In addition to a B.A. in History, the History Department also offers a Minor in History. The minor requires 24 semester credit hours requiring 12 hours of required core history classes and 12 hours of advanced history electives.
In choosing advanced electives, students are required to complete one course from Group A (World History), one course from Group B (European History), one course from Group C (U.S. History), and one additional course from any Group.
The African American Studies (AAS) minor provides an interdisciplinary course of study that focuses on the Black experience in the United States and throughout the African diaspora. Our central mission is to prepare students to critically understand, conduct research, and interpret the complex histories, societies, and cultures of people of African descent.
The interdisciplinary minor in Peace and Social Justice Studies focuses on practical questions of how to realize peace and justice in the everyday world. Minor courses provide students with a historical perspective on injustice and corresponding movements for social justice; and on the philosophy and methods of nonviolent protest and conflict resolution. The aim is to cultivate the knowledge and skills necessary for citizens to build peace with justice locally—among families, communities, and organizations—as well as nationally and internationally.
The Center for the Study of the Southwest offers an 18-hour minor in Southwestern Studies. The program engages the richness and diversity of the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico and gives focus to intercultural studies through examination of the region's diverse peoples, institutions, histories, and physical and cultural ecologies.
The Women’s Studies minor offers an interdisciplinary,18-hour program that concentrates on the images and realities of women. Drawing on recent scholarship on women and gender, the Women’s Studies minor provides a flexible, coherent program that enables students to consider the significance of gender.
Pursuing a minor in International Studies provides non-IS majors with a global perspective. The minor includes 21 total hours of coursework and provides a valuable international component to any degree plan. Required courses include World Geography, Political Geography, Economic Geography, and an Introduction to International Studies. Students may then choose from the course catalog to fill out their remaining hours.
