Type of Degree

Minor

School or College

College of Arts and Sciences

Area of Study

Arts, humanities, social sciences

Program Format

On-campus, Full-time

Program Overview

The minor in history is designed to introduce students to a variety of time periods and geographies. Students will also become familiar with the methods historians use to reconstruct the past. Eighteen hours of history. These must include three hours in any course at the introductory level (below 1000), plus nine hours at the intermediate (2000) or advanced (4000) level. These must also include six hours in each of two of the departments’ areas of study (The Americas; Europe; Africa/Asia/Middle East/Global).

No more than 6 credits of Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) History can count toward the 18 credits required for the minor, and no more than 3 credits of AP or IB History can count toward any 1 of the minor’s geographic requirements (Americas, Europe, Africa/Asia/Middle East/Global).

If you had started to earn your minor degree when the Areas of Concentration were Western Hemisphere; Europe; Africa/Asia/Latin America, please see your advisor to be certain the above revised areas of concentration still apply to your specific situation.

History Minor Requirements

Program Overview

The minor in history is designed to introduce students to a variety of time periods and geographies. Students will also become familiar with the methods historians use to reconstruct the past. Eighteen hours of history. These must include three hours in any course at the introductory level (below 1000), plus nine hours at the intermediate (2000) or advanced (4000) level. These must also include six hours in each of two of the departments’ areas of study (The Americas; Europe; Africa/Asia/Middle East/Global).

No more than 6 credits of Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) History can count toward the 18 credits required for the minor, and no more than 3 credits of AP or IB History can count toward any 1 of the minor’s geographic requirements (Americas, Europe, Africa/Asia/Middle East/Global).

If you had started to earn your minor degree when the Areas of Concentration were Western Hemisphere; Europe; Africa/Asia/Latin America, please see your advisor to be certain the above revised areas of concentration still apply to your specific situation.

History Minor Requirements