The minor in History allows students to explore historical questions and issues while broadly exploring the past--or Blaze Your Trail by following their intellectual passions across our curriculum:
- War & Diplomacy
- Women & Gender
- Revolution
- Race & Ethnicity
- Empire, Colonialism, & Borderlands
- Religion - see also the Religious Studies Interdisciplinary Minor
- Environment
This very customizable minor consists of 21 semester credit hours, 12 of which must be taken at the upper-division level, and complements a wide variety of majors in other disciplines, such as international studies, political science, economics, natural resources, foreign languages, literature, anthropology, sociology, and philosophy. Majors in business, mathematics, the sciences, and communication can use the minor to apply interpretive and analytical skills to evaluate and assess evidence and sources.
To declare the minor in History, visit the History Office, B356 Clark, or email Allison Pine for details.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion, students will be able to:
- Analyze and interpret historical materials, such as documents, artifacts, and images.
- Engage in chronological reasoning to understand causation and change over time.
- Examine critically how people in the past understood their own history in scholarly works, and in popular forms such as myths or commemorations.
- Interpret, write, and speak about the past using evidence and according to the standards and expectations of the historical discipline, including honest use of evidence, openness to multiple perspectives, and historical empathy
- Analyze how processes -- such as revolution, migration, war, ecological disturbance, and globalization -- shaped societies over time and how people grappled with issues like class, ethnicity, gender, race, religion, and ideology.
Effective Fall 2019
Students must satisfactorily complete the total credits required for the minor. Minors and interdisciplinary minors require 12 or more upper-division (300- to 400-level) credits.
Additional coursework may be required due to prerequisites.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Lower Division HIST subject code courses | ||
| Appropriate courses as determined in consultation with a History Department advisor. | 9 | |
| Upper Division HIST subject code courses | ||
| Minimum of 12 credits | 12 | |
| Program Total Credits: | 21 | |