Bachelor of Arts in History Roadmap
120 Total Units Required
Minimum Number of Units in the Major: 39
This roadmap is a suggested plan of study and does not replace meeting with an advisor. Please note that students may need to adjust the actual sequence of courses based on course availability. Please consult an advisor in your major program for further guidance.
| First Semester | Units | |
|---|---|---|
| ENG 114 | Writing the First Year: Finding Your Voice (A2) 1 | 3 |
| Select One (Major Lower-Division Core): | 3 | |
| World History to 1500 (D1, GP) | ||
| World History Since 1500 (D1, GP) | ||
| History of the U.S. through Reconstruction (D2, USH, AERM) | ||
| History of the U.S. since Reconstruction (D2, USH, AERM, SJ) | ||
| GE Area A 2 | 3 | |
| GE Area B: Quantitative Reasoning (B4) 3 | 3 | |
| Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective 4 | 3 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| Select One (Major Lower-Division Core): | 3 | |
| World History to 1500 (D1, GP) | ||
| World History Since 1500 (D1, GP) | ||
| History of the U.S. through Reconstruction (D2, USH, AERM) | ||
| History of the U.S. since Reconstruction (D2, USH, AERM, SJ) | ||
| GE Area A | 3 | |
| GE Area C | 3 | |
| GE Area E | 3 | |
| Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective 4 | 3 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Third Semester | ||
| Select One (Major Lower-Division Core): | 3 | |
| World History to 1500 (D1, GP) | ||
| World History Since 1500 (D1, GP) | ||
| History of the U.S. through Reconstruction (D2, USH, AERM) | ||
| History of the U.S. since Reconstruction (D2, USH, AERM, SJ) | ||
| GE Area B: Physical Science (B1) and Laboratory Science (B3) 5 | 3-4 | |
| GE Area C | 3 | |
| Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Two 4 | 6 | |
| Units | 15-16 | |
| Fourth Semester | ||
| Lower-Division Core Option - Select One 6 | 3 | |
| GE Area B: Life Science (B2) and Laboratory Science (B3) 5 | 3-4 | |
| GE Area C | 3 | |
| Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective – Take Two 4 | 6 | |
| Units | 15-16 | |
| Fifth Semester | ||
| HIST 300GW | Seminar in Historical Analysis - GWAR (Major Upper-Division Core) | 3 |
| Major Elective - Breadth Requirement - Take Two 7,8 | 6 | |
| GE Area UD-D: Upper-Division Social Sciences (Consider SF State Studies Course) | 3 | |
| Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective 4 | 3 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Sixth Semester | ||
| Major Elective - Breadth Requirement - Take Two 7,8 | 6 | |
| GE Area F ± | 3 | |
| GE Area UD-C: Upper-Division Arts and/or Humanities (Consider SF State Studies Course) | 3 | |
| U.S. and California Government | 3 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Seventh Semester | ||
| Major Elective (21 units) – Take Two 7 | 6 | |
| GE Area UD-B: Upper-Division Physical and/or Life Sciences (Consider SF State Studies Course) | 3 | |
| Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Two 4 | 6 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Eighth Semester | ||
| HIST 696 | Proseminar in History (Major Upper-Division Core) | 3 |
| Major Elective (21 units) – Take One 7 | 3 | |
| Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Three 4 | 9 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Total Units | 120-122 | |
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ENG 114 can only be taken if you complete Directed Self-Placement (DSP) and select ENG 114 if you choose ENG 104/ENG 105 through DSP you will satisfy A2 upon successful completion of ENG 105 in the second semester; multilingual students may be advised into alternative English courses.
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To avoid taking additional units, it is recommended that you meet the SF State Studies (AERM, GP, ES, SJ) requirements within your GE or major.
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To determine the best B4 course option, students should complete the online advising activity at mathadvising.sfsu.edu. Questions? Contact Gator Smart Start.
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Complementary Studies
All candidates for the Bachelor of Arts in History are required to complete 12 units of Complementary Studies. These are courses with a prefix other than HIST and not cross-listed with HIST that support the study of History. These units can be earned in residence at San Francisco State, in a Study Abroad Program, or transferred.
- Up to all 12 units may be in a Foreign Language or through Study Abroad at either the lower- or upper-division;
- For units that are not in a Foreign Language or through Study Abroad, up to 3 units may be lower-division and the remainder must be upper-division;
- Within an established minor, students can satisfy Complementary Studies by completing 12 units from a single minor. If students earn their Complementary Studies as part of an established minor, a maximum of 6 units may be lower-division.
Students who have earned AA–T or AS–T degrees and are pursuing a similar B.A. degree at SF State are required to fulfill the Complementary Studies requirement as defined by the major department. Students should consult with a major advisor about how transfer units and/or SF State units can best be applied to this requirement in order to ensure degree completion within 60 units.
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Consider taking a class with a combined laboratory or a separate lab to fulfill B3 if not already satisfied.
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Lower-Division Core Option:
Select one course not already taken:
HIST 101 Critical Thinking in History (3 units) (A3, SJ)
HIST 102 Introduction to Oral History (3 units)
HIST 103 The History of Me (3 units) (E, SJ)
HIST 110 History of Western Civilization I (3 units) (C2, GP)
HIST 111 History of Western Civilization II (3 units) (C2, GP)
HIST 112/I R 112/LCA 112/MATH 112/PHIL 112/PLSI 112 Quantitative Reasoning for Civic Engagement (3 units) (B4, SJ)
HIST 114 World History to 1500 (3 units) (D1, GP)
HIST 115 World History Since 1500 (3 units) (D1, GP)
HIST 120 History of the U.S. through Reconstruction (3 units) (D2, USH, AERM)
HIST 121 History of the U.S. since Reconstruction (3 units) (D2, USH, AERM, SJ)
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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 courses 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).
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 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 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 340 Saints, Demons, and Popular Beliefs in Medieval Europe (3 units)HIST 357 Race and Power in Colonial Latin America (3 units)
HIST 360 Ancient Chinese Civilization (3 units) (UD-D, GP)
HIST 361 Imperial China (3 units) (UD-D, GP)
HIST 366/ANTH 609 Approaches to the African Past (3 units) (UD-D, GP)
HIST 370/CLAS 582/HUM 582 Tales from Ancient India: Hinduism and Buddhism (3 units) (UD-C, GP)
HIST 380 Islamic World I: 500-1500 (3 units) (UD-C, GP)
HIST 420 American Colonial History (3 units) (USH)
Breadth Requirement B: One upper-division course that focuses primarily on U.S. history
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)
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) (UD-C, AERM, SJ, USH)
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 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)
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)
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)
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 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 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 353 History of Mexico (3 units)
HIST 355/WGS 355/LTNS 533 History of Women in Latin America (3 units)
HIST 357 Race and Power in Colonial Latin America (3 units)
HIST 358/ANTH 501/LTNS 501 Latin America: The National Period (3 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 366/ANTH 609 Approaches to the African Past (3 units) (UD-D, GP)
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 372 India and the British Empire (3 units) (UD-C, GP)
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 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)
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 355/WGS 355/LTNS 533 History of Women in Latin America (3 units)
HIST 357 Race and Power in Colonial Latin America (3 units)
HIST 358/ANTH 501/LTNS 501 Latin America: The National Period (3 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 366/ANTH 609 Approaches to the African Past (3 units) (UD-D, GP)
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 372 India and the British Empire (3 units) (UD-C, GP)
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 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)
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Given catalog rights, fall 2023 transfer students do not need to complete an Area F course.