Breadth Requirement
Complete 64 units outside the primary discipline of the first major, regardless of the department who offers the course(s) in that discipline (Including general education courses, transfer courses, CPCE/EXTN units, internships, etc.)
 
V. Major Requirements

Minimum 42 units and 11 courses, including:

  • Two foundation courses in sequence chosen from one of the following groups:
    • HIST 010 Western Civilization I & HIST 011 Western Civilization II
    • HIST 020 United States History I & HIST 021 United States History II
    • HIST 030 East Asian Civilization I & HIST 031 East Asian Civilization II
    • HIST 040 Latin American Civilization I & HIST 041 Latin American Civilization II


Note: 1) Majors are required to complete the foundation requirement, in sequence, in their freshman year or within a year of transfer or declaration of major if comparable courses have not been taken at another institution.

  • One of the following global courses:
    • HIST 050 World History I
    • HIST 051 World History II
    • HIST 052 John Muir's World: Origins of the Conservation Movement
    • HIST 060 A History of Medicine
    • HIST 061 A Global History of Food
    • HIST 062 History of Warfare
    • HIST 063 History of Science and Technology
    • HIST 065 Women and War
  • One of the following pre-modern Europe or classics courses:
    • HIST 100 Renaissance and Reformation
    • HIST 101 Tudor and Stuart England
    • HIST 102 The Spanish Empire
    • HIST 105 Ancient Greece
    • HIST 106 Ancient Rome
  • One of the following 20th century Europe courses: 4
    • HIST 111 Europe in Turmoil 1900-1945
    • HIST 112 History of the Holocaust
    • HIST 113 Europe Since 1945
    • HIST 114 Modern Germany
  • One of the following Early North America courses:
    • HIST 120 Native American History
    • HIST 121 Colonial America
    • HIST 122 Revolution and the New Nation
    • HIST 123 Civil War Era
    • HIST 124 History of the American West
  • One of the following United States courses:
    • HIST 130 History of California
    • HIST 132 American Immigration
    • HIST 133 Women in United States History
    • HIST 134 African-American History
    • HIST 135 Women in Time and Place
    • HIST 136 American Environmental History
  • One of the following Asia courses:
    • HIST 140 Southeast Asia and the West
    • HIST 141 Pre-Modern China to 1840
    • HIST 142 Modern Chinese History
    • HIST 143 Modernization of Japan
  • One of the following Latin America courses:
    • HIST 150 Women in Latin America
    • HIST 151 History of Mexico
    • HIST 040 Latin American Civilization I
    • HIST 041 Latin American Civilization II
  • When sophomores, students must take: HIST 070 Historical Imagination
  • When seniors, students must take: HIST 160 The Capstone (Pacific History Seminar)


Note: 1) Special Topic and Independent Study courses may satisfy category requirements
with departmental approval.