Students may choose the 55- or the 70-credit major.

• students must complete at least 25 credits of this major at Eastern Washington University;
• two years of a single high school foreign language or one year of a single college level foreign language is required; completion of two or more years of a college-level foreign language is strongly recommended;
• the 55 credit History major requires the completion of a certificate, a minor or second major approved by a history advisor.

The 70 credit major does not require a minor.

Note: this major requires two years of high school or one year of college coursework in a foreign language.

​Note: must include 45 upper-division credits in the total.
Grade Requirements: each course in the History major requires a minimum grade ≥C+ and an overall GPA ≥2.5 in major course work.

The 55 credit History major requires the completion of a certificate, a minor or second major approved by a history advisor. 

Note: this major requires two years of high school or one year of college coursework in a foreign language.

The 55 credit History major requires the completion of a certificate, a minor or second major approved by a history advisor.
Note: must include 35 upper-division credits in the total.

Grade Requirements: each course in the History major requires a minimum grade ≥C+ and an overall GPA ≥2.5 in major course work.

University Competencies and Proficiencies

English 
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning
Placement and Clearance Exams 
Prior Learning/Sources of Credit AP, CLEP, IB

General Education Requirements (GER)

• Minimum Credits—180 cumulative credit hours 
  • 60 upper-division credits (300 level or above)
  • 45 credits in residence (attendance) at Eastern, with at least 15 upper-division credits in major in residence at Eastern
• Minimum Cumulative GPA ≥2.0

Breadth Area Core Requirements (BACR)

Humanities and Arts 
Natural Sciences 
Social Sciences

University Graduation Requirements (UGR)

Diversity Course List
Foreign Language (for Bachelor of Arts)
Global Studies Course List
Minor or Certificate
Senior Capstone Course List

All admitted students must officially Declare a Major by the time they reach 90 credits (junior standing).
Application for Graduation (use EagleNET) must be made at least two terms in advance of the term you expect to graduate (undergraduate and post-baccalaureate).

Use the Catalog Archives to determine two important catalog years.

SOAR calculates based on these two catalog years.

1. The catalog in effect at the student's first term of current matriculation is used to determine BACR (Breadth Area Credit Requirements) and UGR (Undergraduate Graduation Requirements).
2. The catalog in effect at the time the student declares a major or minor is used to determine the program requirements.

Students who successfully earn a BA in History from EWU should be able to do the following:

• communicate historical analyses to diverse audiences;
• conduct research by using appropriate historical methods;
• demonstrate knowledge about past societies, cultures, and individuals;
• use historical knowledge in a civic engagement project.