Description

The Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer degree with a focus in history is designed for students who wish to transfer to a four-year university to pursue a bachelor’s degree in history. The history discipline illuminates and analyzes the human past through primary and secondary evidence. History majors and minors learn to think with rigor, to write with clarity and precision, to research, organize, and assess evidence and to interpret complex information. History majors develop a foundational skills that lead to careers in education, government, international work, marketing, public relations, non-profit, business, journalism, museum work, and law.

Entrance Requirements

While this program has no formal entrance requirements, individual courses may have prerequisites which must be met before enrollment.

Course Requirements

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HHPA activity courses (1 credit each) are not to be duplicated.

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History majors are advised to choose two survey courses with a History prefix in European, World or American History.

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History courses at COCC are divided into three general areas: World, European and American history. History majors are advised to take at least two courses from each area during the course of earning an AAOT (including the social science requirement) and then choose any college-level courses that brings the total credits to 90 quarter hours.
European History: HST 235 Sexuality in 20th Century Europe, HST 270 20th Century European History. 
World History: HST 260 History of Islamic Civilizations,
American History: HST 204 History of the Civil War, HST 218 Native American History

Advising Notes

Students pursuing a bachelor of arts after transfer should consider completing to the third term of a 200-level language course. The 100-level language courses will count as electives. The 200-level language courses will partially fulfill the arts and letters requirement. For specific details, speak with an advisor.

Oregon public universities that offer a bachelor’s degree in history include Eastern Oregon University, Oregon State University, Portland State University, Southern Oregon University, University of Oregon, and Western Oregon University. Most of Oregon’s private universities also offer four-year degrees in history.

Oregon State University-Cascades offers related majors in American Studies, Social Science, and Liberal Studies, a minor in Art History, and a Master of Arts in Teaching program.

Performance Standards

• Academic Requirements:
  • Students must have a 2.0 cumulative GPA to earn a COCC certificate or degree.
  • All courses in the program must be completed with a grade of C or higher.

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