The History BA degree at Cal State East Bay is a flexible, foundational liberal arts degree enabling graduates to move into a wide choice of careers. Our graduates possess exceptional skills in analysis, research, interpretation, and written and oral communication. Cal State East Bay History majors are also culturally sensitive, careful thinkers, who work successfully in collaboration with others and with a powerful sense of ethics, derived from historical study.<br><br>Our motto is: Learn the Past. Understand the Present. Shape the Future. We therefore view our programs and our courses through the lens of applied history, which is the idea that investigations of the past are relevant to the present, and that a study of change over time historically enables us to effect change during our own lives. <br><br>The History major concentrations at Cal State East Bay are thematic, so that students can study the historical roots of urgent questions today, comparatively. We invite prospective students to review our three concentrations