History B.A./B.S.

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.
• With the approval of the department Chair, up to 8 credits of elective coursework in non-History courses, taken at PSU, may be applied to the History Major. Non-History elective credits may not be applied to the History Department's requirement of a minimum of 20 credits in History coursework at the 400-level or its regional distribution requirements.
• A minimum of 32 credits in history must be taken in residence at Portland State University.