Requirements for AA-T certified students in History Cal State Monterey Bay

If you transferred into CSUMB as an AA-T-certified student in History, you must complete the following courses for your bachelor's degree in Humanities & Communication at CSUMB. If you are unsure about your transfer status, please talk to an advisor.

Complete ALL of the following courses:

• HCOM 300: Major ProSeminar (2-4 units)
• HCOM 312: Deliberation and Advocacy (4 units)
• HCOM 350S: Oral Hist/Comm Mem SL (6 units) (RTI)
• HCOM 353: California At Crossroads (4 units)
• HCOM 475: Senior Capstone (4 units)

Complete ONE of the following Ethical and Effective Communication courses:

• HCOM 304: Relational Ethics (4 units)
• HCOM 310: Free Speech & Responsibility (4 units)
• HCOM 321: Introduction to Rhetoric and Culture (4 units)

Complete ONE of the following Social and Cultural Analysis courses:

• HCOM 343: Race and Gender Justice (4 units)
• HCOM 345: Chicanx Life & Culture (4 units)
• HCOM 346: African American Life/History (4 units)

Complete ONE of the following Engaged Creative Practice courses:

• HCOM 328: Latina Life Stories (4 units)
• HCOM 330: Intro Creative Writing (4 units)
• HCOM 371: Community Journalism Studies (4 units)

To complete the requirements of the HCOM degree, complete the following courses in the Historical Studies Concentration. One concentration course, unless otherwise indicated, must be an approved research or theory intensive course, indicated as (RTI) in the course lists below. Students may not double count HCOM core courses and concentration courses.

Complete ONE course from ONE of the following two areas:

Complete ONE of the following History Depth courses:

• HCOM 346: African American Life/History (4 units)
• HCOM 350: Oral History and Community Memory (4 units)
• HCOM 352: History According To Movies (4 units)
• HCOM 353: California At Crossroads (4 units)
• HCOM 354: Critical Public Histories (4 units)
• HCOM 356: Digital Multicultural U.S. Histories (4 units)
• HCOM 359: Sexuality, Law and History (4 units) (RTI)
• HCOM 360: Constitutional History (4 units)
• HCOM 363: Topics in Social History (4 units)
• HCOM 365: Chicanx Latinx History (4 units) (RTI)
• HCOM 366: History of Religion in the United States (4 units)
• HCOM 367: Gender and United States History (4 units)
• HCOM 368: Civil War and Reconstruction in the United States (4 units)
• HCOM 445: Slavery & Race in the Americas (4 units) (RTI)
• HCOM 451: Transnational Migrations (4 units) (RTI)
• HCOM 454: History of Victorian Britain (4 units)
• SBS 315: Growth and Conflict in the United States to 1920 (4 units)
• SBS 350: Domination and Resistance: US since 1880 (4 units)
• SBS 353: Race, Class and Gender in the American West (4 units)
• SBS 355: Archaeological Theory (2-4 units)
• SBS 378: Revolution and People Power in the Modern World (4 units)
• SBS 381: US in Vietnam and Asia-Pacific: Peoples, Colonization, Conflicts, Resources (4 units)
• SBS 385: Environmental History of California (3-4 units)
• SBS 386: Social/Pol/Hist/CA (4 units)

University and CSU Requirements

Students must also demonstrate second language proficiency through the 201-level

Read more about the Language Proficiency Requirement through the 201 level. If you need to begin language study at the 101 level, consult your department chair to determine your 60 unit pathway.

The CSU requires each student receiving a baccalaureate degree to be knowledgeable about the Constitution of the United States, American history, and state and local government. Courses fulfilling this requirement are identified in the catalog, and will also meet an Area D2 GE requirement.