History Minor
Total Units Required: 18
For those fascinated by history but not majoring in the discipline, the Minor in History offers a chance to receive recognition for doing something they love—exploring the past. Students take courses in different areas of history: 1) three courses in premodern, global, or European; 2) one course in public history; and 3) two courses in United States.
Course Requirements for the Minor
The following courses, or their approved transfer equivalents, are required of all candidates for this minor. No more than two 200-level courses are allowed.
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Group A: Premodern, Global, and European | ||
| Select three of the following: | 9 | |
| Global Environmental History (W) | ||
| Islam and the World | ||
| Historians and Historical Methodology (W) 1 | ||
| Roman Empire | ||
| The Age of Caesar and Augustus | ||
| Catastrophe, Memory, and Society | ||
| Romans of the East: The Byzantine Empire | ||
| Medieval Europe | ||
| Early Modern History | ||
| Modern Europe | ||
| Russian and Soviet History | ||
| Gender and Sexuality in Modern European History | ||
| Modern Germany: From Unification to Reunification | ||
| Muhammad and the Qur'an | ||
| Middle Eastern Empires | ||
| Middle Eastern Empires (W) | ||
| The Modern Middle East | ||
| Premodern East Asia | ||
| Modern East Asia | ||
| Colonial Latin America | ||
| Modern Latin America | ||
| Modern Mexico | ||
| Modern Mexico (W) | ||
| Renaissance and Reformations | ||
| Enlightenment and Revolutions | ||
| Pompeii and the Roman City | ||
| Greek History and Material Culture | ||
| Gender, Sex, and Power in the Soviet and Post-Soviet World | ||
| Extreme Politics: Communism, Fascism, and Nazism in 20th Century Europe | ||
| Islamic Civilization | ||
| The Struggle for Palestine | ||
| Asia and the City | ||
| Modern Korea | ||
| Modern China | ||
| Social Revolution in Latin America | ||
| Native Latin Americans | ||
| Group B: Public History | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Introduction to Public History | ||
| Museums, Monuments, and Memorials: A Reckoning | ||
| Introduction to Digital History | ||
| Popular Memory and Commemoration in Early America | ||
| Internship in Public History 2 | ||
| Oral History and Community Memory | ||
| Archival Voices and Silences | ||
| History, Memory, and Nationalism | ||
| Material Culture in Early America | ||
| Group C: United States | ||
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
| American Indian Histories Past and Present | ||
| African American History | ||
| Mexican American History | ||
| Historians and Historical Methodology (W) 1 | ||
| Gender and Sexuality in American History | ||
| American Environment (W) | ||
| Volatile Decade: America in the 1960s | ||
| Early American History | ||
| Nineteenth-Century US History | ||
| Twentieth-Century US History | ||
| Topics in Contemporary US History | ||
| The American Revolution | ||
| The Early American Republic | ||
| The Civil War and Reconstruction | ||
| Twentieth-Century War in American Society | ||
| Gender and Sexuality in Early America | ||
| History of California | ||
| History of the American South | ||
| Total Units | 18 | |