Bachelor of Arts in History – HIST Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) Roadmap

This is a sample pathway for students who transfer to San Francisco State University in the current Bulletin year with an AA-T in History. Twelve units in the major (from HIST 110, HIST 111, HIST 114, HIST 115, HIST 120, and HIST 121) and all lower-division GE requirements have been satisfied. Check with a major advisor about the most appropriate course sequence. Degree completion guaranteed in 60 units; see the Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) section for more information.

To Do at SF State:

Enough total units to reach 120 minimum for graduation; 30 units minimum at the upper-division level; to include the following:

University-Wide Requirements: 9–12 Units

  • American Institutions (0–3 units): US Government, California State and Local Government requirements if not taken before transfer. US History completed in ADT.
  • Upper-Division GE, Areas B, C, and D (9 units): Courses required for the major may double-count if approved for UD GE.
  • Students entering this major with the AA-T in History are not required to fulfill SF State Studies requirements.
  • Complementary Studies: Consult with a department advisor on how transfer units and SF State units can be applied to ensure degree completion within 60 units.

History Major: 27 Units  

  • Lower-Division Requirements (12 units): Completed in ADT.
  • Core (6 units): HIST 300GW, HIST 696.
  • Upper-Division Electives (21 units): Within upper-division studies, meet four Breadth requirements. See Note 2.

University Electives: 21 or More Units

Depends on course choices made at the community college, how transferred units are applied to the requirements above, and course choices at SF State. Some courses may meet more than one requirement, e.g., both in UD GE and the major.

Plan of Study Grid
First SemesterUnits
HIST 300GW Seminar in Historical Analysis - GWAR (Major Upper-Division Core) 3
Major Elective (21 units) - Take One 1 3
Major Elective: Breadth Requirement - A 2,3 3
U.S. and California Government 3
or University Elective if US/CA Government met before transfer
University Elective 3
 Units15
Second Semester
Major Elective (21 units) - Take One 1 3
Major Elective: Breadth Requirement - B 2,4 3
GE Area UD-B: Upper-Division Physical and/or Life Sciences 3
University Elective – Take Two 6
 Units15
Third Semester
Major Elective (21 units) - Take One 1 3
Major Elective: Breadth Requirement - C 2,5 3
GE Area UD-C: Upper-Division Arts and/or Humanities (Consider SF State Studies Course) 3
University Electives - Take Two 6
 Units15
Fourth Semester
HIST 696 Proseminar in History (Major Upper-Division Core) 3
Major Elective: Breadth Requirement - D 2,6 3
GE Area UD-D: Upper-Division Social Sciences 3
University Elective – Take Two 6
 Units15
 Total Units60
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Electives (21 units)

Students must take seven additional upper-division History courses outside of the core. The upper-division breadth requirements are completed within these elective units.

Three upper-division units (normally one course) outside the major (with a non-HIST prefix) may be counted upon advisement.

Students may take additional as electives if they choose.

A full list of elective options can be found in the degree requirements.

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Upper-Division Breadth Requirements

Students must complete the following four Breadth requirements within their upper-division course of study.  Courses used to satisfy one geographic requirement (B, C, or D)  may not be used to satisfy another geographic requirement. The course used to satisfy the relatively Early Period of History - Before 1750 requirement (A) may also satisfy one of the geographic requirements (B, C, and D).

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Breadth Requirement A: One upper-division course in Early Periods of History - Before 1750

HIST 307 Monsters & Monstrosity: Historicizing Fear (3 units) (UD-C, GP)

HIST 310 Ancient Near East: Cities and Empires in Ancient Mesopotamia (3 units)

HIST 319/CLAS 319 ( units)

HIST 320 Archaic and Classical Greece (3 units) (UD-C, GP)

HIST 321 Hellenistic Greece (3 units)

HIST 322 The Roman Republic (3 units)

HIST 323 Imperial Rome (3 units)

HIST 324/CLAR 324 ( units)

HIST 325 ( units)

HIST 326/MGS 510/CLAS 510 The Byzantine Empire (3 units)

HIST 327 The Medieval Mediterranean (3 units) (UD-C, ES, GP)

HIST 328 Pagans and Christians in a Changing Roman World (3 units)

HIST 329 Early Christian Church 313-787 (3 units)

HIST 330/HUM 403 Vikings, Caliphs, & Carolingians: Europe in the Early Middle Ages (3 units)

HIST 331/HUM 404 The High Middle Ages (3 units)

HIST 332/JS 332 Ancient and Medieval Jews Among Pagans, Christians, and Muslims (3 units)(UD-C, GP)

HIST 333 The Black Death (3 units)

HIST 334 The Renaissance (3 units)

HIST 336 ( units) (UD-D, GP)

HIST 337 ( units)

HIST 338 ( units) (GP, SJ)

HIST 340 Saints, Demons, and Popular Beliefs in Medieval Europe (3 units)

HIST 351/MGS 351 ( units)

HIST 357 Colonial Latin America (3 units)

HIST 359 ( units)

HIST 360 Ancient Chinese Civilization (3 units) (UD-D, GP)

HIST 361 Imperial China (3 units) (UD-D, GP)

HIST 365 ( units)

HIST 366/ANTH 609 Approaches to the African Past (3 units) (UD-D, GP)

HIST 367 ( units)

HIST 370/CLAS 582/HUM 582 Tales from Ancient India: Hinduism and Buddhism (3 units) (UD-C, GP)

HIST 371 ( units)

HIST 380 Islamic World I: 500-1500 (3 units) (UD-C, GP)

HIST 420 American Colonial History (3 units) (USH)

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Breadth Requirement B: One upper-division course that focuses primarily on U.S. history

HIST 302 ( units)

HIST 303 Introduction to Oral and Public History: The Bay Area (3 units)

HIST 404 A Cultural History of American Technology (3 units) (ES, SJ)

HIST 416/JS 548 The Jewish Sixties: A Journey Through The Social Protest Movements of the 1960s (3 units) (AERM, SJ)

HIST 418 Society and Politics in American History (3 units) (USH, AERM, SJ)

HIST 420 American Colonial History (3 units) (USH)

HIST 421/JS 421 Food Fights: The Politics of American Jewish Consumption from 1654 to the Present (3 units)

HIST 422 The American Revolution (3 units)

HIST 424 History of the United States: Civil War and Reconstruction (3 units)

HIST 426 History of the United States 1877-1916 (3 units)

HIST 427 History of the United States 1916-1945 (3 units)

HIST 428 U.S. History in the Civil Rights Era, 1945-1980 (3 units)

HIST 429 U.S. History: The Recent Past, 1980 to the Present (3 units)

HIST 441/JS 441/HUM 441 American Jews and Popular Culture (3 units) (AERM)

HIST 449/JS 449 American Jewish History (3 units) (UD-C, USH, AERM, SJ)

HIST 450 History of California (3 units) (CSLG, UD-D)

HIST 451/A U 303 Bay Area History and Society (3 units) (UD-D, AERM, SJ)

HIST 455 The Philippines and the United States (3 units) (UD-C, USH, AERM, GP, SJ)

HIST 460 The United States and the World Before 1913 (3 units)

HIST 461 The United States and the World after 1913 (3 units)

HIST 464 American Ethnic and Racial Relations to 1890 (3 units) (UD-C, AERM, GP, SJ)

HIST 465 American Ethnic and Racial Relations II: 1890-Present (3 units) (UD-C, USH, AERM, GP, SJ)

HIST 466/RRS 600 History of People of Color in the U.S. (3 units) (F, USH, AERM, SJ)

HIST 467 Women in the U.S. to 1890 (3 units) (UD-C, USH)

HIST 468 Women in the U.S.: 1890-Present (3 units) (UD-D, AERM, SJ)

HIST 469 American Childhoods: Past and Present (3 units) (UD-D)

HIST 470 The U.S. Constitution to 1896 (3 units) (UD-C, CSLG, USH, USG, AERM, SJ)

HIST 471 The U.S. Constitution Since 1896 (3 units) (UD-C, CSLG, USH, USG, AERM, SJ)

HIST 472 The Supreme Court and Social Change in U.S. History (3 units)

HIST 473/RRS 473/LABR 473 Slavery and Antislavery in the United States (3 units)

HIST 474/ECON 474/LABR 474 History of Labor in the United States (3 units)

HIST 475 History of Sexuality in the United States Before 1900 (3 units) (USH, SJ)

HIST 478 American Popular Culture History: Barnum to Reality TV (3 units) (UD-C, USH, AERM)

HIST 479 The History of Baseball (3 units) (UD-C)

HIST 480/HUM 480 Thought and Culture in America to 1880 (3 units)

HIST 481/HUM 481 Thought and Culture in America: 1880 to the Present (3 units)

HIST 482/RELS 482 Religion in America (3 units) (USH)

HIST 484 Disability and Culture in the U.S. (3 units) (UD-C, USH, SJ)

HIST 485 History of Sexuality in the United States Since 1900 (3 units) (USH, SJ)

HIST 489/USP 400 Dynamics of the American City (3 units) (UD-D, SJ)

HIST 490 Topics in American History (3 units)

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Breadth Requirement C: One upper-division course that focuses primarily on a region outside of the U.S. and that includes Europe (Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and/or the Middle East)

HIST 310 Ancient Near East: Cities and Empires in Ancient Mesopotamia (3 units)

HIST 311 Ancient Mediterranean World in Transition: c. 1600-700 BCE (3 units)

HIST 313 Comparative History of Love and Sexuality (3 units)

HIST 315/HUM 315 History of Science from the Scientific Revolution (3 units) (UD-C, ES, GP)

HIST 317/JS 317 The Holocaust and Genocide (3 units)

HIST 320 Archaic and Classical Greece (3 units) (UD-C, GP)

HIST 321 Hellenistic Greece (3 units)

HIST 322 The Roman Republic (3 units)

HIST 323 Imperial Rome (3 units)

HIST 324/CLAR 324 ( units)

HIST 325 ( units)

HIST 326/MGS 510/CLAS 510 The Byzantine Empire (3 units)

HIST 327 The Medieval Mediterranean (3 units) (UD-C, ES, GP)

HIST 328 Pagans and Christians in a Changing Roman World (3 units)

HIST 329 Early Christian Church 313-787 (3 units)

HIST 330/HUM 403 Vikings, Caliphs, & Carolingians: Europe in the Early Middle Ages (3 units)

HIST 331/HUM 404 The High Middle Ages (3 units)

HIST 332/JS 332 Ancient and Medieval Jews Among Pagans, Christians, and Muslims (3 unit)(UD-C, GP)

HIST 333 The Black Death (3 units)

HIST 334 The Renaissance (3 units)

HIST 335/JS 633 Jewish History II: 1650 to Present (3 units) (UD-C, GP)

HIST 336 ( units) (UD-D, GP)

HIST 337 ( units)

HIST 338 ( units) (GP, SJ)

HIST 339 Pirates and Piracy (3 units)

HIST 340 Saints, Demons, and Popular Beliefs in Medieval Europe (3 units)

HIST 342 French Revolution and Napoleon (3 units)

HIST 343 Soviet Russia, the West, and the Cold War (3 units)

HIST 344 Society, Culture, and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Europe (3 units)

HIST 345 The Era of Globalization 1968-2008 (3 units) (GP)

HIST 346/I R 346 Europe since 1914 (3 units)

HIST 347 Women in Modern Europe (3 units) (UD-C, GP, SJ)

HIST 348/HUM 348 Thought and Culture in Modern Europe (3 units)

HIST 349 Topics in European History (3 units)

HIST 350/MGS 350 Greece and the Balkans (3 units)

HIST 351/MGS 351 ( units)

HIST 352/MGS 352 ( units)

HIST 353 History of Mexico (3 units)

HIST 354 ( units)

HIST 355/WGS 355/LTNS 533 History of Women in Latin America (3 units)

HIST 356 ( units)

HIST 357 Colonial Latin America (3 units)

HIST 358/ANTH 501/LTNS 501 Latin America: The National Period (3 units)

HIST 359 ( units)

HIST 360 Ancient Chinese Civilization (3 units) (UD-D, GP)

HIST 361 Imperial China (3 units) (UD-D, GP)

HIST 362 History of Modern China (3 units)

HIST 363 Taiwan: History, Memory, and Imagination (3 units) (UD-C, ES, GP)

HIST 364 Sex and Gender in East Asia (3 units) (UD-D, GP, SJ)

HIST 365 ( units)

HIST 366/ANTH 609 Approaches to the African Past (3 units) (UD-D, GP)

HIST 367 ( units)

HIST 368 Modern Africa (3 units) (UD-D, GP)

HIST 369 Gender in African History (3 units) (UD-D, GP)

HIST 370/HUM 582/CLAS 582 Tales from Ancient India: Hinduism and Buddhism (3 units) (UD-C, GP)

HIST 371 ( units)

HIST 372 India and the British Empire (3 units) (UD-C, GP, SJ)

HIST 373 Contemporary India (3 units) (UD-D, GP, SJ)

HIST 374/HUM 586 Bollywood and Beyond: Indian History Through Film (3 units)

HIST 376 History of Southeast Asia (3 units) (UD-D, GP)

HIST 379 ( units)

HIST 380 Islamic World I: 500-1500 (3 units) (UD-C, GP)

HIST 381 Islamic World II: 1500 - Present (3 units)

HIST 382 History of Iran and Afghanistan 1500 - Present (3 units)

HIST 383 ( units)

HIST 385 The Russian Revolution (3 units)

HIST 390 Era of the World Wars 1918 to 1945 (3 units)

HIST 395 International History 1814-1918 (3 units) (UD-D, GP)

HIST 398 History of Modern European Imperialism (3 units) (UD-D, GP, SJ)

HIST 455 The Philippines and the United States (3 units) (UD-C, USH, AERM, GP, SJ)

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Breadth Requirement D: One upper-division course that focuses primarily on a region outside of the U.S. and Europe (Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and/or the Middle East)

HIST 310 Ancient Near East: Cities and Empires in Ancient Mesopotamia (3 units)

HIST 311 Ancient Mediterranean World in Transition: c. 1600-700 BCE (3 units)

HIST 353 History of Mexico (3 units)

HIST 354 ( units)

HIST 355/WGS 355/LTNS 533 History of Women in Latin America (3 units)

HIST 356 ( units)

HIST 357 Colonial Latin America (3 units)

HIST 358/ANTH 501/LTNS 501 Latin America: The National Period (3 units)

HIST 359 ( units)

HIST 360 Ancient Chinese Civilization (3 units) (UD-D, GP)

HIST 361 Imperial China (3 units) (UD-D, GP)

HIST 362 History of Modern China (3 units)

HIST 363 Taiwan: History, Memory, and Imagination (3 units) (UD-C, ES, GP)

HIST 364 Sex and Gender in East Asia (3 units) (UD-D, GP, SJ)

HIST 365 ( units)

HIST 366/ANTH 609 Approaches to the African Past (3 units) (UD-D, GP)

HIST 367 ( units)

HIST 368 Modern Africa (3 units) (UD-D, GP)

HIST 369 Gender in African History (3 units) (UD-D, GP)

HIST 370/HUM 582/CLAS 582 Tales from Ancient India: Hinduism and Buddhism (3 units) (UD-C, GP)

HIST 371 ( units)

HIST 372 India and the British Empire (3 units) (UD-C, GP, SJ)

HIST 373 Contemporary India (3 units) (UD-D, GP, SJ)

HIST 374/HUM 586 Bollywood and Beyond: Indian History Through Film (3 units)

HIST 376 History of Southeast Asia (3 units) (UD-D, GP)

HIST 380 Islamic World I: 500-1500 (3 units) (UD-C, GP)

HIST 381 Islamic World II: 1500 - Present (3 units)

HIST 382 History of Iran and Afghanistan 1500 - Present (3 units)

HIST 383 ( units)

HIST 395 International History 1814-1918 (3 units) (UD-D, GP)

HIST 455 The Philippines and the United States (3 units) (UD-C, USH, AERM, GP, SJ)