History Department Undergraduate Program

The History Department’s Undergraduate program offers a major, an honors program with a slightly different set of major requirements, and a minor. Our courses are divided into geographic, thematic, and pre-professional fields of emphasis to allow students to easily pursue a breadth and depth of study tailored to his/her interests and career goals. History majors and minors are encouraged to Study Abroad. Our professors regularly offer Global Seminars over the summer that fulfill history department and college GE requirements. UC San Diego also has a chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, a National History Honors Society, which is a student organization. 

Experience History Outside of the Classroom

On May 13, 2017, Dr. Mark Hanna, Associate Professor of History, and Associate Director of the Institute of Arts and Humanities takes his colloquium "A History of Seafaring in the Age of Sail" (HITO 178/278) out to sea on the San Salvador. This is a replica of the first ship to sail into San Diego harbor in 1542 captained by Juan Cabrillo. Today it is captained by the director of the Maritime Museum, Dr. Ray Ashley, an alumnus from UC San Diego.

Sailing the San Salvador - UC San Diego