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2009 - 2010

Minor in History (21 hours*)



Program Requirements

  1. At least 9 hours of history credit must be completed in residency at BYU's Provo campus. BYU Independent Study courses do not count toward residency.
  2. Complete the following core courses:
      HIST 201 : World Civilization to 1500. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      HIST 201 : World Civilization to 1500. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      OFFERED: F, W, Sp, Su; Honors also. Independent Study also.
      DESCRIPTION: World civilization from Greek antiquity to Renaissance; explores fundamental questions in the human experience, examines formative events in history, and seeks to teach value of important texts.

      HIST 202 : World Civilization from 1500. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      HIST 202 : World Civilization from 1500. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      OFFERED: F, W, Sp, Su; Honors also.
      PREREQUISITE: Hist 201.
      DESCRIPTION: World civilization from Renaissance to present; explores fundamental questions in the human experience, examines formative events in history, and seeks to teach value of important texts.

                : Honors World Civilization from 1500.

      HIST 220 : The United States Through 1877. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      HIST 220 : The United States Through 1877. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      OFFERED: F, W, Sp, Su; Independent study also.
      DESCRIPTION: Discovery, colonization, American Revolution, estabishment of the Constitution, foreign affairs, westward expansion, slavery, sectionalism, Civil War, and reconstruction.

      HIST 221 : The United States Since 1877. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      HIST 221 : The United States Since 1877. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      OFFERED: F, W, Sp, Su; Independent Study also.
      DESCRIPTION: Industrialization, immigration, urbanization, political and social movements, and foreign policy.


      Note: Minors must complete all four core courses in history at the college level. University core Civilization courses (201/202) offered by other departments are not equivalent. Advanced Placement U.S. history courses are not equivalent.
  3. Complete 9 hours from the approved list of elective courses.

*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.



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