The History Department offers a major and minor in history for the Bachelor of Arts degree, a graduate program leading to the Master of Arts, and courses for use in the teaching credential program. It participates in the interdisciplinary programs and minors in Armenian studies, Asian studies, classical studies, Latin American studies, Russian area studies, and women's studies. History courses may also be used as electives toward graduation in most other majors, and the History Department encourages students to take minors and second majors in other fields as well. The Bachelor of Arts degree program in History at California State University, Fresno offers undergraduate students seminars on a wide range of historical periods and approaches. The program also provides the conscientious student with the requisite research skills to ensure success in future academic or related pursuits History Department at California State University, Fresno is especially strong in the areas of Ancient History, Modern European History, United States History, Latin American History, and Military History. An energetic community of graduate students has developed at California State University, Fresno and graduates of our program have become successful teachers at the high school and community college level and have moved on to pursue their career at the doctoral level.

The Department of History has more than 15 faculty members offering a wide variety of courses in the history of Europe, the United States, Latin America, the British Empire, Africa, the Middle East, and the Far East, as well as courses in intellectual and cultural history, social history, military history, and the history of women. What You Can Earn: Public School Teacher $52,085 (in our region) What You Can Do: Prepare for careers in: law government service librarianship journalism publishing public relations social services urban planning foreign service insurance marketing advertising.