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Studying history, politics, global studies, and sociology opens up the world in new ways. People who major in these fields are usually curious, interested in people, and want to make the world a better place.
Program Offered
History
Bachelor of Arts
Quick Facts
Level
Undergraduate
Location
La Sierra Campus
Duration
62 Units
Accreditation
WASC
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Description:
A major in History is recommended for students who wish to prepare for secondary teaching, graduate study preparatory to college teaching, or the study of law and for students who seek a broad background in the liberal arts.
| Choose 24 units of electives, including 16 upper division, in consultation with your advisor. |
History
minor
Quick Facts
Level
minor
Location
La Sierra Campus
Duration
28 Units
Accreditation
WASC
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Description:
A minor in History is recommended for students who are interested in learning about the rich history of the world and how we can learn from it for the future.
| Choose the remaining 12 units in consultation with advisor. |
Film Studies
minor
Quick Facts
Level
minor
Location
La Sierra Campus
Duration
28 Units
Accreditation
WASC
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Description:
A minor in gender studies is recommended for all who...
| ENGL466 | Topics in Film | 4 |
| HIST270A | History of World Cinema - Asia | 4 |
| HIST270B | History of World CInema - Europe | 4 |
| HIST430DD | Gender & Film | 4 |
| HIST431A | Border Conflicts in Popular Imagination | 4 |
| HIST430Z | Hollywood & American History | 4 |
Career Outlook
3% Job Market Growth
$72,890 Median Salary
The median annual wage for historians was $72,890 in May 2023. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $35,760, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $124,720.
In May 2023, the median annual wages for historians in the top industries in which they worked were as follows:
- Federal government, excluding postal service $109,050
- Professional, scientific, and technical services $81,230
- State government, excluding education and hospitals $65,910
- Local government, excluding education and hospitals $43,600
Program Stats
Our Alumni Work in these Occupations
- Lawyers12
- Higher Education Teachers5
- General and Operations Managers4
- C-Suite Executives4
- High School Teachers3
- Teacher3
- Teaching Assistants2
Our Alumni Work Here
- Adventist Health2
- Iehp2
- City of Walnut Creek1
- County of Orange1
- Donaldson & Callif LLP1
- Antelope Valley Union High School District (inc)1
- Pacific Legal Foundation1
Student Learning Outcomes
- Critical Analysis: Students will learn strategies in critical reading, thinking, and writing, demonstrating proficiency in areas that facilitate engagement with complex ideas and problems, the questioning of bias and/or assumption, the exploration of perspectives, and the acknowledgment of complexity.
- Oral Presentation Skills: students will transmit their own critical work verbally with clarity, accuracy, & conviction.
- Engagement with Diversity: students will become familiar with and sensitive to issues of diversity by engaging issues of race, ethnicity, class, and gender.
- Disciplinary Proficiency: students will develop disciplinary proficiency through required departmental academic assignments and projects.
- Research Methodology: students will demonstrate a grasp of disciplinary-based research methodologies – both quantitative and qualitative.
- Religious/Moral/Ethical Values: students will develop an awareness of and engagement with the important religious, moral, and ethical issues of the past and present.
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Partial information in this page was retrieved from Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Historians, at https://www.bls.gov/ooh/life-physical-and-social-science/historians.htm (visited April 17, 2024).
