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College Core Requirements Prior to Fall 2025

All Majors

  • HSS099 Orientation Course
  • First Year Seminar course
  • FYC100
  • 32 total units

History Majors

  • Breadth Distribution
    • Behavioral, Social, and Cultural Perspectives
    • Belief Systems
    • Historical Perspectives will be satisfied in History Major courses
    • Literary, Visual, or Performing Arts (LVPA)
    • Natural Science (with Lab)
    • Quantitative Reasoning
    • Two additional courses, one of which will be satisfied within the history major, and the other of which must be Belief Systems, LVPA, Natural Science, or Quantitative Reasoning
  • Language
    • History Majors must take a language through the 103 level
  • Social Justice
    • Global (HIS210 will satisfy this requirement for history majors)
    • Gender and Sexuality
    • Race and Ethnicity

History Secondary Education Majors

  • Breadth Distribution
    • Behavioral, Social, and Cultural Perspectives (Secondary Education Majors will Satisfy this with POL110)
    • Belief Systems
    • Historical Perspectives will be satisfied in History Major courses
    • Literary, Visual, or Performing Arts (LVPA)
    • Natural Science (with Lab)
    • Quantitative Reasoning
    • Two additional courses, one of which will be satisfied within the history major, and the other of which must be Belief Systems, LVPA, Natural Science, or Quantitative Reasoning
  • Language
    • History Secondary Education Majors must take a language through the 103 level
  • Social Justice
    • Global (HIS210 will satisfy this requirement for history majors)
    • Gender and Sexuality
    • Race and Ethnicity (EFN299 will satisfy this requirement for history secondary education majors)

History Inclusive Education Majors

  • MAT 105: Structures and Algorithms for Education
  • BIO 104: Inquiries in the Life Sciences
  • HIS 198: Teaching American History
  • ECE 102: Multicultural Children’s Literature
  • IDS 401: Music, Movement, and Creative Arts in Early Childhood
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