Bachelor of Arts in History
Program Details

Program Costs

Complete the online BA in History in just two years, thanks to guaranteed class availability that ensures no delays in your educational journey. The program consists of 60 units, priced at $430 per unit. 

Invest In Your Future: A Breakdown of Your Bachelor's Degree Costs 

*Not all university semester fees are included in this table—see the comprehensive breakdown of Extended Learning fees. Semester tuition subtotals are based on a sample program sequence. All quoted tuition rates are based on previous academic years and are subject to change without notice.

Fall Semester 1

• HIST 310A: Ancient Greece I: From the Bronze Age to the End of the Persian Wars (3)

  An overview of the development of the social, political, and cultural institutions of ancient Greek civilization from the Bronze Age kingdoms of the Minoan and Mycenaean periods through the development of independent city-states in the Archaic period (particularly Sparta and Athens) and ending with the Greek victory in the Persian Wars in 479 BCE.

  Units: 3

• HIST 347: California History (3)

  Beginning with the diverse native cultures of the region, the course explores the impact of Spanish, Mexican, and U.S. control. Traces the origins of contemporary issues through the area’s economic development, multi-ethnic immigration, and evolving political institutions, and provides a survey of the human response to a place called “California.”

  Units: 3

• HIST 359: A History of Brazil (3)

  Starting with the arrival of the Portuguese in the early 16th Century through the long colonial period, independence, the Brazilian Empire, and, in the 20th Century, periods of alternating republican and military rule, this course introduces students to the fascinating experience of the other Latin America. Themes of race and economic modernization suffuse the political and cultural evolution of this nation. Syncretism in Brazilian culture and society emerges as a central theme.

  Units: 3

• HIST 300-4: Colonial Latin America (3)

  Thematic Topics in History: Colonial Latin America.

  Explores 300 years of Colonial Latin American history through four stages. Begins with Iberian, Indigenous, and West African societies before European contact to understand cultural and political foundations. Examines “discovery” and “conquest,” highlighting Indigenous and African resistance and adaptation amid violence and slavery. Analyzes the Colonial Middle period, marked by socioeconomic and cultural complexity and survival of mixed peoples. Concludes with late colonial reforms, European conflicts, and independence movements in Spanish America and Brazil. Emphasizes resilience and transformation across cultures.

  Units: 3

Summer Semester - Block 1

• HIST 332: Women in the United States (3)

  The changing roles and status of women from the colonial period to the present. Explores the way women and society have continuously redefined work, family, law, education, and political activity.

  Units: 3

• HIST 389: History of Pandemics (3)

  Studies the transnational history of Covid-19, through a comparison of past pandemics: smallpox, the bubonic plague of 1300s, the Great Dying of the 1500s, and the 1918 influenza pandemic. Also covers the history of public health responses on a comparative national level and globally.  Examines how pandemics are reflected in primary sources from diverse transnational settings, as well as international mass media, from newspaper, films, and memes in present.

  Units: 3

Summer Semester - Block 2

• HIST 343: Religion in the United States (3)

  Religious traditions studied in the context of changes of social, cultural, and political traditions of the United States from 1600 to the present.

  Units: 3

• HIST 345: The Immigrant Experience (3)

  Patterns of migration to and the experience of immigrants in areas now part of the United States. Themes include the role of the family, neighborhood, church, and work; patterns of assimilation and acculturation; formation of political and social institutions; and the impact of immigration on the country.

  Units: 3

Fall Semester 2

• HIST 336A: The U.S. Historical Experience: The Revolutionary Era (3)

  Explores eighteenth century British America with a focus on the American Revolution. Looks at the Revolution’s intellectual origins in American and European thought and culture, its social and political origins, and its consequences for American culture, society, and politics through the 1790s.

  Units: 3

• HIST 301: Historical Methods and Writing (3)

  Offers an introduction to historical methodology and theory. Explores the various approaches historians take to their study and the variety of tools historians use, including digital history. Students will produce an original research project based on primary sources, in engagement with existing historical scholarship.

  Units: 3

• HIST 384: Women and Gender in the Middle East (3) OR HIST 385: Middle East, 1700-Present (3)

  HIST 384: Women and Gender in the Middle East

  Examines the history of women and gender in the region from the rise of Islam to the present. Emphasizes historiographical approaches; the roles of women in early Islamic societies and later empires; issues concerning class, ethnicity, and religion; work, marriage, and family; colonialism, nationalism, and modernity; and women’s participation in twentieth-century social and political movements.

  Units: 3 
  

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  HIST 385: Middle East, 1700-Present

  Explores the history of the region from the eighteenth century to the present. Begins with the question of imperial decline and investigates the cultural and political responses of Middle Eastern societies to the challenges of European colonialism and imperialism; the emergence of nationalism and nation-state building; and modern social, political, intellectual, and religious movements. Emphasis on the historical background and development of contemporary issues, such as revolution, Islamism, women’s rights, and globalization.

  Units: 3

• GEOG 311: Earth: The Habitable Planet (3)

  Survey of the underlying physical, chemical, and biological principles and processes governing the interactions among Earth’s atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere. Subjects include the role of the Sun in planetary energy balance and climate, the carbon cycle, oxygenation of the atmosphere, and climate change. Focuses on characteristics that make Earth a planet capable of supporting life.

  Units: 3