Understanding history is key to preparing for the future. As a history major at Fresno Pacific University, you will gain a broad perspective and develop critical understanding and insight into cultures and events of the past and present, as well as look to the future. The classroom isn’t the only place you’ll learn. Through field studies at local and regional museums, festivals and even travel abroad to places like Italy, Japan and Russia, you’ll experience history first-hand.
Highlights
- Opportunities to personalize your major in specialized areas of history and classics
- Major includes the study of religion in history and focuses on ideas and culture and how they shape each other
- Participation in sponsored events and symposia, featuring a variety of guest speakers
- Culminating individualized project
- Opportunities to work closely with other programs to enrich majors and involve the campus in plays or readings
Career opportunities
Graduates are prepared to pursue advanced study in the disciplines of history, theology, classics, philosophy and education as well as professional fields such as law, library science, archival management and public history. Fresno Pacific has an excellent reputation among local high schools in single-subject credential acquisition. The breadth of training that you receive in our history program is a significant part of the social science subject-area preparation for a career.
Program director
W. Marshall Johnston, Ph.D.
Course listing
General Education Prerequisites
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| HIST 120 | Ancient Civilizations | 4 |
| HIST 130 | Medieval and Early Modern Civilizations | 4 |
| HIST 140 | Modern Civilizations | 4 |
| HIST 150 | American Civilization | 4 |
Required Courses (32 Units Minimum)
At least one upper-division course in five of the following areas:
- Ancient history
- Medieval, renaissance or reformation history
- Modern european history
- World history
- American history
- Religious or topical history
- Sufficient additional courses to complete the number of units required for the major.
A Capstone Series:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| HIST 460 or HIST 462 | Philosophy of History or Historiography | 3 |
| HIST 483 | Projects in History (usually 2 consecutive semesters) | 4 |
- Both parts focus attention on the various ways of interpreting historical subjects, the role of christian faith and religious experience in history and historical interpretation, the philosophical and theological implications of historical work and the development of a historical habit and practice in the student.
Notes:
It is recommended that history majors complete a minor in another field of study or a deliberately chosen set of courses to prepare for anticipated work in a particular area.
Students interested in teaching high school history should consult the requirements of the social science secondary teaching major.
One course from another discipline may be substituted for one course in the major upon approval of the major program director or one’s advisor.