Double Major / Degree

A B.A. in History is a perfect pairing with many other majors and degree programs. Check out the options below for details on shared course work with other majors.

History and Africana Studies

  • You may use up to 9 units of courses that are cross-listed in both History and Africana Studies to count for both majors, including the following:
  • HIST/AFAS 208: History of Africa
  • HIST/AFAS 209: African American History (1440-1877)
  • HIST/AFAS 210: African American History (1865-Present)
  • HIST/AFAS 224: Models of Resistance, Post 16th Cent. African Liberation Movements in Southeast
  • HIST/AFAS/GWS 306: African-American Autobiographies: Women and Their Histories
  • HIST/AFAS 308: The African Slave Trades
  • HIST/AFAS 347: The Old South
  • HIST/AFAS 348: The South Since the Civil War
  • HIST/AFAS/LAS 351: Race and Class in Latin America
  • HIST/AFAS/LAS 352: Slavery in Latin America
  • HIST/AFAS 436: Civil War and Reconstruction, U.S. 1861-1878
  • HIST/AFAS 441: The History of African American Women from Slavery to Freedom
  • HIST/AFAS 475: USA & South Africa: Comparative Historical & Political Perspectives
  • HIST/AFAS 495B: Studies in Black America

History and Anthropology

You may use up to 9 units of courses that are cross-listed in both History and Anthropology to count for both majors, including the following:

  • HIST/ANTH/CHS/CLAS/HPS/RELI 313: Health and Medicine in Classical Antiquity
  • HIST/ANTH/JUS/MENA/POL/RELI 389: Middle Eastern Ethnic and Religious Minorities
  • HIST/ANTH/MENA/POL/RELI 408A: Islamic Movements in the Contemporary Muslim World
  • HIST/ANTH/MENA/POL 417A: North African Societies: History, Culture & Politics
  • HIST/ANTH/MENA 459A: Turkey: Culture, Power and History

History and Classics

You may use up to 12 units of courses that are cross-listed in both History and Classics to count for both majors, including the following:

  • HIST/CLAS 204: Ancient History: Greek History
  • HIST/CLAS 205: Ancient History: Roman History
  • HIST/CLAS 303: Crime and Punishment in the Ancient World
  • HIST/CLAS/ANTH/CHS/HPS/RELI 313: Health and Medicine in Classical Antiquity
  • HIST/CLAS 403A: History of Greece: Democracy, War, and Empire in the 5th Century BCE
  • HIST/CLAS 403B: History of the Hellenistic World
  • HIST/CLAS 403C: Social & Cultural History of Classical Greece
  • HIST/CLAS 404A: History of Rome: The Republic to the Death of Caesar
  • HIST/CLAS 404B: History of Rome: The Empire through the Reign of Constantine the Great
  • HIST/CLAS/GWS 404C: Cleopatra: Power, Passion, Propaganda
  • HIST/CLAS/MENA 488: Priests, Prostitutes, and Conquerors: Modern Fantasy and the Ancient Near East

History and East Asian Studies

You may use up to 12 units of courses that are cross-listed in both History and East Asian Studies to count for both majors, including the following:

  • HIST/EAS 270: Modern East Asia
  • HIST/JPN 272: Japanese Civilizations
  • HIST/CHN 276: History of China
  • HIST/JPN 362A: The Culture of Food and Health in Japan
  • HIST/JPN 362B: The Samurai in War and Peace, History and Memory
  • HIST/EAS 376: Communist China: History and Narrative
  • HIST/CHN 376A: Contemporary China in Historical Perspective
  • HIST/EAS 451: The United States and East Asia: 1840 to the Present
  • HIST/EAS/GEOG 460: The Environmental History of East Asia
  • HIST/JPN 462B: The History and Culture of Edo Japan (1600-1868)
  • HIST/JPN 463B: The History of Modern Japan, Meiji to the Present
  • HIST/CHN 476: Modern China
  • HIST/CHN/GEOG 476U: The Chinese City: Comparative Perspectives
  • HIST/CHN 481: The Life and Times of Mao Zedong
  • HIST/CHN 482: Social History of China

History and Environmental Studies

You may use up to 12 units of courses that are listed in both majors to count for both of them, including the following:

  • HIST 247: Nature and Technology in U.S. History
  • HIST 355: U.S. Environmental History
  • HIST 356: Global Environmental History
  • HIST 358: Natural History of Disasters
  • HIST 428: Food, Health, and Environment in History
  • HIST/MENA 443: Environmental History of the Middle East
  • HIST/GEOG/EAS 460: The Environmental History of East Asia

History and Food Studies

You may use up to 9 units of courses that are listed in both majors to count for both of them, including the following:

  • HIST 301: Introduction to the Study of History
  • HIST 328: Cuisine, Culture, and Power
  • HIST 405C: Food in the Global Middle Ages
  • HIST 428: Food, Health, and Environment in History

History and French

You may use up to 12 units of courses that are cross-listed in both History and French to count for both majors, but as of now the only courses available (6 units) are the following:

  • HIST/FREN 325: History of France: Development of the Modern French State, 1815-Present
  • HIST 420: The French Revolution and Napoleon (not cross listed but listed as counting for French major)

History and Gender and Women’s Studies

You may use up to 9 units of courses that are cross-listed in both History and Gender and Women’s Studies (GWS) to count for both majors, including the following:

  • HIST/GWS 202: History of Modern Sexualities
  • HIST/GWS 252: Women’s Work: Paid & Unpaid, Past & Present
  • HIST/GWS 253: History of Women in the United States: Colonial America to 1890
  • HIST/GWS 254: History of Women in the United States: 1890 to Present
  • HIST/GWS/AFAS 306: African-American Autobiographies: Women and Their Histories
  • HIST/GWS/POL 386: Race/Gender: Genealogies, Formations, Politics
  • HIST/GWS 404C: Cleopatra: Power, Passion, Propaganda
  • HIST/GWS 411: Human Sexuality in World History
  • HIST/GWS/MENA/RELI 445: Women in Islamic History
  • HIST/GWS 453: Women and Work
  • HIST/GWS 455: History of Women in Europe
  • HIST/GWS 457A: Manhood and Masculinity in the United States
  • HIST/GWS 458: Topics in Comparative Women’s History
  • HIST/GWS/LAS 469: Gender and Sexuality in Latin American History
  • HIST/GWS/MENA 496C: The Literature of Identity in the Modern Middle East
  • HIST/GWS/ENGL 496P: Women’s Life Writing: Autobiography, Diary, Oral History …
  • HIST/GWS 496T: Queer—Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender—Histories of North America

History and Geography (or Urban and Regional Development)

You may use up to 9 units of courses that are cross-listed in both History and Geography to count for both majors, including the following:

  • HIST/GEOG 378: Global Human Rights
  • HIST/GEOG/EAS 460: The Environmental History of East Asia
  • HIST/GEOG/CHN 476U: The Chinese City: Comparative Perspectives

History and Global Studies

You may use up to 12 units of courses that are cross-listed in both History and Global Studies to count for both majors, including the following:

  • HIST 301: Introduction to the Study of History
  • HIST/AFAS 308: The African Slave Trades
  • HIST 311: History of Epidemics
  • HIST 314B: Europe Since 1945
  • HIST 332: Vietnam and the Cold War
  • HIST/AFAS/LAS 351: Race and Class in Latin America
  • HIST/LAS/MAS 361: The U.S.-Mexico Border Region
  • HIST/LAS/MAS 369: Mexico Since Its Independence
  • HIST/LAS 373: Politics of Health and Medicine in the Americas: From Historical Roots…
  • HIST/JUS/RELI 374: The Holocaust
  • HIST/JUS/MENA/POL 377: Modern Israel
  • HIST/GEOG 378: Global Human Rights
  • HIST/MENA 380: The Middle East and North Africa since the “Arab Spring”
  • HIST/MENA/POL 385: Introduction to Political Islam
  • HIST/JUS/MENA/POL/RELI 389: Middle Eastern Ethnic and Religious Minorities
  • HIST/CLAS/GWS 404C: Cleopatra: Power, Passion, Propaganda
  • HIST/ANTH/MENA/POL 417A: North African Societies: History, Culture & Politics
  • HIST 425: History of the Soviet Union
  • HIST 428: Food, Health, and Environment in History
  • HIST/MENA/RELI 444: Islamic Mysticism
  • HIST/MENA 473: History of Modern India and Pakistan, 1750-Present

History and Judaic Studies

You may use up to 9 units of courses that are cross-listed in both History and Judaic Studies to count for both majors, including the following:

  • HIST/JUS/RELI 329: Jewish—Christian Relations
  • HIST/JUS/RELI 370A: History of the Jews: Modern Jewish History
  • HIST/JUS/RELI 370B: History of the Jews: Cultural Loss and Resilience from the Middle…
  • HIST/JUS/RELI/MENA 372A: History and Religion of Israel in Ancient Times – The Biblical…
  • HIST/JUS/RELI/MENA 372B: History & Religion of Israel in Ancient Times: Ezra-Nehemiah...
  • HIST/JUS/RELI 374: The Holocaust
  • HIST/JUS/MENA/POL 377: Modern Israel
  • HIST/JUS/RELI 377: The History of Anti-Semitism
  • HIST/JUS/ANTH/MENA/POL/RELI 389: Middle Eastern Ethnic and Religious Minorities
  • HIST/JUS/MENA/POL 418: Historiography: The Annals of the Arab Israel Conflict
  • HIST/JUS/RELI 426: The History of Heaven
  • HIST/JUS/RELI 454: The Spanish Inquisition

History and Latin American Studies

You may use up to 12 units of courses that are cross-listed in both History and Latin American Studies (LAS) to count for both majors, including the following:
 
  • HIST/LAS 206: Introduction to Central American Studies: History, Culture, and Languages
  • HIST/LAS 269: Latin American Cultural History
  • HIST/LAS 309: Banned! Histories of Censorship in the Americas
  • HIST/LAS/AFAS 351: Race and Class in Latin America
  • HIST/LAS/AFAS 352: Slavery in Latin America
  • HIST/LAS/MAS 361: The U.S.-Mexico Border Region
  • HIST/LAS/MAS 368: Colonial Mexico
  • HIST/LAS/MAS 369: Mexico Since Its Independence
  • HIST/LAS 373: Politics of Health and Medicine in the Americas: From Historical Roots to…
  • HIST/LAS 400A: Colony to Nation in the 21st Century: Politics and Culture in Chilean History
  • HIST/LAS 442: Natural Resources and the Law in the Spanish Borderlands of North America
  • HIST/LAS 464: History of Argentina
  • HIST/LAS 465Z: History of Central America
  • HIST/LAS 467: Twentieth-century Latin America
  • HIST/LAS/GWS 469: Gender and Sexuality in Latin American History
  • HIST/LAS/POL 477: Comparative History of World Revolutions
  • HIST/LAS 495G: Topics in Latin American History

History and Law

The School of Government and Public Policy (SGPP) allows students who declare the double major in History and Law to take HIST 301 and HIST 498 in place of two POL Intro classes and awards six units of Law elective course credit for any two of the following HIST courses:

  • HIST/CLAS 303: Crime and Punishment in the Ancient World
  • HIST 335: Western America: Law and Order, 1785-1915
  • HIST/SOC/PA 349: History of Crime in America, 1607-Present
  • HIST/LAS 442: Natural Resources and the Law in the Spanish Borderlands of North America
  • HIST 474: History of Human Rights, Citizenship, and Refugee Law

History and Mexican American Studies

You may use up to 12 units of courses that are cross-listed in both History and Mexican American Studies (MAS) to count for both majors, including the following:

  • HIST/MAS 343: History of the Mexican American
  • HIST/MAS/LAS 361: The U.S.-Mexico Border Region
  • HIST/MAS/LAS 368: Colonial Mexico
  • HIST/MAS/LAS 369: Mexico Since Its Independence

History and Middle Eastern and North African Studies

You may use up to 12 units of courses that are cross-listed in both History and Middle Eastern and North African Studies (MENA) to count for both majors, including the following:

  • HIST/MENA 277A: History of the Middle East
  • HIST/MENA 277B: History of the Middle East: Modern Middle East
  • HIST/MENA/RELI 371A: History of Muslim Societies
  • HIST/MENA/RELI 371B: History of Muslim Societies
  • HIST/MENA/JUS/RELI 372A: History and Religion of Israel in Ancient Times – The Biblical…
  • HIST/MENA/JUS/RELI 372B: History & Religion of Israel in Ancient Times: Ezra-Nehemiah...
  • HIST/MENA/JUS/POL 377: Modern Israel
  • HIST/MENA 379: The Ottoman Turkish Empire
  • HIST/MENA 380: The Middle East and North Africa since the “Arab Spring”
  • HIST/MENA/RELI 383: Religion and State in Islam
  • HIST/MENA/POL 385: Introduction to Political Islam
  • HIST/MENA/ANTH/JUS/POL/RELI 389: Middle Eastern Ethnic and Religious Minorities
  • HIST/MENA/ANTH/POL/RELI 408A: Islamic Movements in the Contemporary Muslim World
  • HIST/MENA/ANTH/POL 417A: North African Societies: History, Culture & Politics
  • HIST/MENA/JUS/POL 418: Historiography: The Annals of the Arab Israel Conflict
  • HIST/MENA 443: Environmental History of the Middle East
  • HIST/MENA/RELI 444: Islamic Mysticism
  • HIST/MENA/GWS/RELI 445: Women in Islamic History
  • HIST/MENA/ANTH 459A: Turkey: Culture, Power and History
  • HIST/MENA 472: History of Medieval India
  • HIST/MENA 473: History of Modern India and Pakistan: 1750-Present
  • HIST/MENA 479: The Ottoman Empire to 1800
  • HIST/MENA 480: The Middle East in the Twentieth Century
  • HIST/MENA/POL 484: History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1800 to Present
  • HIST/MENA 485A: History of the Iranian Plateau, 600-1501
  • HIST/MENA 485G: Modern Arabia and the Gulf
  • HIST/MENA 485M: Medicine & Power in the Middle East
  • HIST/MENA 485P: Palestinian Culture and Society, 1900-Present
  • HIST/CLAS/MENA 488: Priests, Prostitutes, and Conquerors: Modern Fantasy and the Ancient Near East
  • HIST/MENA 495E: Struggle and Survival: Modern Mid East and North Africa, c.1850-Present
  • HIST/MENA/GWS 496C: The Literature of Identity in the Modern Middle East
  • HIST/MENA 496D: The Late Ottoman Empire
  • HIST/MENA/POL 496S: Colonialism and the Critique of Modernity

History and Religious Studies

You may use up to 12 units of courses that are cross-listed in both History and Religious Studies to count for both majors, including the following:

  • HIST/RELI 271: History of Christianity
  • HIST/RELI/ANTH/CHS/CLAS/HPS 313: Health and Medicine in Classical Antiquity
  • HIST/RELI/JUS 329: Jewish-Christian Relations
  • HIST/RELI/JUS 370A: History of the Jews: Modern Jewish History
  • HIST/RELI/JUS 370B: History of the Jews: Cultural Loss and Resilience from the Middle…
  • HIST/RELI/MENA 371A: History of Muslim Societies
  • HIST/RELI/MENA 371B: History of Muslim Societies
  • HIST/RELI/JUS/MENA 372A: History and Religion of Israel in Ancient Times – The Biblical…
  • HIST/RELI/JUS/MENA 372B: History & Religion of Israel in Ancient Times: Ezra-Nehemiah…
  • HIST/RELI/JUS 374: The Holocaust
  • HIST/RELI/JUS 377: The History of Anti-Semitism
  • HIST/RELI/MENA 383: Religion and State in Islam
  • HIST/RELI/ANTH/JUS/MENA/POL 389: Middle Eastern Ethnic and Religious Minorities
  • HIST/RELI 405A: Medieval Europe
  • HIST/RELI 405B: Medieval Europe
  • HIST/RELI 408: The Renaissance
  • HIST/RELI/MENA/ANTH/POL 408A: Islamic Movements in the Contemporary Muslim World
  • HIST/RELI 409: The Reformation
  • HIST/RELI 413: Mormonism in American History and Culture
  • HIST/RELI/JUS 426: The History of Heaven
  • HIST/RELI 430: Religious History of India
  • HIST/RELI/JUS 454: The Spanish Inquisition
  • HIST/RELI/MENA 444: Islamic Mysticism
  • HIST/RELI/GWS/MENA 445: Women in Islamic History
  • HIST/RELI/JUS 454: The Spanish Inquisition

History and Sociology

You may use up to 6 units of courses that are cross-listed in both History and Sociology to count for both majors, but as of now the only course available (3 units) is the following:

  • HIST/SOC/PA 349: History of Crime in America, 1607-Present