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College of Arts & Sciences > Undergraduate: What Can I Study? > History > Minor

Minor

Please note: The requirements listed below are for students matriculating in or after fall, 2017. Students matriculating prior to fall, 2017 should refer to the academic requirements for their year of entry, archived here.

Minor Requirements

Minor Requirements: 5 courses, 20 credits

Core Requirements (2 courses, 8 credits)

Choose two of the following:

  • HST-101 History of Western Civilization I

    Credits:

    4.00

    Description:

    Surveys European culture, politics, and society from antiquity to the seventeenth century. Topics include: the Greek, Judaic, and Roman heritage; the rise of Christianity; feudal society in the Middle Ages; Renaissance and Reformation; the Scientific Revolution; and the development of absolutist and constitutional governments.

    Term:

    Offered Fall Term

    Type:

    Classics Minor,Social & Intellectual HST

  • HST-102 History of Western Civilization II

    Credits:

    4.00

    Description:

    Surveys European culture, politics, and society from the Scientific Revolution to the present. Topics include: the development of absolutist and constitutional governments; the Enlightenment; the French Revolution; Industrialization and urbanization; nationalism and imperialism; World War I, World War II, and the Cold War; the decline of Europe as a world power.

    Term:

    Offered Spring Term

    Type:

    Social & Intellectual HST

  • HST-121 World History I

    Credits:

    4.00

    Description:

    Explores the major themes of human history to 1500. Topics include: hunter-gathering, the migration of humans across the globe, transitions to food production, and the development of complex societies based on agriculture. Major early Eurasian civilizations (China, India, the Middle East, and Europe) are examined (alongside their interactions with Inner Asia and the Arabian Peninsula). So too are Sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas.

    Term:

    Offered Fall Term

    Type:

    Social & Intellectual HST

  • HST-122 World History II

    Credits:

    4.00

    Description:

    Explores the major themes of human history since 1500. Topics include: the outward expansion of Europe, the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, the Age of Revolutions, the Industrial Revolution, the creation of a great-power dominated global system, the two world wars, the Cold War, the Third World, globalization, climate change, and modern social and political movements.

    Term:

    Offered Spring Term

    Type:

    Social & Intellectual HST

  • HST-149 Empires & Globalization in World History I

    Credits:

    4.00

    Description:

    This is the first of the two-course series of Empires and Globalization in World History. Course discusses the origins and development of globalization and capitalism from the perspective of economic history. Major issues include the formation of the medieval trade system, the development of finance and capitalism in the early modern ages, and economic changes prior to the Industrial Revolution. The specific topics may change every year due to new academic developments and publications. Cultural Diversity B

    Term:

    Offered Fall Term

    Type:

    Social & Intellectual HST

  • HST-150 Empires & Globalization in World History II

    Credits:

    4.00

    Description:

    This is the second of the two-course series of Empires and Globalization in World History. Course discusses the origins and development of globalization and capitalism from the perspective of economic history. Major issues include state-making, wars, and the rivalry among early modern empires, economic development, the Industrial Revolution and the formation of the global trade system. The specific topics may change every year due to new academic developments and publications. Cultural Diversity B

    Term:

    Offered Spring Term

    Type:

    Social & Intellectual HST

  • HST-181 American Life to the Civil War Era

    Credits:

    4.00

    Description:

    Surveys American history from European colonization up through the era of the Civil War. Topics include interactions with Native Americans; slavery; the American Revolution; the founding of a new republic; social and economic developments in the early nineteenth century; expansion; party politics; sectional conflict; the Civil War and Reconstruction.

    Term:

    Offered Fall Term

    Type:

    Social & Intellectual HST

  • HST-182 American Life Since the Civil War Era

    Credits:

    4.00

    Description:

    Surveys American history from the 1870s to the present. Topics include the new industrial order; farmer and worker protests; progressivism; America's emergence as a world power; the two World Wars; the Great Depression; the New Deal; the Cold War; post-World War II American society; the Civil rights movement; Vietnam; dissent and counterculture in the 1960s; the women's movement; economic, social, and political changes in the late-twentieth century; America's relationship to a globalized world.

    Term:

    Offered Spring Term

    Type:

    Social & Intellectual HST


Electives (3 courses, 12 credits)

Choose 3 History courses at the 200-level or above.


Residency Requirement Policy: In the College of Arts and Sciences, a two-course residency requirement must be satisfied for completion of a minor and a four-course residency requirement must be satisfied for the completion of a major.

 

 
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