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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 070Historical Imagination4
Global: Select two of the following global/comparative classes (6-8 units)
HIST 015Global History of Sport3
HIST 060A History of Medicine4
HIST 061Global History of Food4
HIST 062History of Warfare4
HIST 063History of Science and Technology4
HIST 064A History of Alcohol and Intoxicants4
HIST 066Ancient Arithmetic4
HIST 068Comparative History of Monotheisms: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam4
or RELI 030 Comparative History of Monotheisms: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
HIST 103Pirates, Sailors & Smugglers at Sea4
HIST 113Global Europe from WWII to 9/114
HIST 135Women in Time and Place4
HIST 140Southeast Asia and the West4
HIST 167Gender in the History of Science/Medicine/Technology4
Electives: Select three or more History classes from the following (9-12 units)
HIST 010Western Civilization I4
HIST 011Western Civilization II4
HIST 015Global History of Sport3
HIST 023History of the Old Testament4
HIST 020United States History I4
HIST 021United States History II4
HIST 023History of the Old Testament4
or RELI 023 History of the Old Testament
HIST 025The Earliest Christians4
or RELI 025 The Earliest Christians
HIST 030Asian Civilizations4
HIST 031Modernity, Identity, and Global Culture in Modern East Asia4
HIST 040Colonialism in Latin America4
HIST 041Modern Latin America4
HIST 050World History I4
HIST 051World History II4
HIST 052John Muir and the Environmental Movement3
HIST 060A History of Medicine4
HIST 061Global History of Food4
HIST 062History of Warfare4
HIST 063History of Science and Technology4
HIST 064A History of Alcohol and Intoxicants4
HIST 066Ancient Arithmetic4
HIST 067Jerusalem through the Ages4
or RELI 031 Jerusalem through the Ages
HIST 080Digital Narratives4
HIST 100Renaissance and Reformation4
HIST 101Tudor and Stuart England4
HIST 102The Spanish Empire4
HIST 103Pirates, Sailors & Smugglers at Sea4
HIST 107History of Ancient Egypt and the Near East4
or RELI 102 History of Ancient Egypt and the Near East
HIST 111Europe in Turmoil 1900-19454
HIST 112History of the Holocaust4
HIST 113Global Europe from WWII to 9/114
HIST 114Modern Germany4
HIST 119History Goes to Hollywood4
HIST 120Native American History4
HIST 123Civil War Era4
HIST 130History of California4
HIST 132American Immigration4
HIST 133Women in United States History4
HIST 135Women in Time and Place4
HIST 136American Environmental History4
HIST 137His-panic USA4
HIST 138United States Since 19454
HIST 139Borderlands4
HIST 140Southeast Asia and the West4
HIST 141Imperial China4
HIST 142Modern Chinese History4
HIST 143Japan in War and Peace4
HIST 144Contemporary China4
HIST 150Women in Latin America4
HIST 151People's History of Mexico4
HIST 160The Capstone (Pacific History Seminar)4
HIST 167Gender in the History of Science/Medicine/Technology4

 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.