16 credits
Complete 3 credits from the social science list, 6 credits from two geographic distribution areas (Asia, Europe, Latin America, Mediterranean, or United States), an additional 6 credits of elective HIS coursework (of which 3 credits must be 300-level), and HIS-470 (1 credit), for a total of 16 credits of HIS coursework.
Social Science (3 credits)
Complete one of the following courses:
| HIS-204 | History of the Modern U.S. | 3 credits |
| HIS-210 | History of Modern East Asia | 3 credits |
| HIS-220 | History of Modern Europe | 3 credits |
| HIS-225 | History of Modern Ideas, 1750-1890 | 3 credits |
| HIS-226 | History of Modern Ideas, 1890-2000 | 3 credits |
| HIS-230 | History of Modern Latin America | 3 credits |
History Portfolio (1 credit)
Students will enroll in HIS-470 in their final semester before graduation. The first Friday after mid-semester break, students will submit a portfolio of relevant work completed, such as exams and papers. In 1000 to 1500 words, students will complete an assessment of the most important academic lessons learned and skills acquired during their course of study. The evaluation must also provide an overview of the strengths and weaknesses of the minor. The portfolio is required for completion of the minor and will be graded Pass/Fail.
Geographic distribution areas
At least six credits of the 16 total for the minor should be completed from two of the following geographic areas:
Asia
| HIS-340 | Pre-Modern Chinese History | 3 credits |
| HIS-345 | Modern China | 3 credits |
| HIS-357 | Popular Culture in Modern Chinese History | 3 credits |
| HIS-358 | People's Republic of China | 3 credits |
| HIS-359 | Pre-Modern Japan | 3 credits |
| HIS-384 | Modern Japan | 3 credits |
Europe
| HIS-339 | National Socialism & the Final Solution | 3 credits |
| HIS-347 | 18th-Century Europe: Empires and Modernity | 3 credits |
| HIS-348 | 19th-Century Europe: Revolutions and Empires | 3 credits |
| HIS-349 | 20th-Century Europe: Conflict and Unity | 3 credits |
| HIS-351 | History of Science | 3 credits |
| HIS-360 | Britain, Empire, and World, 1639-1832 | 3 credits |
| HIS-361 | Britain, Empire, and World, 1832-2010 | 3 credits |
| HIS-362 | European Jewish History | 3 credits |
Latin America
| HIS-380 | Colonial Latin America | 3 credits |
| HIS-382 | Revolutionary Mexico | 3 credits |
| HIS-383 | Authoritarian Governments in Latin America | 3 credits |
| HIS-385 | Conquest and Encounters | 3 credits |
| HIS-386 | Religions in Latin American | 3 credits |
| HIS-387 | Cuba | 3 credits |
| HIS-388 | Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Latin
America | 3 credits |
Mediterranean
| HIS-328 | Mythology: Classical History and
Archaeology | 3 credits |
| HIS-331 | Ancient Greece | 3 credits |
| HIS-332 | Ancient Rome | 3 credits |
| HIS-333 | Jews Under Islam | 3 credits |
| HIS-364 | The Life of Jesus: History and
Archaeology | 3 credits |
| HIS-376 | History of Zionism and Modern Israel | 3 credits |
United States
| HIS-300 | The United States Since 1945 | 3 credits |
| HIS-301 | Vast Early America | 3 credits |
| HIS-305 | The Presence of the Past: Introduction to Public History | 3 credits |
| HIS-307 | The American West | 3 credits |
| HIS-310 | Jewish History and Culture in the Americas | 3 credits |