The American history and institutions requirement ensures that every graduating student will have at least a minimum knowledge of the background of this country’s development and an understanding of the political, economic and social interrelationships of its way of life.

You may meet this requirement in any of these ways:

• Complete one high school unit in American history, or 1/2 high school unit in American history and 1/2 high school unit in civics or American government, with a grade of C or better in each course
• Complete any one of the following courses:

  Course List

  Code	Title	Units
  African American & African Studies (AAS)
  AAS 010	African-American Culture & Society	4
  AAS 100	Survey of Ethnicity in the US	4
  Asian American Studies (ASA)
  ASA 001	Historical Experience of Asian Americans	4
  ASA 002	Contemporary Issues of Asian Americans	4
  Chicana/Chicano Studies (CHI)
  CHI 010	Introduction to Chicana/o Studies	4
  Economics (ECN)
  ECN 111A	Economic History	4
  or ECN 111AV	Economic History
  ECN 111B	Economics History	4
  History (HIS)
  HIS 017A	History of the United States	4
  HIS 017B	History of the United States	4
  HIS 072A	Women & Gender in America, to 1865	4
  HIS 072B	Women & Gender in America, 1865-Present	4
  HIS 170A	Colonial America	4
  HIS 170B	The American Revolution	4
  HIS 170C	The Early National Period, 1789-1815	4
  HIS 171A	Slavery, Society & Expansion in the Early U.S.	4
  HIS 171B	Civil War Era	4
  HIS 174A	The Gilded Age & Progressive Era: United States, 1876-1917	4
  HIS 174B	War, Prosperity, & Depression: United States, 1917-1945	4
  HIS 174C	The United States Since World War II, 1945 to the Present	4
  HIS 176A	Cultural & Social History of United States	4
  HIS 176B	Cultural & Social History of United States	4
  HIS 177A	History of Black People & American Race Relations: 1450-1860	4
  HIS 177B	History of Black People & American Race Relations: 1860-Present	4
  HIS 179	Asian American History, 1850-Present	4
  HIS 180AN	American Political History, 1789-1896	4
  HIS 180BN	American Political History, 1896-present	4
  HIS 183A	The Frontier Experience: Trans-Mississippi West	4
  HIS 183B	The Frontier Experience: Trans-Mississippi West	4
  Native American Studies (NAS)
  NAS 001	Introduction to Native American Studies	4
  NAS 010	Native American Experience	4
  NAS 116	Native American Traditional Governments	4
  NAS 130A	Native American Ethno-Historical Development	4
  NAS 130B	Native American Ethno-Historical Development	4
  NAS 130C	Native American Ethno-Historical Development	4
  Political Science (POL)
  POL 001	American National Government	4
  or POL 001Y	American National Government
  POL 005	Contemporary Problems of the American Political System	4
  POL 100	Local Government & Politics	4
  POL 102	Urban Public Policy	4
  POL 104	California State Government & Politics	4
  POL 105	The Legislative Process	4
  POL 106	The Presidency	4
  POL 108	Policy Making in the Public Sector	4
  POL 109	Public Policy & the Governmental Process	4
  POL 113	American Political Thought	4
  POL 130	Recent U.S. Foreign Policy	4
  POL 131	Analysis of U.S. Foreign Policy	4
  POL 160	American Political Parties	4
  POL 163	Group Politics	4
  Students electing to complete one of the above courses in order to meet this requirement are subject to the rules for prerequisites and majors.

• Present evidence that the requirement has been accepted as satisfied at another campus of the university.
• Present evidence that the requirement has been satisfied through courses in the area of American history and institutions at another collegiate institution whose credits are acceptable for transfer to UC Davis.
• Successfully complete the Advanced Placement (AP) Examination in United States Government and Politics taken May 2014 and prior with a score of 3 or higher. As of May 2015, AP examination, AP United States Government & Politics no longer satisfies the American history and institutions requirement.
• Successfully complete the International Baccalaureate (IB) Examination in History of the Americas Higher Level (HL) with a score of 5, 6, or 7.
• Successfully complete the SAT Subject Examination in U.S. History with a score of 550 or higher.

International students, regardless of the type of visa they hold, must meet the university’s American history and institutions requirement for graduation.