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International Studies - History

Program Overview

Lower Division Requirements

  • Fourth Quarter Language Proficiency

Upper Division Requirements

  • International Studies Core (3 courses)
  • History Disciplinary Focus (8 courses)
  • Interdisciplinary Electives (3 courses)
  • International Studies Regional Requirement

Major Requirements

Language course may be taken for a letter grade or Pass/No Pass, students must earn either a C- or better or a Pass. All other courses for major requirements must be taken for a letter grade of C- or above.

Language Requirement

International Studies majors are required to demonstrate basic proficiency in a modern foreign language. This can be accomplished in one of the following ways:

International Studies Core

All courses are 4-units, upper division and must be taken for a letter grade of C- or better.

International Studies Core Courses (3 courses)

INTL 102 may be taken before INTL 101. Both INTL 101 and INTL 102 must be completed before INTL 190. The INTL core courses must be taken at UC San Diego. 

History Disciplinary Focus

All eight (8) courses must be 4 units, upper-division and taken for a letter grade of C- or better.

At least six (6) of the eight (8) upper-division courses must be selected from the following:

  • HIAF. History of Africa
  • HIEU. History of Europe
  • HIEA. History of East Asia
  • HINE. History of the Near East
  • HILA. History of Latin America
  • HISC. History of Science
  • HITO. History Topics
    • (Courses numbered 190-199 from the previous course codes will not be accepted)
  • HIGL 114. History of Modern Vietnam*
  • HIGL 127. Sport in the Modern World*

A maximum of two (2) courses may be selected from the following series:

  • HIUS. History of the United States
    • (Courses numbered 190-199 from HIUS will not be accepted)

* Newly added course as of Fall 2023. Please send VAC message to ISP for degree audit update

Interdisciplinary Electives

All three (3) courses must be upper-division, 4 units and taken for a letter grade of C- or better.

Interdisciplinary Electives (3 Courses)

  • Three (3) courses from approved Interdisciplinary Elective Course List.
  • Courses must be from outside the History Department
  • Students are responsible for meeting all departmental pre-requisite courses.  Please refer to the General Catalog for additional information.

Regional Requirement

At least three (3) of the eleven (11) Disciplinary Focus and Interdisciplinary Elective courses must focus on one region.

  • Note: This requirement is an overlap requirement comprised of courses that count for both the Disciplinary Focus or Interdisciplinary Elective courses and the Regional Requirement.
  • Regional Requirement courses may come all from within the Disciplinary Focus, Interdisciplinary Electives, or a combination of the two.
  • Possible regions include: Africa, East Asia, Europe, Latin America or the Middle East.

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Archived International Studies - History Course Offerings

2022-2023 Academic Year

2021-2022 Academic Year

2020-2021 Academic Year

2019-2020 Academic Year

2018-2019 Academic Year