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 (1 Course)

Not HIS 103 or HIS 104

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, but not required

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 240 - Native American History to 1815 3 credits-
HIS 255 - Colonial North America: From Contact to Constitution (to 1789) 3 credits-
HIS 256 - Creating a Nation from Founding to Civil War (1789-1877) 3 credits-
HIS 316 - The Civil War and Reconstruction 3 credits-
HIS 346 - Slavery in the United States, 1619-1865 3 credits-
HIS 366 - Corporations and Entrepreneurs in United States History 3 credits-
HIS 415 - History of Presidential Elections I 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 218 - Multicultural United States: Racism, Ethnicity, and Immigration History in the Contemporary U.S. 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 - Redefining the United States at Home and Abroad (1877-1939) 3 credits-
HIS 258 - The American Century (1939-Present) 3 credits-
HIS 317 - America in the Gilded Age, 1877-1897 3 credits-
HIS 366 - Corporations and Entrepreneurs in United States History 3 credits-
HIS 416 - History of Presidential Elections II 3 credits-
HIS 486 - Seminar: The West in the American Imagination 3 credits-

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