Spring Insight Open House for prospective freshmen and transfers

On Saturday, April 10, 2010, the History Department’s Table at the Academic Fair will offer friendly advice and information about the History major at UCSB.
Why study history at UCSB instead of at another UC campus? Besides the obvious advantages of our climate and location, UCSB’s History program offers a broad array of courses from all eras and most geographical regions.

Some of our special strengths are visible in the Affiliated Programs section at the bottom of our homepage (scroll down, list on the right): Borderlands, Cold War and International Relations, Gender Studies, Labor Studies, Medieval, and Middle East.

The History of Public Policy, in which we offer a separate major (requirements page), and the History of Science, Technology, Environment and Medicine (HOS field page) are also specialties.

Click on the FIELDS (here or in the menu bar above) for a list of possible concentrations.

The course requirements for the major are listed on our Undergrad Program page. In short, they are:
1. Two 3-quarter course sequences (3+3=6 courses), chosen from World History, Western Civilization, and US History;
2. Two lower division elective courses (freshman/sophomore level, no prerequisites; numbered 1-99);
3. Ten upper division (numbered 100-199) courses, at least one of which is a seminar (P or DR after course number).

In the case of double majors with other programs or departments (Global Studies, Political Science, for example), up to two courses from one dept. can be used to fulfill requirements in the other.

For a History Minor: 3 lower division and 5 upper division courses are the required minimum.

A special feature of this website allows you to view course syllabi of current and past courses, to find out the requirements (readings, papers, exams) and daily topics of most courses. Click the COURSES link in the menu bar above. You can see additional quarters from a drop-down menu there.

For more information on the open house, see the:
Official UCSB 2010 Spring Insight homepage with a schedule of events and maps.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Sincerely,
The UCSB History Department Faculty, Staff and Students

PS. You might be interested in this History Department News item about the history of Santa Barbara, and perusing the News on our homepage will give you an impression of some of the .

hm 3/30/10