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Minor in History (Spring 2008)

Department of History, College of Liberal Arts

Effective Spring 2008

This program requires 18 semester hours of history courses with at least 6 semester hours in 300 or 400 level courses. The minor includes:

Two 100 level history courses - 6 credits

One 200 or 300 level history course - 3 credits

42.298 Historiography and Historical Methods - 3 credits

One 300 or 400 level history course - 3 credits

42.398 Research and Writing Skills - 3 credits

The program for the history minor provides the following features: at least one directed exercise in independent historical research (42.398); a minimal background in those courses at the 100 level that are basic to and required of history majors; flexibility in framing a minor pertinent to the student's academic interest; and at least one course, in addition to 42.398, at an advanced level.