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:
Courses
| | Lower-division history electives (20 maximum) | 20 |
| Hst 300 | Historical Imagination | 4 |
| Hst 490 | Comparative World History | 4 |
| Hst 491 | Reading Seminar | 4 |
| Hst 492 | Research Seminar | 4 |
| | Upper-division electives in history | 24-44 |
Upper-division electives: Selected in consultation with their adviser, these courses may be 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 upper-division 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 linked 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 490, Hst 491, and Hst 492).
- 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 Required Credits in History: 60