Program: History Minor - Belmont University - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 09, 2025

Undergraduate Catalog 2022-2023

Technical Requirements:

Technical Requirements are courses identified by the program as required courses and will count in the BELL Core or as General Electives.

HIS 2010 The American Experience to Reconstruction 3 Hours
or
HIS 2020 The American Experience Since Reconstruction 3 Hours

Course Requirements

HIS 2050 is a prerequisite for all history courses numbered 3000 and above for the history minor.

HIS 2050 The Craft of History 3 Hours
HIS 3050 Writing History 3 Hours

Elective from European History Courses: 3 Hours

Select 1 of the following electives.

HIS 3250 Kings and Philosophers: Europe, 1648-1789 3 Hours
HIS 3400 History of Medieval Europe 3 Hours
HIS 3500 History of the Russian Empire 3 Hours
HIS 3510 Russia and the Soviet Union Since 1900 3 Hours
HIS 3550 Europe in the Age of the French Revolution 3 Hours
HIS 3560 France Since 1870 3 Hours
HIS 3650 The Making Of England, 400-1500 3 Hours
HIS 3660 History of England II 3 Hours
HIS 3690 Ireland Since 1798: From Colony to National State 3 Hours
HIS 4500 Europe in the Age of the World Wars 3 Hours
HIS 4510 History of Rome 3 Hours
HIS 4650 The Russian Revolution and Civil War, 1917-1922 3 Hours
HIS 4670 The Tudor Monarchy, 1485-1603 3 Hours
HIS 4690 Advanced Studies in European History 3 Hours

Elective from World History Courses: 3 Hours

Select 1 of the following courses.

HIS 3540 Modern China 3 Hours
HIS 3700 History of Central Asia 3 Hours
HIS 3720 Islamic Social and Religious Thought 3 Hours
HIS 3800 Latin America : The National Period 3 Hours
HIS 3850 Africa Since 1890 3 Hours
HIS 4700 Colonialism and Empire Since 1500 3 Hours
HIS 4710 Ecology, Technology, and Geography in World History 3 Hours
HIS 4750 Nationalism and Ethnic Identity 3 Hours
HIS 4800 The Vietnam War 3 Hours
HIS 4820 History of Modern Japan 3 Hours
HIS 4850 Cuba and the Caribbean 3 Hours
HIS 4890 Advanced Studies in World History 3 Hours

Additional History Electives: 6 Hours

Total: 18 Hours