History Minor

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Objectives:

A minor in history, reflecting the structured and sequential offerings within the department, affords students who do not choose to major in history the opportunity to develop expertise within the discipline consistent with their interests and their plans beyond graduation. The minor is designed to give the non-history major an introduction to the basic skills of the historian and the depth of advanced study of the discipline offered within the department whether generally or specifically.

Competencies, Knowledge, or Skills to be Achieved:

Students completing the minor will have the beginning skills of the historian and advanced work within the discipline consistent with their interests. They will be experienced both in technique and knowledge and therefore be better prepared for their professional options following graduation.

Structure of the Minor:

1. While the student may design the minor in history either on the basis of the history major or to key it to one of the four groups of courses offered by the department, a required course in all cases is HIST 203 (Introduction to the Discipline of History).

2. The student must choose one of the groups below for the history minor. Except for world history, all courses by group may be found in this catalog under the major in history:

   1. World History. A minimum of one course each from the following history groups (Groups I-IV): Europe, United States, Latin American/Non-Western World, and Diplomatic/Military.

   2. European History (Group I). A minimum of four courses from the European history group.

   3. United States History (Group II). (1) HIST 201/202 (Survey of American History). (2) At least two courses at the 300-level or above from the U.S. history group.

   4. Latin American/Non-Western World (Group III). A minimum of four courses from the Latin American/Non-Western World group.

   5. Diplomatic/Military (Group IV). A minimum of four courses from the Diplomatic/Military group.

Total Credit Hours required of all history minors: 15 hours beyond the College Core Requirements in History (HIST 103-104).

Note: For transcript purposes, the history minor, depending on the elective sequence chosen above, will be designated as one of the following: World History, European History, United States History, Latin American/Non-Western World History, or Diplomatic/Military History.