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.
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 | American Women's History, to 1865 |
| HISTORY 303-2 | American Women's 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 United States Since 1900: Early 20th C. |
| HISTORY 315-2 | The United States Since 1900: Mid-20th C. |
| HISTORY 315-3 | The United States Since 1900: Late 20th C. to Present |
| 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. | |