History Minor
The history minor requires students to gain both depth and breadth in history. Students must select a concentration, which enables them to acquire significant knowledge of one theme or area of the world; they must also take courses outside the concentration, which encourages geographic and chronological breadth.
Double-counting note: Weinberg College prohibits double-counting a minor course toward some other major or minor, except where this is explicitly permitted in this catalog. Weinberg College does allow double-counting a minor course toward a general bachelor's degree requirement (i.e. degree requirements other than majors or minors). Other programs or schools may have their own restrictions that supersede this, so check the relevant parts of this catalog for possible limits.
Minor Requirements (7 units)
- 4 courses in one of the following areas of concentration: Africa, Asia, Economics and Labor, Environment, Europe (including Britain), Latin America, Law and Crime, Middle East, Science and Technology, United States.
- 3 additional courses outside the area of concentration.
- Additional rules include:
- At least 3 courses out of the 7 units applied to the minor must be at the 300-level. At least two of the 300-level courses must be inside the concentration.
- No more than 1 may be an introductory colloquium (either HISTORY 101-7 or HISTORY 101-8).
- Up to two may be specific courses taught by other departments and programs, including CLASSICS 211-0, CLASSICS 212-0, ECON 318-0, ECON 323-1, ECON 323-2, ECON 324-0, RELIGION 264-0, RELIGION 265-0, other classes taught by History Department faculty (core faculty, visiting faculty, or history lecturers), and (with permission of the director of undergraduate studies) some class offerings of ECON 315-0.
- Up to three courses completed on a study abroad program may be counted towards the minor with approval of a faculty advisor.
- Chicago Field Studies courses may not be applied towards the minor.
- No credit based on test scores (such as AP or IB) may be counted towards the minor.
- Courses completed with a grade of P may not be applied to the minor; see Weinberg College - Grade Requirements.
Concentration options for the minor
Africa
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| HISTORY 255-1 | African Civilizations |
| HISTORY 255-2 | Africa in the Age of Early Modern Empires |
| HISTORY 255-3 | Modern Africa |
| HISTORY 356-1 | History of South Africa, Early Times to 1879 |
| HISTORY 356-2 | History of South Africa, 1879-on |
| HISTORY 357-0 | East Africa |
| HISTORY 358-0 | Topics in West African History |
| Other as approved by department advisor. | |
Asia
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| HISTORY 281-0 | Chinese Civilization |
| HISTORY 284-1 | Ancient and Medieval Japan: From the Realm of the Gods to the Age of the Samurai |
| HISTORY 284-2 | Early Modern Japan |
| HISTORY 286-0 | World War II in Asia |
| HISTORY 381-1 | Qing China |
| HISTORY 381-2 | Modern China: The Twentieth Century |
| HISTORY 381-3 | Modern China: Post-Mao Reforms, 1978-2016 |
| HISTORY 381-SA | Beijing: Politics and Power in Modern China |
| HISTORY 382-0 | The Modern Japanese City |
| HISTORY 383-0 | Japan's Modern Revolution |
| HISTORY 384-1 | History of Modern Japan: The Modern State, 1860-1943 |
| HISTORY 384-2 | History of Modern Japan: War and postwar Japan, 1943-present |
| HISTORY 385-1 | History of Modern South Asia, 1500-1800 |
| HISTORY 385-2 | History of Modern South Asia, ca. 1750-present |
| HISTORY 386-2 | Southeast Asia in the Age of Empire |
| HISTORY 386-3 | Southeast Asia: Decolonization & Independence |
| HISTORY 388-0 | The Mongol Empire |
| Other as approved by department advisor. | |
Economics and labor
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| HISTORY 254-0 | Entrepreneurship: A Global History |
| HISTORY 255-1 | African Civilizations |
| HISTORY 260-1 | Becoming Latin America, 1492-1830 |
| HISTORY 337-0 | History of Modern Europe |
| HISTORY 353-0 | History of Capitalism, 1500-1850 |
| HISTORY 354-0 | History of Socialism |
| HISTORY 356-2 | History of South Africa, 1879-on |
| HISTORY 357-0 | East Africa |
| HISTORY 366-0 | Latin America in the Independence Era: American Indians and Nations |
| HISTORY 368-2 | Revolutions in Latin America and the Caribbean from Haiti to Mexico |
| HISTORY 369-0 | Development and Inequality in Modern Latin America |
| HISTORY 384-2 | History of Modern Japan: War and postwar Japan, 1943-present |
| Other as indicated on department website. | |
Environment
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| HISTORY 251-0 | The Politics of Disaster: A Global Environmental History |
| HISTORY 255-1 | African Civilizations |
| HISTORY 309-0 | American Environmental History |
| HISTORY 357-0 | East Africa |
| HISTORY 366-0 | Latin America in the Independence Era: American Indians and Nations |
| HISTORY 376-0 | Global Environments and World History |
| Other as indicated on department website. | |
Europe (including Britain)
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| HISTORY 201-1 | Europe in the Medieval and Early Modern World |
| HISTORY 201-2 | Europe in the Modern World |
| HISTORY 203-1 | Jewish History I: 750-1492 |
| HISTORY 203-2 | Jewish History II: Early Modern, 1492-1789 |
| HISTORY 203-3 | Jewish History III: 1789-1948 |
| HISTORY 261-0 | Sex after Shakespeare |
| HISTORY 330-0 | Medieval Sex |
| HISTORY 331-0 | Women in Medieval Society |
| HISTORY 332-1 | Medieval Europe I: Early Middle Ages, 300-1000 |
| HISTORY 332-2 | Medieval Europe II: High & Late Middle Ages, 1000-1450 |
| HISTORY 333-0 | The European Renaissance |
| HISTORY 334-0 | The Reformation of Religion |
| HISTORY 336-0 | Spain 1500 - 1700: Rise and Fall of a European Empire |
| HISTORY 337-0 | History of Modern Europe |
| HISTORY 338-1 | Europe in the 20th Century, 1900-1945 |
| HISTORY 338-2 | Europe in the 20th Century, 1945-Present |
| HISTORY 340-0 | Gender, War, and Revolution in the 20th Century |
| HISTORY 341-0 | Paris: World City, 1700 to the Present |
| HISTORY 342-1 | The French Revolution and Napoleon |
| HISTORY 342-2 | History of Modern France: 19th c. to present |
| HISTORY 343-0 | Modern Italy |
| HISTORY 344-1 | German History: Weimar and Nazi Germany |
| HISTORY 344-2 | German History: Germany Since 1945 |
| HISTORY 345-1 | History of Russia, 800-1917: From Kievan Rus to the Bolshevik Revolution |
| HISTORY 345-2 | History of Russia, 1917-1991: The Soviet Union |
| HISTORY 345-3 | History of Russia, 1991-Present: After Communism |
| HISTORY 346-0 | East Central Europe under Communist Rule and Beyond, 1945 to the Present |
| HISTORY 347-0 | Christians and Jews |
| HISTORY 348-1 | Jews in Poland, Ukraine, and Russia |
| HISTORY 348-2 | Jews in Poland, Ukraine, and Russia |
| HISTORY 349-0 | The Holocaust |
| HISTORY 350-0 | Soviet History Through Film |
| HISTORY 351-0 | Europe in the Age of Total War |
| HISTORY 360-0 | Tudor and Stuart Britain |
| HISTORY 362-1 | Modern British History, 1688 - 1815 |
| HISTORY 362-2 | The Victorians: liberalism, empire, and morality, 1780-1900 |
| HISTORY 362-3 | Britain Since 1900: The Decline and Fall of Empire |
| HISTORY 364-0 | Gender and Sexuality in Victorian Britain |
| Other as approved by department advisor. | |
Latin America
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| HISTORY 260-1 | Becoming Latin America, 1492-1830 |
| HISTORY 260-2 | History of Modern Latin America |
| HISTORY 365-0 | Medicine in Latin America: From Chocolate to Che Guevara |
| HISTORY 366-0 | Latin America in the Independence Era: American Indians and Nations |
| HISTORY 367-0 | History of Mexico |
| HISTORY 368-2 | Revolutions in Latin America and the Caribbean from Haiti to Mexico |
| HISTORY 369-0 | Development and Inequality in Modern Latin America |
| HISTORY 370-0 | Music and Nation in Latin America |
| Other as approved by department advisor. | |
Law and crime
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| HISTORY 221-0 | Famous American Trials |
| HISTORY 248-0 | Global Legal History |
| HISTORY 318-1 | Legal and Constitutional History of the United States: Colonial Period to 1850 |
| HISTORY 318-2 | Legal and Constitutional History of the United States: 1850 to Present |
| HISTORY 320-0 | The Fourteenth Amendment |
| HISTORY 327-0 | Histories of Violence in the United States |
| HISTORY 356-2 | History of South Africa, 1879-on |
| HISTORY 378-0 | History of Law and Science |
| Other as indicated on department website. | |
Middle East
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| HISTORY 270-0 | Middle Eastern/Islamic Civilization |
| HISTORY 271-1 | History of the Islamic Middle East: 600-1200 |
| HISTORY 271-2 | History of the Islamic Middle East: 1200-1789 |
| HISTORY 271-3 | History of the Modern Middle East, 1789 - Present |
| HISTORY 272-0 | History of Ancient Egypt, 3100-c. 1000 B.C.E. |
| HISTORY 373-1 | The Last Empire of Islam: The Ottomans in Europe and Asia in the Early Modern Era |
| HISTORY 373-2 | The Ottoman Empire in the Age of Nationalism: From “Grand Signor” to the “Sick Man of Europe" |
| HISTORY 374-0 | The Arabian Peninsula Since the 18th Century |
| Other as approved by department advisor. | |
Science and technology
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| HISTORY 275-1 | History of Early Modern Science and Medicine |
| HISTORY 275-2 | History of Modern Science and Medicine |
| HISTORY 325-0 | History of American Technology |
| HISTORY 337-0 | History of Modern Europe |
| HISTORY 378-0 | History of Law and Science |
| HISTORY 379-0 | Biomedicine and World History |
| Other as indicated on department website. | |
United States
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| HISTORY 210-1 | North America and the United States to 1865 |
| HISTORY 210-2 | History of the United States, Reconstruction to the Present |
| HISTORY 211-0 | American Wars |
| HISTORY 212-1 | Introduction to African-American History: Key concepts from 1700-1861 |
| HISTORY 212-2 | Introduction to African American History: Emancipation to Civil Rights Movement |
| HISTORY 214-0 | Asian American History |
| HISTORY 215-0 | History of the American Family |
| HISTORY 216-0 | Global Asians |
| HISTORY 218-0 | The History of Latinas and Latinos in the United States |
| HISTORY 219-0 | History of the Present |
| HISTORY 221-0 | Famous American Trials |
| HISTORY 303-1 | Women, Power and Patriarchy in US History, to 1865 |
| HISTORY 303-2 | Women, Power and Patriarchy in US History, since 1865 |
| HISTORY 304-0 | Asian American Women's History |
| HISTORY 305-0 | American Immigration |
| HISTORY 308-0 | The American West |
| HISTORY 309-0 | American Environmental History |
| HISTORY 310-1 | Early American History: Contact and Colonization |
| HISTORY 310-2 | American Revolution: From British Colonies to Republican Empire |
| HISTORY 311-0 | Democracy and its Discontents: The US from the Constitution to the Mexican War |
| HISTORY 314-0 | The Civil War and Reconstruction |
| HISTORY 315-1 | The Rise and Fall of the American Century: Rise |
| HISTORY 315-2 | The Rise and Fall of the American Century: Fall |
| HISTORY 316-0 | The Sixties |
| HISTORY 317-1 | American Cultural History: 19th C. |
| HISTORY 317-2 | American Cultural History: 20th C. to Present |
| HISTORY 318-1 | Legal and Constitutional History of the United States: Colonial Period to 1850 |
| HISTORY 318-2 | Legal and Constitutional History of the United States: 1850 to Present |
| HISTORY 319-0 | US Foreign Relations |
| HISTORY 320-0 | The Fourteenth Amendment |
| HISTORY 321-0 | The Vietnam Wars |
| HISTORY 322-1 | Development of the Modern American City: to 1880 |
| HISTORY 322-2 | Development of the Modern American City: 1880-Present |
| HISTORY 324-0 | US Gay and Lesbian History |
| HISTORY 325-0 | History of American Technology |
| HISTORY 326-0 | U.S. Intellectual History |
| HISTORY 327-0 | Histories of Violence in the United States |
| Other as approved by department advisor. | |