Explore the past, understand the present, and plan for the future in a global society. Offering a variety of courses, the History Department from the University of San Diego is dedicated to excellent teaching and producing award-winning research. Students learn to work with original sources and to think and write critically about a wide variety of historical problems.

History majors are required to complete 12 units of lower-division coursework. In addition, majors must finish 25 units of upper-division coursework, including HIST 490 (one unit) and HIST 495W, to be taken consecutively during the senior year.

In the major, students must also complete at least two upper-division courses in each of the following three categories: 1) the United States; 2) Europe; and 3) World.

Students may choose to do a three-unit internship at one of the many museums and historical societies located in San Diego.