History Minor

(21 credits)

The History minor introduces students a broad liberal arts foundation that deepens their knowledge and understanding of the world, stimulates, effective participation in contemporary society, and cultivates deep-thinking skills required for success in a wide range of employment areas or graduate study.

Required History (9 credits):

Required Course

HIST 200 - How Historians Ask and Answer Questions 3 Credits

Choose two of the following:

HIST 101 - Studies in World Civilization to 1500 3 Credits
HIST 102 - Studies in World Civilization since 1500 3 Credits
Choose one of two:
HIST 213 - Topics in History 3 Credits
HIST 313 - Topics in History 3 Credits

Electives (12 credits):

Select 12 credits from the courses below or other courses approved by your advisor.

HIST 302 - United States History 3 Credits
HIST 313 - Topics in History 3 Credits
HIST 320 - Comparative Slavery 3 Credits
HIST 331 - History of Work in the U.S. 3 Credits
HIST 334 - African American History, 1890 to present 3 Credits
HIST 336 - The 1960s: Counterculture and Protest 3 Credits
HIST 345 - Introduction to Latin American and Latino Studies 3 Credits
HIST 350 - Democracy as a Way of Life 3 Credits
HIST 351 - The Ancient World 3 Credits
HIST 353 - Medieval Europe 3 Credits
HIST 355 - Early Modern Europe, 1500-1815 3 Credits
HIST 356 - Modern Asia 3 Credits
HIST 357 - Europe since 1750 3 Credits
HIST 358 - The Atlantic World, 1500-1820 3 Credits
HIST 395 - Independent Study in History 1-3 Credits
HIST 400 - History Capstone Seminar 3 Credits
HIST 402 - Travel Study in History 2-6 Credits
HIST 404 - Internship in Public History 3 Credits
HIST 408 - Nation-Building, Democracy, and Development in the Modern World 3 Credits
HIST 409 - The Birth of Europe 3 Credits
HIST 411 - The Colonial Experience 3 Credits
HIST 412 - The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1848-1877 3 Credits
HIST 413 - Revolutionary America 3 Credits
HIST 414 - Antebellum America, 1815-1848 3 Credits
HIST 415 - The Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 1877-1917 3 Credits
HIST 417 - The United States in Crisis 1917-1945 3 Credits
HIST 418 - The United States’ Atomic Age, 1945 to the Present 3 Credits
HIST 419 - Nazi Germany and the Holocaust 3 Credits
HIST 421 - United States Diplomacy 3 Credits
HIST 422 - The Rise and Fall of the Spanish World Empire 3 Credits
HIST 425 - History of Indiana 3 Credits
HIST 426 - History of the South 3 Credits
HIST 433 - History of Labor in the United States 3 Credits
HIST 434 - The History of Thought and Culture in the United States, to 1860 3 Credits
HIST 435 - The History of Thought and Culture in the United States, 1860 to the Present 3 Credits
HIST 436 - Indians and Europeans in Early America 3 Credits
HIST 437 - Race and Nationality in the United States 3 Credits
HIST 439 A-C - Women in History 3 Credits
HIST 444 - Latin America: The Colonial Era 3 Credits
HIST 446 - Latin America and the United States 3 Credits
HIST 447 - Contested Heritage: Making, Shaping, and Fighting over Public History 3 Credits
HIST 455 - The Renaissance, 1300-1520 3 Credits
HIST 456 - The Reformation, 1500-1650 3 Credits
HIST 460 - Europe in the Twentieth Century 3 Credits
HIST 466 - Modern Britain 3 Credits
HIST 467 - Modern France 3 Credits
HIST 468 - Modern Germany 3 Credits
HIST 470 - Tsarist Russia 3 Credits
HIST 471 - Modern Russia 3 Credits
HIST 474 - World Empires 3 Credits
HIST 478 - History of Islam 3 Credits
HIST 484 - History of the Modern Middle East 3 Credits
HIST 493 - Rise of Modern China 3 Credits
HIST 494 - Topics in U.S. History 3 Credits
HIST 496 - Topics in European History 3 Credits
HIST 498 - Topics in World History 3 Credits
HIST 499 - Topics in History (Oral History: Methods and Practice) 1-3 Credits

Note:

The History Minor is not available to students who have declared the History Major.