Hi – history professor here. Almost anything in the humanities or social sciences complements history, depending on what you’re interested in – but often the overlap will be in terms of themes, not courses. But if you’re looking specifically for an overlap of courses, I would go for historical majors that are housed in other departments or interdisciplinary majors. Majors in the first category might include Art History, History of Science (or Medicine), language majors, or Classics. Interdisciplinary majors include American Studies (if you like American history), Women’s/Gender Studies, African American Studies, Environmental Studies, Religious Studies, Native American Studies, and other area studies along these lines. Also – if you’re interested in K-12 teaching, an education major with social studies teaching licensure would require a lot of history courses. Majors like Public Policy might include some history course work, as well. Your college might not have all of these majors, but should have at least some of them (Actually, are you at UCLA? You should find pretty much any of these majors there.)
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