Minor in History
Students majoring in all disciplines are welcome to minor in history. A minor in history provides a perfect complement to many disciplines. It engages students in questions about causality and asks students to see the contingent conditions that have shaped our world. It offers students an opportunity to develop their critical analysis, reading, and writing skills. Students may minor in history by completing 3 units in lower division world history and 15 units in upper division history courses.
Requirements for a minor in History (18 units)
| Students must choose one 3 unit course from the following: | 3 | |
| World History to c. 1500 | ||
or ANTH 1400 | World History to c. 1500 | |
| World History from c. 1500 | ||
| Students must complete 15 units of upper division units chosen from five of the following seven areas: | 15 | |
| Ancient History | ||
| History of Ancient Greece | ||
| History of Rome | ||
| Ancient Egyptian Art | ||
| Culture and Society in Ancient Egypt | ||
| Ancient and Early Imperial China | ||
| Ancient Egyptian History, Origins to c. 1700 B.C.E. | ||
| Ancient Egyptian History, c. 1700 B.C.E. to 1000 B.C.E | ||
| Ancient Egypt, c. 1000 B.C.E. to 495 C.E. | ||
| History of Christianity I | ||
| African History | ||
| Ancient Egyptian Art | ||
| Culture and Society in Ancient Egypt | ||
| Africa to 1870 | ||
| Africa 1870 to Present | ||
| The Rise, Decline and Legacy of Apartheid South Africa | ||
| Images of Africa | ||
| History of Southern Africa | ||
| The History of Health and Medicine in Africa | ||
| Gender and Development in Africa | ||
| Ancient Egyptian History, Origins to c. 1700 B.C.E. | ||
| Ancient Egyptian History, c. 1700 B.C.E. to 1000 B.C.E | ||
| Ancient Egypt, c. 1000 B.C.E. to 495 C.E. | ||
| Asian History | ||
| Ancient and Early Imperial China | ||
| Medieval China | ||
| Modern China I, 1644-1911 | ||
| Modern China II, 1911-Present | ||
| Modern Chinese History in Fiction and Film | ||
| World War II in the Pacific | ||
| History of Modern East Asia | ||
| Mughal India and the Early Modern World | ||
| Modern India at the Crossroads of Empire | ||
| Gandhi: Life and Legacy | ||
| Media Cultures of the Indian Subcontinent | ||
| European History | ||
| Ancient and Medieval Europe to the Renaissance | ||
| European History from the Renaissance to the Present | ||
| History of Ancient Greece | ||
| History of Rome | ||
| Modern Ireland | ||
| Early Medieval Europe | ||
| High Medieval Europe | ||
| Renaissance and Reformation | ||
| The Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment | ||
| Nazi Germany and the Holocaust | ||
| European Intellectual History | ||
| Twentieth Century Europe | ||
| Hitler's Europe | ||
| History of Christianity II | ||
| Tudor and Stuart England | ||
| Britain, 1688-1901 | ||
| Europe Since 1945 | ||
| Studies in European National History | ||
| Latin American History | ||
| History of Modern Mexico | ||
| Modern Central America | ||
| Foreign Relations of Latin America | ||
| Latin American History Through Film | ||
| Colonial Latin America | ||
| Modern Latin America | ||
| Middle East History | ||
| Classical Islamic Civilization | ||
| Modern Middle East | ||
| Arab-Israeli Conflict | ||
| Modern Iran | ||
| Topics in Modern Middle Eastern History | ||
| Nationalism and Conflict in the Middle East | ||
| U.S. Media and the Middle East | ||
| Iran-U.S. Relations | ||
| Politics of Oil | ||
| United States History | ||
| African-American History, 1620-1865 | ||
| African-American History, 1865-Present | ||
| American Indian History | ||
| Women in U.S. History, 1607-Present | ||
| Women in the Black Freedom Movement | ||
| The American Colonies, 1607-1783 | ||
| The Evolution of American Democracy, 1783-1840 | ||
| Civil War and Reconstruction | ||
| The United States, 1877-1917 | ||
| The United States, 1917-1945 | ||
| United States in World War II | ||
| United States History, Cold War Era | ||
| American History Through Film | ||
| Chicana/o History Through Film | ||
| LGBT History | ||
| The United States, 1960s | ||
| History of California | ||
| California Indian History | ||
| Chicana/o History | ||
| Early American Biography | ||
| 20th Century Americans | ||
| Constitutional History of the United States | ||
| U.S. Citizenship and the Law | ||
| Foreign Relations of the United States | ||
| History of the American West | ||
| Gender, Sex, and Conquest in the American West | ||
| Chicana/Mexicana Feminisms | ||
| Immigration and Ethnic American History | ||
| History of the U.S. - Mexico Borderlands | ||
| California Water History | ||
| Total Units | 18 | |