History

Blaze Your Trail

How to Choose a Major and degree path that aligns with your interests

Students seeking a Bachelor of Arts in History at CSU can easily combine their career goals with their interests, by selecting courses broken out into specific world shaping categories like war and diplomacy, women and gender, the environment, religion, and more.

Mapping out your undergraduate degree in history using this trail-style method is optional, and can be guided by Matt VanderMeulen, the Academic Success Coordinator for the Department of History.

Spring 2027 courses

STEP 1: FIND YOUR FOOTING

War and Diplomacy

  • HIST 338: HOLOCAUST IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
  • HIST 340: COLONIAL AM BORDERLANDS (COLONIAL NORTH AMERICA)
  • HIST 341: EMPIRE, RACE, & REVOLUTION (18TH C. AMERICA)
  • HIST 345: CIVIL WAR
  • HIST 360: U.S. IMMIGRATION (RACE & ETHNICITY IN U.S.
  • IMMIGRATION HISTORY)
  • HIST 366: AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
  • HIST 367: AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY SINCE 1865
  • HIST 371: CIVIL RIGHTS IN AMERICA
  • HIST 467: MODERN JEWISH HISTORY
War and Diplomacy

Women and Gender

  • HIST 304: WOMEN IN ANCIENT GREECE & ROME
  • HIST 320: WOMEN & GENDER IN EUROPE, 1450-1789
  • HIST 358: AMERICAN WOMEN TO 1800
  • HIST 359: AMERICAN WOMEN SINCE 1800
  • HIST 369: SEXUALITY IN AMERICA
  • HIST 371: CIVIL RIGHTS IN AMERICA
Women and Gender

Revolution

  • HIST 301: ROMAN REPUBLIC
  • HIST 324: IMPERIAL RUSSIA
  • HIST 325: IRELAND–CULTURE POLITICS
  • HIST 331: SOVIET UNION
  • HIST 341: EMPIRE, RACE, & REVOLUTION (18TH C. AMERICA)
  • HIST 414: REVOLUTIONS IN LATIN AMERICA
  • HIST 452: CHINA IN THE MODERN WORLD
Revolution

Race and Ethnicity

  • HIST 338: HOLOCAUST IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
  • HIST 340: COLONIAL AM BORDERLANDS (COLONIAL NORTH AMERICA)
  • HIST 341: EMPIRE, RACE, & REVOLUTION (18TH C. AMERICA)
  • HIST 345: CIVIL WAR
  • HIST 360: U.S. IMMIGRATION (RACE & ETHNICITY IN U.S.
  • IMMIGRATION HISTORY)
  • HIST 366: AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
  • HIST 367: AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY SINCE 1865
  • HIST 371: CIVIL RIGHTS IN AMERICA
  • HIST 467: MODERN JEWISH HISTORY
Race and Ethnicity

Empire, Colonialism, & Borderlands

  • HIST 302: ROMAN EMPIRE
  • HIST 303: HELLENISTIC GREECE
  • HIST 324: IMPERIAL RUSSIA
  • HIST 325: IRELAND
  • HIST 328: EUROPE 1815-1914
  • HIST 333: CONTEMPORARY EUROPE
  • HIST 340: COLONIAL AMERICAN BORDERLANDS (COLONIAL
  • NORTH AMERICA)
  • HIST 341: EMPIRE, RACE, & REVOLUTION (18TH C. AMERICA)
  • HIST 353 U.S.-MEXICO BORDERLANDS
  • HIST 361: AMERICAN INDIANS IN THE AGE OF CONQUEST
  • HIST 410: COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA
  • HIST 420: AFRICAN STATES & EMPIRES
  • HIST 421: AFRICA–COLONIALISM TO INDEPENDENCE
  • HIST 433: MUHAMMAD AND THE ORIGINS OF ISLAM
  • HIST 436: THE LAND OF ISRAEL–PAST AND PRESENT
  • HIST 438: MODERN MIDDLE EAST
  • HIST 440: MODERN SOUTH ASIA–COLONIALISM & NATIONALISM
  • HIST 456: EAST ASIA IN THE AGE OF EMPIRE
  • HIST 461: RISE & FALL OF THE
Empire, Colonialism, & Borderlands

Religion

  • HIST 308: ANCIENT CHRISTIANITY
  • HIST 309: MEDIEVAL CHRISTIANITY
  • HIST 317: RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION EUROPE
  • HIST 431: ANCIENT ISRAEL
  • HIST 432: SACRED HISTORY IN THE BIBLE & THE QUR’AN
  • HIST 433: MUHAMMAD & THE ORIGINS OF ISLAM
  • HIST 435: JIHAD & REFORM IN ISLAMIC HISTORY
  • HIST 436: THE LAND OF ISRAEL–PAST & PRESENT
  • HIST 438: MODERN MIDDLE EAST
  • HIST467: MODERN JEWISH HISTORY
Religion

Environment

  • HIST 354: AMERICAN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY
  • HIST 355: AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL
  • HIST 381A3: PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN THE MIDDLE AGES
  • (HUMANS AND NATURE IN THE MIDDLE AGES)
  • HIST 439: ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
  • HIST 476: HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
  • HIST 481A: HISTORY OF OUTDOOR RECREATION
Environment

STEP 2

Start Down A Trail

When you find a trail that appeals to your interests, enroll in courses linked to the trail. Use the courses to fulfill your degree requirements.

STEP 3

Discover Connections

In your coursework, make connections along the trails you’ve journeyed. Consider research projects that connect to your trail’s theme. Talk to faculty and your peers to make more connections outside the classroom.

STEP 4

Complete Your Degree

Consider doing a capstone project that coordinates with your trail. Use the courses that you’ve completed along your trail to fulfill your history requirements and electives.