History Minor

Coordinator:
Timothy Kircher

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.

Minor  Requirements for focus in Early World History

 

1.-4.  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 US to 1877

 

         HIST 233 Medieval Civilization: Crusades and Chivalry

 

         HIST 235/ART 235 The Renaissance in Florence

 

         HIST 236/REL 236 Reformation: Luther to Fox

 

         HIST 241 Africa Before 1800

 

         HIST 271 Colonial Latin America

 

         HIST 335/IDS 452 Ancient Greece from Homer to Socrates

 

         HIST 336 The Elizabethan Age

 

         HIST 383 Imperial China

 

         HIST 385 Medieval Japan

 

         Any HIST 250, 350 or 450 course before 1800

 
   

Total credit hours required for history, Early World History focus minor

16 credits

 

Minor Requirements for focus in Modern World History

 

1.-4.  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 US since 1877

 

         HIST 205 American Imperialism / American Progressivism

 

         HIST 237Europe 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 272 Modern Latin America

 

         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 313 War, Reconstruction and the State in the 19th Century U.S.

 

         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

 

Minor Requirements for focus in European History

 

1.-4.  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 Renaissance in Florence

 

         HIST 236 Reformation: Luther to Fox

 

         HIST 237 Europe in Revolution, 1789-1918

 

         HIST 238 War and Peace: 20th-Century Europe

 

         HIST 255 The Second World War

 

         HIST 335 Ancient Greece

 

         HIST 336 The Elizabethan Age

 

         Any HIST 250, 350 or 450 course with a European theme 

 
   

Total credit hours required for history, European history focus minor

16 credits

 

Minor Requirements for focus in U.S. History

 

1.-4.  Four courses from:

16 credits

         HIST 103 The US to 1877

 

         HIST 104 The US since 1877

 

         HIST 205 American Imperialism /American Progressivism

 

         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 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 313 War, Reconstruction and the State in the 19th Century US

 

         HIST 315 Civil Rights Movement

 

         Any HIST 250, 350, or 450 course with a US theme

 
   

Total credit hours required for history, US history focus minor

16 credits