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Plan of Study – History

Note: A Semester Hour (s.h.) is a unit of academic credit representing an hour of class (such as lecture class) or three hours of laboratory work each week for an academic semester. Most courses are two, three or four semester hours.

History: Minor

History: Minor

Minor Courses (Minimum of 21 semester hours required.)
     HIS 1090 Ancient and Medieval World (3 s.h.)
World history from prehistoric times to c. 1500 C.E., including a study of the ancient and medieval civilizations of global culture realms.
     HIS 2320 United States to 1900 (3 s.h.)
Political, social, economic, and cultural development of the United States; emphasis on the colonial period, the Civil War, and the rise of America to world power.
     HIS 2760 Michigan History (3 s.h.)
Significant people and events during Michigan’s long history, including the roles of the Native Americans, the French, the British, the Toledo War, Civil War, Michigan’s economic growth, the Great Depression, the roles of labor and minorities, and discussion of the several state constitutions.
     HIS 3310 Early Modern World: Age of Discovery and Revolution (3 s.h.)
World history in the period of European global expansion from the formation of the Spanish and Portuguese Empires in the Sixteenth Century to the end of the Napoleonic Wars, including a study of politics, culture, ideas, and religion of Europe and the World.
     HIS 3320 Modern World (3 s.h.)
World history from 1789 C.E. to the present, including a study of modern global culture realms. Special attention is given to global crises and achievements, the Cold War and its aftermath, and global, political, and economic development.
     HIS 3420 Minority Groups in America (3 s.h.)
Conflict between the revolutionary ideals of the American dream and the reality of majority-minority group relations from colonial America to the present.
     HIS 4540 United States in the Modern Era (3 s.h.)
Development of the United States as a world power and its impact on the social, economic, cultural, and political changes in the contemporary era.