History B.A./B.S.

Requirements

In addition to meeting the general University degree requirements, the major in history must meet the departmental requirements listed:

	Lower-division history electives ( 20 maximum)	20
Hst 300	The Historical Imagination	4
Hst 491	Reading Seminar	4
Hst 492	Research Seminar	4
Hst 495	Comparative World History	4
	Upper-division electives in history	32-44

Upper-division electives: Selected in consultation with major adviser; geographic, thematic, or period-based.

All courses are to be taken for differentiated grades and the history major must earn at least a C- in each course presented to meet major requirements.
Of the electives students apply to the history major requirements, at least two courses must examine a non-European and non-U.S. subject, and at least two courses must examine either Europe or the United States.
Students are required to take at least one Reading Seminar (491) and Research Seminar (492) sequence.
A minimum of 20 credits in history must be taken at the 400-level (including courses that count toward other major requirements, such as Hst 491, Hst 492 and Hst 495).
A maximum of 20 lower-division credits in history may be applied to the major requirements.
A minimum of 32 credits in history must be taken in residence at Portland State University.

Total Credit Hours: 60