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This minor may only be completed by students admitted to the Elementary Education or the Elementary Education and Special Education programs. A minor is not required to complete either program.

Minors provide a depth of study in a particular area of interest and also inform classroom instruction. The completion of a minor is required to teach middle school in some states and may benefit students particularly interested in teaching at this level.

The Department of History is housed in the College of Letters & Science. Students may wish to consult with an undergraduate advisor in the department to discuss course selection and other issues related to this field of study.

Students have numerous advising resources available to them, including both professional and peer advisors. Information on the History advising team, how to contact an advisor, how to schedule an appointment, and drop-in advising hours can be found on the departmental website.

Upon completion, the subject area of the minor will be posted on the UW–Madison transcript. Students will not receive an additional certification or license in the subject area. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction does not offer content licenses in association with the Elementary Education or Special Education teaching licenses.

How to Get In

This minor may only be declared by students completing the Elementary Education or the Elementary Education and Special Education programs. To declare the minor, contact your academic advisor in Education Student Services any time after program admission.

Requirements

The History minor requires a minimum of 24 credits. No more than three courses may be numbered below 300. A minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.75 is required, based on all history minor coursework taken on the UW–Madison campus.

European History

Complete at least one course; includes British or Russian history.

European History Course Options

HISTORY/​CLASSICS  110 The Ancient Mediterranean4
HISTORY 111 Culture & Society in the Ancient Mediterranean3-4
HISTORY/​MEDIEVAL/​RELIG ST  112 The World of Late Antiquity (200-900 C.E.)4
HISTORY 115 Medieval Europe 410-15004
HISTORY 119 Europe and the World, 1400-18154
HISTORY 120 Europe and the Modern World 1815 to the Present4
HISTORY 123 English History: England to 16883-4
HISTORY 124 Britain since 16884
HIST SCI 201 The Origins of Scientific Thought3
HISTORY 201 The Historian's Craft (European topics)3-4
ILS 201 Western Culture: Science, Technology, Philosophy I3
HISTORY/​RELIG ST  208 Western Intellectual and Religious History to 15003-4
HISTORY/​RELIG ST  209 Western Intellectual and Religious History since 15003-4
HISTORY/​RELIG ST  212 The History of Western Christianity to 17504
HISTORY/​JEWISH  220 Introduction to Modern Jewish History4
HISTORY 223 Explorations in European History (H)3-4
HISTORY 224 Explorations in European History (S)3
HISTORY/​GEOG/​POLI SCI/​SLAVIC  253 Russia: An Interdisciplinary Survey4
HISTORY/​GEOG/​POLI SCI/​SLAVIC  254 Eastern Europe: An Interdisciplinary Survey4
HISTORY 270 Eastern Europe since 19003-4
HISTORY 271 History Study Abroad: European History1-4
HISTORY 303 A History of Greek Civilization3-4
HISTORY 307 A History of Rome3-4
HISTORY/​MEDIEVAL/​RELIG ST  309 The Crusades: Christianity and Islam3-4
HISTORY/​JEWISH  310 The Holocaust3-4
HISTORY 320 Early Modern France, 1500-17153-4
HISTORY/​HIST SCI  323 The Scientific Revolution: From Copernicus to Newton3
HISTORY/​HIST SCI  324 Science in the Enlightenment3
HISTORY/​ENVIR ST  328 Environmental History of Europe3
HISTORY 348 France from Napoleon to the Great War, 1799-19143-4
HISTORY 349 Contemporary France, 1914 to the Present3-4
HISTORY 350 The First World War and the Shaping of Twentieth-Century Europe3-4
HISTORY 351 Seventeenth-Century Europe3-4
HISTORY 357 The Second World War3-4
HISTORY 358 French Revolution and Napoleon3-4
HISTORY 359 History of Europe Since 19453-4
HISTORY/​ENGL/​RELIG ST  360 The Anglo-Saxons3
HISTORY 361 The Emergence of Mod Britain: England 1485-16603-4
HISTORY/​CLASSICS/​POLI SCI  362 Athenian Democracy3
HISTORY/​INTL ST  366 From Fascism to Today: Social Movements and Politics in Europe3-4
HISTORY 367 Society and Ideas in Shakespeare's England3-4
HISTORY/​GEN&WS  392 Women and Gender in Modern Europe3-4
HISTORY 410 History of Germany, 1871 to the Present3-4
HISTORY/​RELIG ST  411 The Enlightenment and Its Critics3
HISTORY 417 History of Russia3-4
HISTORY 418 History of Russia3-4
HISTORY 419 History of Soviet Russia3-4
HISTORY 420 Russian Social and Intellectual History3-4
HISTORY 424 The Soviet Union and the World, 1917-19913-4
HISTORY 425 History of Poland and the Baltic Area3-4
HISTORY/​LEGAL ST  426 The History of Punishment3-4
HISTORY/​SCAND ST  431 History of Scandinavia to 18153
HISTORY/​SCAND ST  432 History of Scandinavia Since 18153
HISTORY/​LEGAL ST  459 Rule of Law: Philosophical and Historical Models3-4
HISTORY/​LEGAL ST  476 Medieval Law and Society3
HISTORY/​ED POL  478 Comparative History of Childhood and Adolescence3
HISTORY/​HIST SCI/​MED HIST  507 Health, Disease and Healing I3-4
HISTORY/​HIST SCI/​MED HIST  508 Health, Disease and Healing II3-4
HISTORY/​CURRIC/​ED POL/​JEWISH  515 Holocaust: History, Memory and Education3
HISTORY/​CLASSICS/​RELIG ST  517 Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean3
HISTORY/​JEWISH  518 Anti-Semitism in European Culture, 1700-19453
HISTORY/​SCAND ST  577 Contemporary Scandinavia: Politics and History3-4

U.S. History

Complete at least one course.

U.S. History Course Options

HISTORY 101 Amer Hist to the Civil War Era, the Origin & Growth of the U S4
HISTORY 102 American History, Civil War Era to the Present4
HISTORY/​ED POL  107 The History of the University in the West3
HISTORY 109 Introduction to U.S. History3-4
HISTORY 136 Sport, Recreation, & Society in the United States3-4
HISTORY/​ED POL  143 History of Race and Inequality in Urban America3
HISTORY 145 America and China, 1776-Today3-4
HISTORY 150 American Histories: The Nineteenth Century4
HISTORY/​CHICLA  151 The North American West to 18503-4
HISTORY/​CHICLA  152 The United States West Since 18503-4
HISTORY/​CHICLA  153 Latina/Latino/Latinx History3-4
HISTORY 154 Who is an American?3-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN AM  160 Asian American History: Movement and Dislocation3-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN AM  161 Asian American History: Settlement and National Belonging3-4
HISTORY 170 East Meets West: Myth, Meaning, and Modernity3-4
HISTORY/​AMER IND  190 Introduction to American Indian History3-4
HISTORY 201 The Historian's Craft (U.S. topics)3-4
HISTORY/​JEWISH  213 Jews and American Pop. Culture3-4
HIST SCI 218 History of Twentieth Century American Medicine3
HISTORY/​JEWISH  219 The American Jewish Experience: From Shtetl to Suburb4
HISTORY 221 Explorations in American History (H)3-4
HISTORY 227 Explorations in the History of Race and Ethnicity3
HISTORY/​ART HIST/​ENVIR ST/​GEOG/​LAND ARC  239 Making the American Landscape3-4
HISTORY/​CHICLA/​GEN&WS  245 Chicana and Latina History3
HISTORY/​ASIAN/​ASIAN AM  246 Southeast Asian Refugees of the "Cold" War4
HISTORY/​C&E SOC/​POLI SCI/​SOC  259 Forward? The Wisconsin Idea, Past and Present1-3
HISTORY/​LEGAL ST  261 American Legal History to 18603
HISTORY/​LEGAL ST  262 American Legal History, 1860 to the Present3
HISTORY/​CHICLA/​LACIS/​POLI SCI  268 The U.S. & Latin America from the Colonial Era to the Present: A Critical Survey3
HISTORY 269 War, Race, and Religion in Europe and the United States, from the Scramble for Africa to Today3-4
HISTORY 272 History Study Abroad: United States History1-4
HIST SCI/​AFROAMER  275 Science, Medicine, and Race: A History3
HISTORY/​AFRICAN/​AFROAMER/​POLI SCI  297 African and African-American Linkages: An Introduction4
HISTORY 302 History of American Thought, 1859 to the Present3-4
HISTORY 306 The United States Since 19453-4
HISTORY/​AFROAMER  321 Afro-American History Since 19003-4
HISTORY/​AFROAMER  322 Afro-American History to 19003-4
HISTORY 329 History of American Capitalism4
HISTORY/​INTL ST  332 East Asia & The U.S. Since 18993-4
HISTORY 344 The Age of the American Revolution, 1763-17893-4
HISTORY 345 Military History of the United States3-4
HISTORY/​GEN&WS  353 Women and Gender in the U.S. to 18703-4
HISTORY/​GEN&WS  354 Women and Gender in the U.S. Since 18703-4
HISTORY/​CHICLA/​LACIS/​POLI SCI  355 Labor in the Americas: US & Mexico in Comparative & Historical Perspective3
HISTORY/​AFROAMER  393 Slavery, Civil War, and Reconstruction, 1848-18773-4
HISTORY/​HIST SCI/​MED HIST  394 Science in America3
HISTORY 401 Public History Workshop3
HISTORY 403 Immigration and Assimilation in American History3-4
HISTORY/​ED POL  412 History of American Education3
HISTORY/​CHICLA/​POLI SCI  422 Latino History and Politics3
HISTORY 427 The American Military Experience to 19023-4
HISTORY 428 The American Military Experience Since 18993-4
HISTORY/​ENVIR ST/​LEGAL ST  430 Law and Environment: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives3
HISTORY 434 American Foreign Relations, 1901 to the Present3-4
HISTORY/​CHICLA  435 Colony, Nation, and Minority: The Puerto Ricans' World3
HISTORY/​LEGAL ST  459 Rule of Law: Philosophical and Historical Models3-4
HISTORY/​ENVIR ST/​GEOG  460 American Environmental History4
HISTORY/​ECON  466 The American Economy Since 18653-4
HIST SCI/​MED HIST  509 The Development of Public Health in America3
HIST SCI/​AFROAMER/​MED HIST  523 Race, American Medicine and Public Health3
HIST SCI/​GEN&WS/​MED HIST  531 Women and Health in American History3
HIST SCI/​GEN&WS/​MED HIST  532 The History of the (American) Body3
HIST SCI/​GEN&WS  537 Childbirth in the United States3
HISTORY/​JOURN  560 History of U.S. Media4
HISTORY/​L I S  569 History of American Librarianship3
HISTORY 607 The American Impact Abroad: The Historical Dimension3
HISTORY/​ED POL  612 History of Student Activism from the Popular Front to Black Lives Matter3
HISTORY/​AFROAMER  628 History of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States3

Non-Western History (Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East)

Complete one course; Russian history does not fulfill this requirement.

African History Course Options

HISTORY 105 Introduction to the History of Africa3-4
HISTORY/​AFRICAN  129 Africa on the Global Stage3-4
HISTORY 179 Afro-Atlantic Histories and Peoples, 1791-Present3-4
HISTORY 201 The Historian's Craft (African topics)3-4
HISTORY/​AFRICAN/​AFROAMER/​ANTHRO/​GEOG/​POLI SCI/​SOC  277 Africa: An Introductory Survey4
HISTORY 278 Africans in the Americas, 1492-18083-4
HISTORY/​AFRICAN/​AFROAMER/​POLI SCI  297 African and African-American Linkages: An Introduction4
HISTORY 444 History of East Africa3-4
HISTORY 445 History of Equatorial Africa3-4

Central or East Asian History Course Options

HISTORY/​ASIAN  103 Introduction to East Asian History: China3-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN  104 Introduction to East Asian History: Japan3-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN  108 Introduction to East Asian History - Korea3-4
HISTORY 170 East Meets West: Myth, Meaning, and Modernity3-4
HISTORY 201 The Historian's Craft (Central or East Asian topics)3-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN/​POLI SCI  255 Introduction to East Asian Civilizations3-4
HISTORY/​GNS  265 An Introduction to Central Asia: From the Silk Route to Afghanistan3
HISTORY/​INTL ST  332 East Asia & The U.S. Since 18993-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN  335 The Koreas: Korean War to the 21st Century3-4
HISTORY 336 Chinese Economic and Business History: From Silk to iPhones3-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN  337 Social and Intellectual History of China, 589 AD-19193-4
HISTORY 340 Cultural History of Korea3-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN  341 History of Modern China, 1800-19493-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN  342 History of the Peoples Republic of China, 1949 to the Present3-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN  363 China and World War II in Asia3-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN  454 Samurai: History and Image3-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN  456 Pearl Harbor & Hiroshima: Japan, the US & The Crisis in Asia3-4

South or Southeast Asian History Course Options

HISTORY 142 History of South Asia to the Present3-4
HISTORY 201 The Historian's Craft (South or Southeast Asian topics)3-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN/​GEOG/​POLI SCI/​SOC  244 Introduction to Southeast Asia: Vietnam to the Philippines4
HISTORY/​ASIAN/​ASIAN AM  246 Southeast Asian Refugees of the "Cold" War4
HISTORY/​ASIAN/​RELIG ST  267 Asian Religions in Global Perspective3-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN/​RELIG ST  308 Introduction to Buddhism3-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN  319 The Vietnam Wars3-4
HISTORY 450 Making of Modern South Asia3-4
HISTORY 457 History of Southeast Asia to 18003-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN  458 History of Southeast Asia Since 18003-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN  463 Topics in South Asian History3

Latin American History Course Options

HISTORY 179 Afro-Atlantic Histories and Peoples, 1791-Present3-4
HISTORY 201 The Historian's Craft (Latin American Topics)3-4
HISTORY 241 Latin America from 1780 to 19404
HISTORY/​INTL ST/​LACIS  242 Modern Latin America4
HISTORY/​LACIS  243 Colonial Latin America: Invasion to Independence3-4
HISTORY/​CHICLA/​GEN&WS  245 Chicana and Latina History3
HISTORY/​AFROAMER/​ANTHRO/​C&E SOC/​GEOG/​LACIS/​POLI SCI/​SOC/​SPANISH  260 Latin America: An Introduction3-4
HISTORY/​CHICLA/​LACIS/​POLI SCI  268 The U.S. & Latin America from the Colonial Era to the Present: A Critical Survey3
HISTORY 278 Africans in the Americas, 1492-18083-4
HISTORY/​AFROAMER  347 The Caribbean and its Diasporas3
HISTORY/​CHICLA/​LACIS/​POLI SCI  355 Labor in the Americas: US & Mexico in Comparative & Historical Perspective3
HISTORY/​CHICLA/​POLI SCI  422 Latino History and Politics3
HISTORY/​CHICLA  435 Colony, Nation, and Minority: The Puerto Ricans' World3
HISTORY 441 Revolution and Conflict in Modern Latin America3-4
HISTORY 533 Multi-Racial Societies in Latin America3-4
HISTORY/​HIST SCI/​MED HIST  564 Disease, Medicine and Public Health in the History of Latin America and the Caribbean3

Middle Eastern History Course Options

HISTORY 139 Introduction to the Modern Middle East3-4
HISTORY 201 The Historian's Craft (Middle Eastern topics)3-4
HISTORY/​RELIG ST  205 The Making of the Islamic World: The Middle East, 500-15003-4
HISTORY/​MEDIEVAL/​RELIG ST  309 The Crusades: Christianity and Islam3-4

Ancient/Medieval History

Complete one European or Non-Western history course with a focus on the European or Mediterranean area before C.E. 1500 or with the history of Africa or Asia before these areas fell heavily under European influence. This course may also be counted toward the fulfillment of the other distribution requirements above.

Ancient/Medieval History Course Options

HISTORY/​CLASSICS  110 The Ancient Mediterranean4
HISTORY/​MEDIEVAL/​RELIG ST  112 The World of Late Antiquity (200-900 C.E.)4
HISTORY 115 Medieval Europe 410-15004
HISTORY 123 English History: England to 16883-4
HISTORY 200 Historical Studies (Ancient/Medieval topics)3-4
HIST SCI 201 The Origins of Scientific Thought3
HISTORY 201 The Historian's Craft (Ancient/Medieval topics)3-4
HISTORY/​RELIG ST  205 The Making of the Islamic World: The Middle East, 500-15003-4
HISTORY/​RELIG ST  208 Western Intellectual and Religious History to 15003-4
HISTORY 223 Explorations in European History (H) (Ancient/Medieval topics)3-4
HISTORY 303 A History of Greek Civilization3-4
HISTORY 307 A History of Rome3-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN/​RELIG ST  308 Introduction to Buddhism3-4
HISTORY/​MEDIEVAL/​RELIG ST  309 The Crusades: Christianity and Islam3-4
HIST SCI/​MEDIEVAL  322 Ancient and Medieval Science3
HISTORY/​ASIAN  337 Social and Intellectual History of China, 589 AD-19193-4
HISTORY/​ENGL/​RELIG ST  360 The Anglo-Saxons3
HISTORY/​CLASSICS/​POLI SCI  362 Athenian Democracy3
HISTORY/​LEGAL ST  426 The History of Punishment3-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN  454 Samurai: History and Image3-4
HISTORY 457 History of Southeast Asia to 18003-4
HISTORY/​LEGAL ST  459 Rule of Law: Philosophical and Historical Models3-4
HISTORY/​LEGAL ST  476 Medieval Law and Society3
HISTORY/​HIST SCI/​MED HIST  507 Health, Disease and Healing I3-4
HISTORY/​CLASSICS/​RELIG ST  517 Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean3
ILS 201 Western Culture: Science, Technology, Philosophy I3

Historical Research

Select one course. This course may also be counted toward the fulfillment of the other distribution requirements above. HISTORY 201 is specifically designed to be a research methods course and is strongly recommended. Multiple topics will be offered every fall and spring under this number.

Historical Research Course Options

HISTORY 201 The Historian's Craft3-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN  319 The Vietnam Wars3-4
HISTORY/​GEN&WS  354 Women and Gender in the U.S. Since 18703-4
HISTORY 418 History of Russia3-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN  458 History of Southeast Asia Since 18003-4
HISTORY/​GEN&WS  519 Sexuality, Modernity and Social Change3
HISTORY/​AFROAMER  628 History of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States3

Electives

Complete additional coursework, if necessary, to reach the minimum of 24 credits. It is recommended that students completing the history minor take a one-year continuous course in American history (e.g., HISTORY 101 Amer Hist to the Civil War Era, the Origin & Growth of the U S and HISTORY 102 American History, Civil War Era to the Present).