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2014-2016 Undergraduate Catalog

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2014-2016 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

History

Minor

A minor in history will require at least six courses for a total of 18 credit hours. A student wishing to minor in history must select courses as specified below in items 1, 2, and 3.

History minors with an Advanced Placement grade of “5” on the A.P. U.S. and/or European History exam(s) will be given a one-course reduction in the required courses for the specific area(s) and will be given flexibility in choosing the remaining required course in that particular area. For instance, a minor with a grade of “5” in U.S. History would be required to take only one additional course in any area of U.S. History. A minor with a grade of “5” in European History would be required to take only one additional course in any area of European History.

History minors with an Advanced Placement grade of “5” on the World History exam will be given a one-course reduction in the number of required electives for the minor.

A limit of two A.P. scores of “5” will be recognized by the Department for reduction of the total number of courses in the minor.

History minors with an Advanced Placement grade of “4” on the A.P. U.S. and/or European History exam(s) will be given flexibility in choosing any two courses for U.S. and/or European History. For such students, the required number of History credits to be earned for the minor would remain at 18.

1. American History (2 Courses)

(1) Pre-1877 & (1) Post-1877

2. European History (2 Courses)

(1) Pre-1715 & (1) Post-1715

3. History Electives (2 Courses)

HIS 100 - Thinking and Writing about History

& one (1) course in Non-Western History are encouraged

Pre-1715 Courses

HIS 303 - Medieval England 3 Credits
HIS 305 - Europe from 1555 – 1648 3 Credits
HIS 306 - Europe from 1648-1714 3 Credits
HIS 323 - The Renaissance 3 Credits
HIS 324 - The Reformation 3 Credits
HIS 331 - Medieval Europe I 3 Credits
HIS 332 - Medieval Europe II 3 Credits
HIS 334 - Men and Women in Medieval Society 3 Credits
HIS 337 - Ancient World I: Near East and Greece 3 Credits
HIS 338 - Ancient World II: Rome 3 Credits
HIS 421 - History of Russia I 3 Credits

Post-1715 Courses

HIS 304 - Modern Britain 3 Credits
HIS 307 - Europe from 1714-1815 3 Credits
HIS 308 - Europe from 1815-1914 3 Credits
HIS 309 - Modern German History 3 Credits
HIS 311 - Era of the French Revolution 3 Credits
HIS 312 - Nationalism and Independence in Eastern Europe 3 Credits
HIS 313 - Eastern Europe Since World War I 3 Credits
HIS 352 - Global Feminisms in the Age of Empires and Beyond 3 Credits
HIS 413 - History of Ireland 3 Credits
HIS 414 - Twentieth-Century Ireland 3 Credits
HIS 422 - History of Russia II 3 Credits
HIS 423 - Europe from 1914 to 1945 3 Credits
HIS 424 - Europe Since 1945 3 Credits
HIS 448 - The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, 1920-1950 3 Credits

Pre-1877 Courses

HIS 103 - U.S. History to 1877 3 Credits
HIS 202 - American Military History 3 Credits
HIS 207 - African-American History 1619 to Present 3 Credits
HIS 214 - North American Religious History 3 Credits
HIS 215 - The Diversity of Latin American Religious History 3 Credits
HIS 225 - Women and the American Experience 3 Credits
HIS 240 - Native American History to 1815 3 Credits
HIS 255 - United States History: Pre-Colonial to 1789 3 Credits
HIS 256 - United States History: 1789-1877 3 Credits
HIS 316 - The Civil War and Reconstruction 3 Credits
HIS 321 - American Diplomatic History I 3 Credits
HIS 346 - Slavery in the United States, 1619-1865 3 Credits
HIS 366 - American Business History 3 Credits
HIS 415 - History of Presidential Elections I 3 Credits
HIS 438 - Early Constitutional History 3 Credits
HIS 486 - Seminar: The West in the American Imagination 3 Credits

Post-1877 Courses

HIS 104 - U.S. History Since 1877 3 Credits
HIS 202 - American Military History 3 Credits
HIS 214 - North American Religious History 3 Credits
HIS 226 - Women and the Modern American Experience 3 Credits
HIS 231 - Modern Latin American History 3 Credits
HIS 241 - Native American History since 1815 3 Credits
HIS 257 - United States History: 1877-1939 3 Credits
HIS 258 - United States History: Since 1939 3 Credits
HIS 301 - History of American Involvement in Vietnam 3 Credits
HIS 317 - America in the Gilded Age, 1877-1897 3 Credits
HIS 321 - American Diplomatic History I 3 Credits
HIS 322 - American Diplomatic History II 3 Credits
HIS 347 - The Civil Rights Movement in the United States, 1955-1975 3 Credits
HIS 366 - American Business History 3 Credits
HIS 416 - History of Presidential Elections II 3 Credits
HIS 439 - Later Constitutional History 3 Credits
HIS 485 - Seminar: The History and Culture of the Cold War 3 Credits
HIS 486 - Seminar: The West in the American Imagination 3 Credits