Minor in History

APU history minors engage in thoughtful study of the past in order to gain the proper perspective for making judgments in the present.

18 units

Requirements 

The Department of History and Political Science maintains the following requirements for each of the minors it offers:

  1. Students must complete all prerequisites for any HIST or POLI course with a C- or better before taking the course (except as noted in the course description).
  2. Students must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 in all political science and history courses required for the minor.
  3. Students must complete each HIST or POLI course with a C- or higher for the course to meet a degree requirement in the Department of History and Political Science.
Core
Select one of the following:3
HIST 120
World Civilizations to 1648 1, 2
HIST 121
World Civilizations Since 1648 1
Select one of the following:3
HIST 151
United States History to 1877 1
HIST 152
United States History Since 1877 1
HIST 202
United States History to 1930 3
Electives
Select four of the following:12
HIST 200
The Varieties of History
HIST 311
Ancient Greece
HIST 312
Ancient Rome
HIST 320
Modern Africa
HIST 325
Topics in French History
HIST 334
History of American Foreign Affairs
HIST 342
The American West
HIST 346
History of American Immigration 4
HIST 350
Medieval Europe
HIST 352
Renaissance and Reformation
HIST 357
Enlightenment Europe
HIST 358
Europe 1789-1914
HIST 359
Europe 1914-1992
HIST 360
History of the Middle East I: Early and Medieval Islam
HIST 361
History of the Middle East II: Modern Middle East
HIST 365
History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
HIST 368
A Year in Time
HIST 374
Colonial Era
HIST 376
The Revolution and the Republic
HIST 380
Civil War and Reconstruction
HIST 382
Emergence of Modern America
HIST 386
Modern America
HIST 389
Modern American Intellectual History
HIST 392
Colonial Latin America
HIST 393
Ritual and Re-enactment in Modern Latin America
HIST 401
Humanities Seminar
HIST 420
Topics in Cinema and History
HIST 484
Historical Themes
HIST 497
Readings
HIST 498
Directed Research
HIST 499
Thesis/Project
Total Units18
1

Meets the General Education Humanities: History requirement.

2

Completion of the honors humanities major or minor satisfies the HIST 120 requirement.

3

For liberal studies majors only.

4

Meets the General Education Intercultural Competence requirement.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete this program shall be able to:
  1. Demonstrate a knowledge of the major events, ideas, and trends in American history.
    2.
  2. Describe and analyze the major events, ideas, and developments of world history.
    3.
  3. Analyze primary and secondary sources and develop a historical argument based on them.
    4.
  4. Articulate how a Christian worldview informs the study of history.