2023-2024 Course Catalog
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To earn a minor in history, a student must satisfactorily complete a minimum of 18 semester hours of history courses with a minimum 2.0 GPA in all courses taken to satisfy the minor. The 18 hours for the minor must include at least 3 hours of credit from each of three of the four groups of HIST courses (Groups I-IV). At least 12 of the 18 hours must be on the 2000 level or above, and at least 6 of the 18 must be at the 3000 level or above. No more than 6 hours maximum can be counted from the 1000 level. 1000 level HIST courses count as elective credit towards the minor.
2000- and 3000-level HIST courses are divided into the following four groups:
HIST 1014 Topics in Reacting to the Past, HIST 2984 Special Study, HIST 3984 Special Study, HIST 2104 Topics and Critical Issues in US History, HIST 2114 Topics and Critical Issues in European History, HIST 2124 Topics and Critical Issues in World History, HIST 3914 Critical Reading and Analysis in History and HIST 4914 History Research Seminar can be substituted to appropriate groups. Please see course schedule or advisor for more information.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Minor Courses | ||
| Select a minimum of 18 semester hours of history courses 1 | 18 | |
At least 12 hours at the 2000 level or above | ||
At least 6 hours at the 3000 level or above | ||
| Subtotal | 18 | |
| Total Credits | 18 | |
The 18 hours for the minor must include at least 3 hours of credit from each of three of the four groups of HIST courses (Groups I-IV).
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| HIST 1224 | Conquest and Culture in Latin American Empires | 3 |
| HIST 2165 | History of France | 3 |
| HIST 2166 | History of France | 3 |
| HIST 2346 | History of the Middle East | 3 |
| HIST 2364 | History of Japan | 3 |
| HIST/RLCL 2384 | Gandhi in the Making of Modern India | 3 |
| HIST 2484 | Modern Germany | 3 |
| HIST 3004 | Colonial America | 3 |
| HIST 3014 | The American Revolution | 3 |
| HIST 3174 | Native American History | 3 |
| HIST 3274 | The Greek City | 3 |
| HIST 3314 | The Later Roman Empire | 3 |
| HIST 3234 | The North American West | 3 |
| HIST 3294 | Roman Britain | 3 |
| HIST 3364 | The Age of Revolution and Napoleon | 3 |
| HIST 3374 | French Empire | 3 |
| HIST 3554 | Age of Globalization | 3 |
| HIST 3594 | The Rise of Modern Latin America | 3 |
| HIST 3604 | Russia to Peter the Great | 3 |
| HIST 3614 | Imperial Russia | 3 |
| HIST/AFST/IS 3864 | Development and Humanitarianism in Africa | 3 |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| HIST 2134 | The Revolution Will Be Televised: Topics in History on TV | 3 |
| HIST/CLA 2224 | Ancient Greek and Roman Women | 3 |
| HIST/CLA 2234 | Classics in the Modern World | 3 |
| HIST/CLA 2244 | Cities of Rome | 3 |
| HIST 2264 | America in the 1960s | 3 |
| HIST 2355 | History of China | 3 |
| HIST 2356 | History of China | 3 |
| HIST/RLCL 2374 | Gods and Kings in Premodern India | 3 |
| HIST/AFST 2275 | African-American History | 3 |
| HIST/AFST 2276 | African-American History | 3 |
| HIST 2494 | Cities in History | 3 |
| HIST/CRIM 2504 | Crime and Punishment in American History | 3 |
| HIST 2514 | U.S. Food History | 3 |
| HIST 3064 | Emergence of Modern America, 1877-1917 | 3 |
| HIST 3084 | Recent America, 1917-Present | 3 |
| HIST 3104 | United States Social History | 3 |
| HIST 3105 | Women in U S History | 3 |
| HIST 3106 | Women in U S History | 3 |
| HIST 3124 | Murder in American History | 3 |
| HIST 3134 | Sports in American History | 3 |
| HIST 3164 | Sexuality in American History | 3 |
| HIST 3205 | 3 | |
| HIST 3206 | U.S. South | 3 |
| HIST 3214 | History of Appalachia | 3 |
| HIST 3224 | History of Virginia | 3 |
| HIST 3324 | The Medieval World | 3 |
| HIST 3334 | The Renaissance | 3 |
| HIST 3344 | The Era of The Reformation | 3 |
| HIST/RLCL 3504 | The Age of The Crusades | 3 |
| HIST 3684 | Cultural History of the Soviet Union and the Successor States | 3 |
| HIST 3694 | History through Film | 3 |
| HIST 3744 | Social History of Film | 3 |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| HIST 2054 | Engineering Cultures | 3 |
| HIST 2524 | History of Agriculture | 3 |
| HIST/SOC/STS 2604 | Introduction to Data in Social Context | 3 |
| HIST 2624 | Topics in the History of Data in Social Context | 3 |
| HIST/STS 2715 | History of Technology | 3 |
| HIST/STS 2716 | History of Technology | 3 |
| HIST 3114 | History of Capitalism | 3 |
| HIST 3144 | American Environmental History | 3 |
| HIST 3624 | Health and Illness in African History | 3 |
| HIST/STS 3705 | History of Science | 3 |
| HIST/STS 3706 | History of Science | 3 |
| HIST 3714 | War and Medicine | 3 |
| HIST 3724 | History of Disease, Medicine, and Health | 3 |
| HIST/STS 3734 | History of Modern Biology | 3 |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| HIST 1354 | Conflict and Security in Modern East Asia | 3 |
| HIST 2184 | History of the Balkans | 3 |
| HIST 2345 | History of the Middle East | 3 |
| HIST 2534 | America at War | 3 |
| HIST 3054 | The American Civil War | 3 |
| HIST 3254 | The Vietnam War | 3 |
| HIST 3284 | The Roman Revolution | 3 |
| HIST 3304 | The World of Alexander the Great | 3 |
| HIST 3354 | Reform and Revolution in Early Modern England | 3 |
| HIST 3394 | Europe Since World War II | 3 |
| HIST/JUD/RLCL 3494 | The Holocaust | 3 |
| HIST 3524 | European Military History to 1789 | 3 |
| HIST 3534 | Modern Military History | 3 |
| HIST 3544 | World War II | 3 |
| HIST 3564 | The Cold War | 3 |
| HIST 3644 | Twentieth-Century Russia | 3 |
| HIST 3654 | Arab-Israeli Conflict | 3 |
| HIST 3664 | Revolutionary China | 3 |
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