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Apr 28, 2024
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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
History Minor
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Six HIS Courses (18 credits)
A minimum of 3 courses must be at the 300-400 level.
Recommended lower-division courses include:
Total Credits Required for Minor: 18
Total Credit Hours Required represents the minimum credits needed to complete this program, and may vary based on a number of circumstances. This chart should not be used for financial aid purposes.
Notes
UB Seminar courses cannot count towards minor.
Academic Requirements
- A minimum grade of C- is required in any minor course. S/U and P/F are not applicable towards minor requirements.
- A course used to fulfill a requirement for a major or minor in another subject may not also fulfill a requirement for the history minor.
Transfer Credit Policy
- A maximum of 2 transfer, cross-listed, or petitioned courses may be counted toward the history minor.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of all requirements, the student will have knowledge to:
- Study distinct historical events and figures; interpret a range of social, political, economic, cultural, intellectual, environmental factors; identify the particularities of change over time.
- Explain the influence of the past on the present.
- Hone critical thinking and reading skills.
- Synthesize complex historical information.
- Construct sophisticated historical arguments and support these arguments with evidence.
- Develop research tools: how to pose questions, obtain evidence, identify gaps in the historical record.
- Assess and challenge historical narratives and viewpoints.
- Display disciplined analysis of primary and secondary sources.
- Compare regions and time periods.
- Learn how to become a persuasive writer.
- Cultivate oral communication: how to present research findings clearly, and analyze primary and secondary sources in discussion.
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