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Post Baccalaureate Certificate in History
The Certificate in Advanced Study in History
The Department of History offers a post-baccalaureate Certificate in Advanced Study in History.
Admission:
There are no course prerequisites for admission to this certificate program nor is the GRE required. Applicants for admission must, however, meet all relevant University and departmental standards, policies, and procedures, including:
1. A bachelor’s degree in History from an accredited institution or an acceptable bachelor’s degree in another discipline with advance approval of the History Department’s Graduate Coordinator.
2. An acceptable undergraduate grade point average, as specified in “Graduate and Postbaccalaureate Admission Requirements" in the University Catalog.
3. An application on file with Office of Graduate Studies through the CSU Apply site: https://www.calstate.edu/apply(opens in new window).
4. Approval by the History Department Graduate Committee.
Course Requirements for the Certificate: 12 units
The certificate requires 12 units of 400/500/600-level course work in the discipline of history as follows:
1. A minimum of 9 units of 600-level courses selected from:
Course Number | Course | Units | Semester offered |
|---|---|---|---|
HIST 600 | Graduate Research Seminar in History | 3.0 | Inq |
HIST 610 | Graduate Seminar in Classical History | 3.0 | Inq |
HIST 620 | Graduate Seminar in European History | 3.0 | Inq |
HIST 630 | Graduate Seminar in US History, pre-1877 | 3.0 | Inq |
HIST 640 | Graduate Seminar in US History, post-1877 | 3.0 | Inq |
HIST 660 | Graduate Seminar in Middle Eastern History | 3.0 | Inq |
HIST 670 | Graduate Seminar in African History | 3.0 | Inq |
HIST 675 | Graduate Seminar in Asian History | 3.0 | Inq |
HIST 680 | Graduate Seminar in Latin America | 3.0 | Inq |
HIST 690 | Historiography | 3.0 | Inq |
2. No more than 3 units of 400- or 500-level courses; these units must include additional student work, as determined by the course instructor, to qualify as graduate-level work.
3. No more than 3 semester units of transfer and/or extension credit.
4. A grade-point average of 3.0 is required for the entire program, with at least a
B- earned in each course.
5. All 12 units earned as part of the Certificate may be transferred into the History Department’s Master’s Degree program.