World History Minor

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The World History minor is designed to provide support and assistance to students who wish to specialize in world history and to provide a coherent academic program that is well integrated with other disciplines and departments.

Requirements

To qualify for this academic minor, students must complete the required number of units with a minimum GPA of 2.0 (C).

(18 units)

Lower Division

(6 units)

HIST 1010 - World Civilizations I 3 unit(s)
HIST 1020 - World Civilizations II 3 unit(s)

Note:

Equivalent courses at many community colleges may satisfy these lower-division requirements, but they must be World, not Western, Civilization courses.

Upper Division

1. Global — Comparative

a. Two of the following:

(6 units)

HIST 3090 and 3400 also fulfill university multicultural requirement

b. One of the following may be substituted for one class above:

HIST 3120 - Ancient Mediterranean World 3 unit(s)
HIST 4510 - United States and Latin America 3 unit(s)
HIST 4520 - Guerrilla Revolutions of the 20th Century 3 unit(s)
HIST 4595 - World Environmental History 3 unit(s)
HIST 4720 - Modern Atlantic Slavery 3 unit(s)
HIST 4750 - Comparative World Women 3 unit(s)
HIST 4850 - China and the United States 3 unit(s)
HIST 4930 - Migrants and Refugees in the Middle East 3 unit(s)

2. Area Studies

a. Any two of the following:

(6 units)

HIST 3230 - Nineteenth Century Europe 3 unit(s)
HIST 3240 - Twentieth Century Europe 3 unit(s)
HIST 3510 - Colonial Latin America 3 unit(s)
HIST 3520 - Modern Latin America 3 unit(s)
HIST 3800 - East Asia in Traditional Times 3 unit(s)
HIST 3810 - East Asia in the Modern World 3 unit(s)
HIST 3900 - Arab-Islamic World: 600 to 1800 3 unit(s)
HIST 4210 - European Intellectual History 3 unit(s)
HIST 4500 - History of Mexico 3 unit(s)