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History Minor

, Department of History

The history minor focuses on understanding the relevance of past events to contemporary concerns, researching the range of primary sources (oral, written, visual), reading these sources in the context of other information in order to determine the bias both of the sources and of their interpreters, and writing and speaking clearly about the result. Our courses embrace actors and events from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the United States, from the pre-Christian era to recent times. The department encourages history minors to design their program of study in consultation with a member of the department.

The minor in history is not available to history majors.

Minor Requirements

The minor consists of four courses 16 credit hours (four courses) in one of the following four coherent clusters of study. Each student taking the history minor must take at least one 300 level course within their chosen region.

Early World History Track

  • Four courses from: (Only one course permitted from each of the four regions: Europe, Africa, Asia and Colonial Americas.) – 16 credits
    • HIST 101 The Medieval Web
    • HIST 103 The U.S. to 1877
    • HIST 233 Medieval Civilization: Crusades and Chivalry
    • HIST/ART 235 The Renaissance in Florence
    • HIST/REL 236 Reformation: Luther to Fox
    • HIST 241 Africa Before 1800
    • HIST 271 Colonial Latin America
    • HIST/ENGL 336 The Elizabethan Age
    • HIST 383 Imperial China
    • HIST 385 Medieval Japan
    • Any HIST 250, 350 or 450 course before 1800
    • IDS 452 Ancient Greece Homer – Socrates

Total credit hours required for History, Early World History Focus Minor – 16 credits

European History Track

  • Four courses from: 16 credits
    • HIST 101 The Medieval Web
    • HIST 102 The Web of Europe since 1400
    • HIST 233 Medieval Civilization: Crusades and Chivalry
    • HIST 235/ART 235 Renaissance in Florence
    • HIST 236/REL 236 Reformation: Luther to Fox
    • HIST 237 Europe in Revolution, 1789-1918
    • HIST 238 War and Peace: 20th-Century Europe
    • HIST 245 Europe since World War II
    • HIST 255 The Second World War
    • HIST 289 The French Revolution and Napoleon
    • HIST 314 Immigration & a Multicultural Europe, 1800-Present
    • HIST 319 Europe Between the Wars
    • HIST/ENGL 336 The Elizabethan Age
    • Any HIST 250, 350 or 450 course with a European theme
    • IDS 452 Ancient Greece Homer – Socrates

Total credit hours required for History, European History Focus Minor – 16 credits

Modern World History Track

  • Four courses from: (Only one course permitted from each of the five regions: Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America and the United States.) – 16 credits
    • HIST 104 The U.S. since 1877
    • HIST 205 American Imperialism / American Progressivism
    • HIST 212 American Froontiers
    • HIST 227 Urban Environmental History
    • HIST 237 Europe in Revolution
    • HIST 238 War and Peace: 20th-Century Europe
    • HIST 242 Africa Since 1800
    • HIST 255 The Second World War
    • HIST 264 Asian Pacific in Modern Times
    • HIST 266 Contemporary Chinese Society in Film
    • HIST 268 History of Chinese Women
    • HIST 272 Modern Latin America
    • HIST 276 Civil War and Reconstruction
    • HIST 302/ECON 302 Economic History of the United States
    • HIST 311 The U.S. Since 1945
    • HIST 312 Indians in American History since 1800
    • HIST 324 American Rivers
    • HIST 384 China in Revolution
    • HIST 386 Japan: The Road to War
    • Any HIST 250, 350 or 450 course from the 19th and 20th Century

Total credit hours required for History, Modern World History Focus Minor – 16 credits

U.S. History Track

  • Four courses from: 16 credits
    • HIST 103 The U.S. to 1877
    • HIST 104 The U.S. since 1877
    • HIST 205 American Imperialism /American Progressivism
    • HIST 212 American Frontiers
    • HIST 221 Changing Face of the South
    • HIST 222 North Carolina History
    • HIST 223 Gender and Power in U.S. History
    • HIST 225 African-American History
    • HIST 227 Urban Environmental History
    • HIST 276 Civil War and Reconstruction
    • HIST 303 U.S. Social History and Memory
    • HIST 308 Underground Railroad
    • HIST 311 U.S. History Since 1945
    • HIST 312 Indians in American History since 1800
    • HIST 315 Civil Rights Movement
    • HIST 324 American Rivers
    • Any HIST 250, 350, or 450 course with a U.S. theme

Total credit hours required for History, U.S. History Focus Minor – 16 credits