History (HIST)

Concentration requirements:

For students with a concentration in History, 36 credits are required including:

1. HUM 486 Senior Project or HUM 490 Humanities Practicum

2. Six credits chosen from Humanities Basic Courses:
HUM 301    Studies in the Western Tradition
HUM 302    Studies in the Eastern Tradition
HUM 303    Comparative Traditions: Eastern & Western
HUM 304    Hawaiian-Pacific Traditions

3. A minimum of one course from each of the following areas in History (Courses may be used only once to fulfill cluster, concentration, or elective requirements towards graduation):

    a. American History
        HIST 318    Asian American History
        HIST 374    American Intellectual History
        HIST 393    U.S. Military History
        HIST 461    The British in America: 1607-1763
        HIST 462    The Formative Years: U.S. History 1763-1841
        HIST 463    U.S. History 1840-1920
        HIST 464    The Triumph of Mass Culture: The United States Since 1920
        HIST 466    The United States in the Pacific
        HIST 470    Literature as History
    b. Asian History
        HIST 306    History of Southeast Asia
        HIST 311    Chinese Culture
        HIST 312    Modern China
        HIST 318    Asian American History
        HIST 321    Japanese Culture
        HIST 322    Modern Japan
        HIST 328    Modern Korea
    c. European History
        HIST 338    Modern European History
        HIST 354    History of Russia
        HIST 433    Middle Ages, 300-1300 A.D.
    d. Hawaiian-Pacific History
        HIST 384    Hawai‘i from European Contact to the Overthrow
        HIST 471    Polynesia before European Contact
        HIST 482    Pacific Islands
        HIST 483    Archaeology of Hawai‘i
        HIST 488    Twentieth Century Hawai‘i

4. Six credits from one additional area of Humanities (Complementary Area).

5. Additional courses in the concentration listed below.  Courses may be used only once to fulfill cluster, concentration, or elective requirements towards graduation.
HIST 306    History of Southeast Asia
HIST 308    Science and the Modern Prospect
HIST 311    Chinese Culture
HIST 312    Modern China
HIST 318    Asian American History
HIST 321    Japanese Culture
HIST 322    Modern Japan
HIST 328    Modern Korea
HIST 338    Modern European History
HIST 354    History of Russia
HIST 374    American Intellectual History
HIST 384    Hawai‘i from European Contact to the Overthrow
HIST 393    U.S. Military History
HIST 433    Middle Ages, 300-1300 A.D.
HIST 461    The British in America: 1607-1763
HIST 462    The Formative Years: U.S. History 1763-1841
HIST 463    U.S. History 1840-1920
HIST 464    The Triumph of Mass Culture: The United States Since 1920
HIST 466    The United States in the Pacific
HIST 470    Literature as History
HIST 471    Polynesia Before European Contact
HIST 482    Pacific Islands
HIST 483    Archaeology of Hawai‘i
HIST 488    Twentieth Century Hawai‘i
HIST 496    Selected Topics in History (v)
HIST 499    Directed Reading and Research (v)

Graduates with a concentration in History from UH West O‘ahu should be able to:

• Explain the causes of significant events in history.
• Analyze historical developments in Europe, the Americas, Asia, and the Pacific.