History Overview
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Location: WPC 212
Minor in History
Students must complete six courses and a minimum of 20 units with a Pacific minor grade point average of 2.0 in order to earn the minor in history.
Minor Requirements:
| Required Courses: | ||
| HIST 070 | Historical Imagination | 4 |
| Global: Select two of the following global/comparative classes (6-8 units) | ||
| HIST 015 | Global History of Sport | 3 |
| HIST 060 | A History of Medicine | 4 |
| HIST 061 | Global History of Food | 4 |
| HIST 062 | History of Warfare | 4 |
| HIST 063 | History of Science and Technology | 4 |
| HIST 064 | A History of Alcohol and Intoxicants | 4 |
| HIST 066 | Ancient Arithmetic | 4 |
| HIST 068 | Comparative History of Monotheisms: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam | 4 |
| or RELI 030 | Comparative History of Monotheisms: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam | |
| HIST 103 | Pirates, Sailors & Smugglers at Sea | 4 |
| HIST 113 | Global Europe from WWII to 9/11 | 4 |
| HIST 135 | Women in Time and Place | 4 |
| HIST 140 | Southeast Asia and the West | 4 |
| HIST 167 | Gender in the History of Science/Medicine/Technology | 4 |
| Electives: Select three or more History classes from the following (9-12 units) | ||
| HIST 010 | Western Civilization I | 4 |
| HIST 011 | Western Civilization II | 4 |
| HIST 015 | Global History of Sport | 3 |
| HIST 023 | History of the Old Testament | 4 |
| HIST 020 | United States History I | 4 |
| HIST 021 | United States History II | 4 |
| HIST 023 | History of the Old Testament | 4 |
| or RELI 023 | History of the Old Testament | |
| HIST 025 | The Earliest Christians | 4 |
| or RELI 025 | The Earliest Christians | |
| HIST 030 | Asian Civilizations | 4 |
| HIST 031 | Modernity, Identity, and Global Culture in Modern East Asia | 4 |
| HIST 040 | Colonialism in Latin America | 4 |
| HIST 041 | Modern Latin America | 4 |
| HIST 050 | World History I | 4 |
| HIST 051 | World History II | 4 |
| HIST 052 | John Muir and the Environmental Movement | 3 |
| HIST 060 | A History of Medicine | 4 |
| HIST 061 | Global History of Food | 4 |
| HIST 062 | History of Warfare | 4 |
| HIST 063 | History of Science and Technology | 4 |
| HIST 064 | A History of Alcohol and Intoxicants | 4 |
| HIST 066 | Ancient Arithmetic | 4 |
| HIST 067 | Jerusalem through the Ages | 4 |
| or RELI 031 | Jerusalem through the Ages | |
| HIST 080 | Digital Narratives | 4 |
| HIST 100 | Renaissance and Reformation | 4 |
| HIST 101 | Tudor and Stuart England | 4 |
| HIST 102 | The Spanish Empire | 4 |
| HIST 103 | Pirates, Sailors & Smugglers at Sea | 4 |
| HIST 107 | History of Ancient Egypt and the Near East | 4 |
| or RELI 102 | History of Ancient Egypt and the Near East | |
| HIST 111 | Europe in Turmoil 1900-1945 | 4 |
| HIST 112 | History of the Holocaust | 4 |
| HIST 113 | Global Europe from WWII to 9/11 | 4 |
| HIST 114 | Modern Germany | 4 |
| HIST 119 | History Goes to Hollywood | 4 |
| HIST 120 | Native American History | 4 |
| HIST 123 | Civil War Era | 4 |
| HIST 130 | History of California | 4 |
| HIST 132 | American Immigration | 4 |
| HIST 133 | Women in United States History | 4 |
| HIST 135 | Women in Time and Place | 4 |
| HIST 136 | American Environmental History | 4 |
| HIST 137 | His-panic USA | 4 |
| HIST 138 | United States Since 1945 | 4 |
| HIST 139 | Borderlands | 4 |
| HIST 140 | Southeast Asia and the West | 4 |
| HIST 141 | Imperial China | 4 |
| HIST 142 | Modern Chinese History | 4 |
| HIST 143 | Japan in War and Peace | 4 |
| HIST 144 | Contemporary China | 4 |
| HIST 150 | Women in Latin America | 4 |
| HIST 151 | People's History of Mexico | 4 |
| HIST 160 | The Capstone (Pacific History Seminar) | 4 |
| HIST 167 | Gender in the History of Science/Medicine/Technology | 4 |
Note: 1) 10 units must be completed at Pacific. 2) 3 of the 6 courses must be HIST 052 or higher. 3) Special Topics courses may satisfy the global requirement with departmental approval.