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 minor in history is not available to history majors.

Minor Requirements

The minor requires a minimum of 16 credit hours (four courses) in one of the following three geographical clusters. Each student taking the history minor must take at least one 300-level course within their chosen geographical region.

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 325 The European Union

 

        HIST 335/IDS 452 Ancient Greece

 

        HIST 336 The Elizabethan Age

 

        HIST 355 The Cold War

 

        Plus any HIST 250 or 450 with a European theme

 

       

 

Total credit hours required for history, European history focus minor

16 credits
 

Minor Requirements for focus in Modern World History

1-4.  Four courses to include one course each on Africa, Asia, Europe or Latin Am

16 credits

        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 272 Modern Latin America

 

        HIST 384 China in Revolution

 

        HIST 386 Japan: The Road to War

 

        Plus any HIST 250 or 450 from the 19th and 20th century

 

       

 

Total credit hours required for history, modern world history focus minor

16 credits

 

Minor Requirements for focus in U. S. History

1-4.  Four courses from:

16 credits

        HIST 103 US Origins from Pre Colonial to 1877

 

        HIST 104 US from 1877 to Present

 

        HIST 105 US Imperialism Progressivism

 

        HIST 221 Changing Face of the South

 

        HIST 222 North Carolina History

 

        HIST 223 Gender and Power in US History

 

        HIST 225 African-American History

 

        HIST 302 Economic History of the United States

 

        HIST 303 US Social History

 

        HIST 308 Underground Railroad

 

        HIST 311 US History since 1945

 

        HIST 315 Civil Rights Movement

 

        Plus any HIST 250 or 450 with a U.S. theme

 

       

 

Total credit hours required for history, U.S. history focus minor

16 credits