Department of History

World History Minor

A total of five courses and 20 credits are required for the minor in world history.

Required Courses (complete both)

HIS 1130	World History until the Sixteenth Century
HIS 1131	World History Since 1500

Electives (choose three)

HIS 3330	World History Post 1945
HIS 3331	Slaves and Spice: A History of the Indian Ocean
HIS 3335	World Environmental History, 1300-Present
HIS 3365	The History of Muslim Communities, 600-1600
HIS 3366	History of the Modern Middle East
HIS 3439	Slavery and Race in Early Modern Atlantic World, 1400-1800
HIS 3440	Survey of Latin American History

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