Student Learning Outcomes
Students graduating from this program will:
- recognize, demonstrate, and apply general knowledge of the world’s civilizations and peoples as well as their political, economic, social, and cultural histories
- relate the events in their particular stories about the past to the general history of the topic
- demonstrate the ability to identify and employ primary and/or secondary sources to research a historical topic
- be able to compose and present clear, well-organized, properly documented, and grammatical academic prose
Program Requirements
A minor in history may be earned with a minimum of 18 credit hours of coursework in the discipline (at least 12 of which must be at the 300- and 400-level). A maximum of 6 of the 18 credit hours may be taken in two of the survey courses. Students may petition for inclusion of up to 3 hours of relevant 300- and 400-level courses offered by other departments to be counted towards the minor. For program description and course selection, please refer to the Bachelor of Arts in History. A history minor also may be earned online.
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| Ancient World in Cinema | |
| Ancient Greek and Roman Medicine | |
| Special Studies in Antiquity and Medieval History | |
| History of Christianity to the Middle Ages | |
| Medieval Civilization I | |
| Medieval Civilization II | |
| Women and Gender in the Middle Ages | |
| History of the British Isles, ca. 500 to 1500 | |
| Archeology and Biblical History | |
| Ancient Egypt | |
| Ancient Greece | |
| Ancient Rome | |
| Late Antiquity: The Transformation of the Mediterranean World (200–600 AD) | |
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| Special Studies in Early and Modern European History | |
| History of Christianity from the Middles Ages to Present | |
| Reformation | |
| The French Revolution and Napoleon | |
| Tudor England, 1485-1603 | |
| History of Britain 1603-1832 | |
| Comparative Histories of Modern Germany | |
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| Studies in Digital Humanities | |
| Special Studies in Public History | |
| Oral History | |
| Museums, Monuments, and American Life: An Introduction to Public History | |
| Archival Internship | |
| Public History Internship | |
| World War One through its Artifacts | |
| Planning For Historic Preservation | |
| American Housing | |
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| Special Studies in United States History | |
| Decade of Dissent: The 1960s | |
| The American Revolution, 1763-1789 | |
| The Early American Republic, 1789–1850 | |
| America, 1850-1877: Civil War and Reconstruction | |
| History of Technology | |
| Missouri/Kansas Border Wars | |
| Civil War in Memory and Film | |
| Rise of the City in the U.S. | |
| The American West | |
| History of the Early American South | |
| American Environmental History | |
| Women in Early America | |
| American History Through Film | |
| Black Civil Rights in the 20th and 21st Centuries | |
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| Special Studies in World History | |
| Colonial North America, 1492–1763 | |
| Women, Gender and Sexuality in Latin America | |
| Colonial Latin America (From the Encounter to the Early 19th Century) | |
| Modern Latin America | |
| Latin American Crises and Opportunities | |
Total Credit Hours: 18
