This minor may only be completed by students admitted to Elementary Education options leading to certification in K-9 or Middle Childhood through Early Adolescence. A minor is not required to complete the K-9 certification program, but students may elect to complete one.
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.
Students may wish to consult with an advisor in the School of Education Student Services office, 139 Education Building, to discuss course selection and other issues related to this field of study. Current students can schedule a Student Services appointment online through the Starfish app in MyUW. Appointments can also be made through email at studentservices@education.wisc.edu, by calling 608-262-1651, or in person.
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 as was possible prior to fall 2022 program admission. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction does not offer content licenses in association with the K-9 educator license.
This minor may only be declared by students completing Elementary Education certification in either K-9 or Middle-Childhood-through-Early-Adolescence. The declaration form is located on the School of Education's Undergraduate Admissions page and can be submitted at any time after admission into the program.
Complete 24 credits to include the requirements listed below. A minimum 2.75 grade point average is required, based on all UW–Madison course work included in the Social Studies minor. The courses listed here will meet this requirement, but additional courses may be considered. Confer with an advisor in the School of Education Student Services office, 139 Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall, 608-262-1651, for consideration of additional courses.
Some courses may be listed in multiple categories, but can count in only one.
History/Civilizations
United States or European History
Select one course from the following.
United States or European History course options
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Afro-American Studies | ||
| AFROAMER 154 | Hip-Hop and Contemporary American Society | 3 |
| AFROAMER 156 | Black Music and American Cultural History | 3 |
| AFROAMER 231 | Introduction to Afro-American History | 3 |
| AFROAMER 272 | Race and American Politics from the New Deal to the New Right | 3 |
| AFROAMER/AFRICAN/HISTORY/POLI SCI 297 | African and African-American Linkages: An Introduction | 4 |
| AFROAMER 302 | Undergraduate Studies in Afro-American History | 3 |
| AFROAMER/HISTORY 321 | Afro-American History Since 1900 | 3-4 |
| AFROAMER/HISTORY 322 | Afro-American History to 1900 | 3-4 |
| AFROAMER/GEN&WS 323 | Gender, Race and Class: Women in U.S. History | 3 |
| AFROAMER/GEN&WS 324 | Black Women in America: Reconstruction to the Present | 3 |
| AFROAMER/GEN&WS 326 | Race and Gender in Post-World War II U.S. Society | 3 |
| AFROAMER/HISTORY 347 | The Caribbean and its Diasporas | 3 |
| AFROAMER/HISTORY 393 | Slavery, Civil War, and Reconstruction, 1848-1877 | 3-4 |
| AFROAMER 456 | Soul Music and the African American Freedom Movement | 3 |
| AFROAMER/HIST SCI/MED HIST 523 | Race, American Medicine and Public Health | 3 |
| AFROAMER/ED POL 567 | History of African American Education | 3 |
| AFROAMER/HISTORY 628 | History of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States | 3 |
| AFROAMER 631 | Colloquium in Afro-American History | 3 |
| AFROAMER 671 | Selected Topics in Afro-American History | 3 |
| American Indian Studies | ||
| AMER IND 100 | Introduction to American Indian Studies | 3 |
| AMER IND 250 | Indians of Wisconsin | 3 |
| AMER IND/ANTHRO 314 | Indians of North America | 3 |
| AMER IND 320 | Native Peoples of the Southwest | 3 |
| AMER IND/SOC WORK 636 | Social Work in American Indian Communities: The Indian Child Welfare Act | 3 |
| Asian American Studies | ||
| ASIAN AM/AFROAMER/AMER IND/CHICLA/FOLKLORE 102 | Introduction to Comparative US Ethnic and American Indian Studies | 3 |
| ASIAN AM/HISTORY 160 | Asian American History: Movement and Dislocation | 3-4 |
| ASIAN AM/HISTORY 161 | Asian American History: Settlement and National Belonging | 3-4 |
| ASIAN AM 170 | Hmong American Experiences in the United States | 3 |
| ASIAN AM/SOC 220 | Ethnic Movements in the United States | 3-4 |
| ASIAN AM/ASIAN/HISTORY 246 | Southeast Asian Refugees of the "Cold" War | 4 |
| ASIAN AM 441 | Hmong American Social Movements in the 20th and 21st Centuries | 3 |
| Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies | ||
| CHICLA/AFROAMER/AMER IND/ASIAN AM/FOLKLORE 102 | Introduction to Comparative US Ethnic and American Indian Studies | 3 |
| CHICLA/HISTORY 151 | The North American West to 1850 | 3-4 |
| CHICLA/HISTORY 152 | The U.S. West Since 1850 | 3-4 |
| CHICLA/HISTORY 153 | Latina/Latino/Latinx History | 3-4 |
| CHICLA 201 | Introduction to Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies | 3 |
| CHICLA/GEN&WS/HISTORY 245 | Chicana and Latina History | 3 |
| CHICLA 301 | Chicana/o and Latina/o History | 3 |
| CHICLA 315 | Racial Formation and Whiteness | 3 |
| CHICLA/GEN&WS 332 | Latinas: Self Identity and Social Change | 3 |
| CHICLA/SPANISH 364 | Survey of Latino and Latina Popular Culture | 3 |
| CHICLA/HISTORY/POLI SCI 422 | Latino History and Politics | 3 |
| CHICLA/HISTORY 435 | Colony, Nation, and Minority: The Puerto Ricans' World | 3 |
| Classics | ||
| CLASSICS 206 | Classical Influences on Western Art and Science | 3 |
| Community & Environmental Sociology | ||
| C&E SOC/HISTORY/POLI SCI/SOC 259 | Forward? The Wisconsin Idea, Past and Present | 1-3 |
| Educational Policy Studies | ||
| ED POL/HISTORY 107 | The History of the University in the West | 3 |
| ED POL/HISTORY 412 | History of American Education | 3 |
| ED POL/AFROAMER 567 | History of African American Education | 3 |
| ED POL/HISTORY 612 | History of Student Activism from the Popular Front to Black Lives Matter | 3 |
| Environmental Studies | ||
| ENVIR ST/GNS 210 | Cultures of Sustainability: Central, Eastern, and Northern Europe | 3 |
| ENVIR ST/HISTORY/LEGAL ST 430 | Law and Environment: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives | 3 |
| Gender and Women's Studies | ||
| GEN&WS/HIST SCI 537 | Childbirth in the United States | 3 |
| History—United States History | ||
| HISTORY 101 | Amer Hist to the Civil War Era, the Origin & Growth of the U S | 4 |
| HISTORY 102 | American History, Civil War Era to the Present | 4 |
| HISTORY/ED POL 107 | The History of the University in the West | 3 |
| HISTORY 109 | Introduction to U.S. History | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/ENVIR ST/HIST SCI 125 | Green Screen: Environmental Perspectives through Film | 3 |
| HISTORY 136 | Sport, Recreation, & Society in the United States | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 140 | Conspiracy Theories in Context | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/ED POL 143 | History of Race and Inequality in Urban America | 3 |
| HISTORY 145 | America and China, 1776-Today | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 150 | American Histories: The Nineteenth Century | 4 |
| HISTORY/CHICLA 151 | The North American West to 1850 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/CHICLA 152 | The U.S. West Since 1850 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/CHICLA 153 | Latina/Latino/Latinx History | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/ASIAN AM 160 | Asian American History: Movement and Dislocation | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/ASIAN AM 161 | Asian American History: Settlement and National Belonging | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/AMER IND 190 | Introduction to American Indian History | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 201 | The Historian's Craft (U.S. topics) | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/JEWISH 213 | Jews and American Pop. Culture | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/JEWISH 219 | The American Jewish Experience: From Shtetl to Suburb | 4 |
| HISTORY 221 | Explorations in American History (H) | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 227 | Explorations in the History of Race and Ethnicity | 3 |
| HISTORY/CHICLA/GEN&WS 245 | Chicana and Latina History | 3 |
| HISTORY/ASIAN/ASIAN AM 246 | Southeast Asian Refugees of the "Cold" War | 4 |
| HISTORY/C&E SOC/POLI SCI/SOC 259 | Forward? The Wisconsin Idea, Past and Present | 1-3 |
| HISTORY/LEGAL ST 261 | American Legal History to 1860 | 3 |
| HISTORY/LEGAL ST 262 | American Legal History, 1860 to the Present | 3 |
| HISTORY 269 | War, Race, and Religion in Europe and the United States, from the Scramble for Africa to Today | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 272 | History Study Abroad: United States History | 1-4 |
| HISTORY/AFRICAN/AFROAMER/POLI SCI 297 | African and African-American Linkages: An Introduction | 4 |
| HISTORY 302 | History of American Thought, 1859 to the Present | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 306 | The United States Since 1945 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/AFROAMER 321 | Afro-American History Since 1900 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/AFROAMER 322 | Afro-American History to 1900 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 329 | History of American Capitalism | 4 |
| HISTORY/INTL ST 332 | East Asia & The U.S. Since 1899 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 344 | The Age of the American Revolution, 1763-1789 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 345 | Military History of the United States | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/GEN&WS 353 | Women and Gender in the U.S. to 1870 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/GEN&WS 354 | Women and Gender in the U.S. Since 1870 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/CHICLA/LACIS/POLI SCI 355 | Labor in the Americas: US & Mexico in Comparative & Historical Perspective | 3 |
| HISTORY/AFROAMER 393 | Slavery, Civil War, and Reconstruction, 1848-1877 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/HIST SCI/MED HIST 394 | Science in America | 3 |
| HISTORY 401 | Public History Workshop | 3 |
| HISTORY 403 | Immigration and Assimilation in American History | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/ED POL 412 | History of American Education | 3 |
| HISTORY/CHICLA/POLI SCI 422 | Latino History and Politics | 3 |
| HISTORY 427 | The American Military Experience to 1902 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 428 | The American Military Experience Since 1899 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/ENVIR ST/LEGAL ST 430 | Law and Environment: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives | 3 |
| HISTORY 434 | American Foreign Relations, 1901 to the Present | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/CHICLA 435 | Colony, Nation, and Minority: The Puerto Ricans' World | 3 |
| HISTORY/LEGAL ST 459 | Rule of Law: Philosophical and Historical Models | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/ENVIR ST/GEOG 460 | American Environmental History | 4 |
| HISTORY/ECON 466 | The American Economy Since 1865 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/ENVIR ST/GEOG 469 | The Making of the American Landscape | 4 |
| HISTORY 500 | Reading Seminar in History (U.S. Topics) | 3 |
| HISTORY/JOURN 560 | History of U.S. Media | 4 |
| HISTORY/L I S 569 | History of American Librarianship | 3 |
| HISTORY 607 | The American Impact Abroad: The Historical Dimension | 3 |
| HISTORY/ED POL 612 | History of Student Activism from the Popular Front to Black Lives Matter | 3 |
| HISTORY/AFROAMER 628 | History of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States | 3 |
| History—European History | ||
| HISTORY/CLASSICS 110 | The Ancient Mediterranean | 4 |
| HISTORY 111 | Culture & Society in the Ancient Mediterranean | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/MEDIEVAL/RELIG ST 112 | The World of Late Antiquity (200-900 C.E.) | 4 |
| HISTORY 115 | Medieval Europe 410-1500 | 4 |
| HISTORY 119 | Europe and the World, 1400-1815 | 4 |
| HISTORY 120 | Europe and the Modern World 1815 to the Present | 4 |
| HISTORY 123 | English History: England to 1688 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 124 | British History: 1688 to the Present | 4 |
| HISTORY 201 | The Historian's Craft (European topics) | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/RELIG ST 208 | Western Intellectual and Religious History to 1500 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/RELIG ST 209 | Western Intellectual and Religious History since 1500 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/RELIG ST 212 | The History of Western Christianity to 1750 | 4 |
| HISTORY/JEWISH 220 | Introduction to Modern Jewish History | 4 |
| HISTORY 223 | Explorations in European History (H) | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 224 | Explorations in European History (S) | 3 |
| HISTORY/LACIS 243 | Colonial Latin America: Invasion to Independence | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/GEOG/POLI SCI/SLAVIC 253 | Russia: An Interdisciplinary Survey | 4 |
| HISTORY/GEOG/POLI SCI/SLAVIC 254 | Eastern Europe: An Interdisciplinary Survey | 4 |
| HISTORY 270 | Eastern Europe since 1900 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 271 | History Study Abroad: European History | 1-4 |
| HISTORY 303 | A History of Greek Civilization | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 307 | A History of Rome | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/MEDIEVAL/RELIG ST 309 | The Crusades: Christianity and Islam | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/JEWISH 310 | The Holocaust | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 320 | Early Modern France, 1500-1715 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/HIST SCI 323 | The Scientific Revolution: From Copernicus to Newton | 3 |
| HISTORY/HIST SCI 324 | Science in the Enlightenment | 3 |
| HISTORY/ENVIR ST 328 | Environmental History of Europe | 3 |
| HISTORY 348 | France from Napoleon to the Great War, 1799-1914 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 349 | Contemporary France, 1914 to the Present | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 350 | The First World War and the Shaping of Twentieth-Century Europe | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 351 | Seventeenth-Century Europe | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 357 | The Second World War | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 358 | French Revolution and Napoleon | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 359 | History of Europe Since 1945 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/ENGL/RELIG ST 360 | The Anglo-Saxons | 3 |
| HISTORY 361 | The Emergence of Mod Britain: England 1485-1660 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/CLASSICS/POLI SCI 362 | Athenian Democracy | 3 |
| HISTORY/INTL ST 366 | From Fascism to Today: Social Movements and Politics in Europe | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 367 | Society and Ideas in Shakespeare's England | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/GEN&WS 392 | Women and Gender in Modern Europe | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/RELIG ST 409 | Christianity in the Atlantic World, 1500-1800 | 3 |
| HISTORY 410 | History of Germany, 1871 to the Present | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/RELIG ST 411 | The Enlightenment and Its Critics | 3 |
| HISTORY 417 | History of Russia | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 418 | History of Russia | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 419 | History of Soviet Russia | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 420 | Russian Social and Intellectual History | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 424 | The Soviet Union and the World, 1917-1991 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 425 | History of Poland and the Baltic Area | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/LEGAL ST 426 | The History of Punishment | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/SCAND ST 431 | History of Scandinavia to 1815 | 3 |
| HISTORY/SCAND ST 432 | History of Scandinavia Since 1815 | 3 |
| HISTORY/LEGAL ST 459 | Rule of Law: Philosophical and Historical Models | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/LEGAL ST 476 | Medieval Law and Society | 3 |
| HISTORY/ED POL 478 | Comparative History of Childhood and Adolescence | 3 |
| HISTORY/HIST SCI/MED HIST 507 | Health, Disease and Healing I | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/HIST SCI/MED HIST 508 | Health, Disease and Healing II | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/CURRIC/ED POL/JEWISH 515 | Holocaust: History, Memory and Education | 3 |
| HISTORY/CLASSICS/RELIG ST 517 | Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean | 3 |
| HISTORY/JEWISH 518 | Anti-Semitism in European Culture, 1700-1945 | 3 |
| HISTORY/SCAND ST 577 | Contemporary Scandinavia: Politics and History | 3-4 |
| History of Science | ||
| HIST SCI/HISTORY/MED HIST 132 | Bees, Trees, Germs, and Genes: A History of Biology | 3 |
| HIST SCI 150 | The Digital Age | 3 |
| HIST SCI/HISTORY 171 | History of Medicine in Film | 3-4 |
| HIST SCI 201 | The Origins of Scientific Thought | 3 |
| HIST SCI/MED HIST 218 | History of Twentieth Century American Medicine | 3 |
| HIST SCI/AFROAMER 275 | Science, Medicine, and Race: A History | 3 |
| HIST SCI 404 | A History of Disease | 3-4 |
| HIST SCI/MED HIST 509 | The Development of Public Health in America | 3 |
| HIST SCI/AFROAMER/MED HIST 523 | Race, American Medicine and Public Health | 3 |
| HIST SCI/GEN&WS/MED HIST 531 | Women and Health in American History | 3 |
| HIST SCI/GEN&WS/MED HIST 532 | The History of the (American) Body | 3 |
| HIST SCI/GEN&WS 537 | Childbirth in the United States | 3 |
| Integrated Liberal Studies | ||
| ILS 201 | Western Culture: Science, Technology, Philosophy I | 3 |
| ILS 202 | Western Culture: Science, Technology, Philosophy II | 3 |
| International Studies | ||
| INTL ST/HISTORY 332 | East Asia & The U.S. Since 1899 | 3-4 |
| Legal Studies | ||
| LEGAL ST/ENVIR ST/HISTORY 430 | Law and Environment: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives | 3 |
| Medical History and Bioethics | ||
| MED HIST/HIST SCI 218 | History of Twentieth Century American Medicine | 3 |
| Political Science | ||
| POLI SCI/C&E SOC/HISTORY/SOC 259 | Forward? The Wisconsin Idea, Past and Present | 1-3 |
| POLI SCI/CHICLA/HISTORY/LACIS 268 | The U.S. & Latin America from the Colonial Era to the Present: A Critical Survey | 3 |
| POLI SCI/CHICLA/HISTORY/LACIS 355 | Labor in the Americas: US & Mexico in Comparative & Historical Perspective | 3 |
| POLI SCI/CHICLA/HISTORY 422 | Latino History and Politics | 3 |
| Scandinavian Studies | ||
| SCAND ST 348 | The Second World War in Nordic Culture | 3 |
| Sociology | ||
| SOC/C&E SOC/HISTORY/POLI SCI 259 | Forward? The Wisconsin Idea, Past and Present | 1-3 |
World/Global or Non-Western History
Select one course from the following.
World/Global or Non-Western History course options
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| African Cultural Studies | ||
| AFRICAN/HISTORY 129 | Africa on the Global Stage | 3-4 |
| AFRICAN 230 | Introduction to Yoruba Life and Culture | 3 |
| AFRICAN 232 | Introduction to Swahili Cultures | 3 |
| AFRICAN/AFROAMER/ANTHRO/GEOG/HISTORY/POLI SCI/SOC 277 | Africa: An Introductory Survey | 4 |
| AFRICAN/AFROAMER/HISTORY/POLI SCI 297 | African and African-American Linkages: An Introduction | 4 |
| AFRICAN/ASIAN/RELIG ST 370 | Islam: Religion and Culture | 4 |
| Afro-American Studies | ||
| AFROAMER/ANTHRO/C&E SOC/GEOG/HISTORY/LACIS/POLI SCI/SOC/SPANISH 260 | Latin America: An Introduction | 3-4 |
| AFROAMER/AFRICAN/ANTHRO/GEOG/HISTORY/POLI SCI/SOC 277 | Africa: An Introductory Survey | 4 |
| AFROAMER/AFRICAN/HISTORY/POLI SCI 297 | African and African-American Linkages: An Introduction | 4 |
| Anthropology | ||
| ANTHRO/AFROAMER/C&E SOC/GEOG/HISTORY/LACIS/POLI SCI/SOC/SPANISH 260 | Latin America: An Introduction | 3-4 |
| ANTHRO/AFRICAN/AFROAMER/GEOG/HISTORY/POLI SCI/SOC 277 | Africa: An Introductory Survey | 4 |
| ANTHRO/AMER IND 314 | Indians of North America | 3 |
| ANTHRO 333 | Prehistory of Africa | 3 |
| Asian Languages and Cultures | ||
| ASIAN/GEOG/HISTORY/POLI SCI/SOC 244 | Introduction to Southeast Asia: Vietnam to the Philippines | 4 |
| ASIAN/ASIAN AM/HISTORY 246 | Southeast Asian Refugees of the "Cold" War | 4 |
| ASIAN 252 | Contemporary Indian Society | 4 |
| ASIAN/HISTORY/RELIG ST 267 | Asian Religions in Global Perspective | 3-4 |
| ASIAN/HISTORY/RELIG ST 308 | Introduction to Buddhism | 3-4 |
| ASIAN/AFRICAN/RELIG ST 370 | Islam: Religion and Culture | 3-4 |
| ASIAN 438 | 3-4 | |
| ASIAN/HISTORY 458 | History of Southeast Asia Since 1800 | 3-4 |
| Community & Environmental Sociology | ||
| C&E SOC/AFROAMER/ANTHRO/GEOG/HISTORY/LACIS/POLI SCI/SOC/SPANISH 260 | Latin America: An Introduction | 3-4 |
| Gender and Women's Studies | ||
| GEN&WS/HISTORY 134 | Women and Gender in World History | 3-4 |
| Geography | ||
| GEOG/ASIAN/HISTORY/POLI SCI/SOC 244 | Introduction to Southeast Asia: Vietnam to the Philippines | 4 |
| GEOG/AFROAMER/ANTHRO/C&E SOC/HISTORY/LACIS/POLI SCI/SOC/SPANISH 260 | Latin America: An Introduction | 3-4 |
| GEOG/AFRICAN/AFROAMER/ANTHRO/HISTORY/POLI SCI/SOC 277 | Africa: An Introductory Survey | 4 |
| History | ||
| HISTORY/ASIAN 103 | Introduction to East Asian History: China | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/ASIAN 104 | Introduction to East Asian History: Japan | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 105 | Introduction to the History of Africa | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/ASIAN 108 | Introduction to East Asian History - Korea | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 111 | Culture & Society in the Ancient Mediterranean | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/MEDIEVAL/RELIG ST 112 | The World of Late Antiquity (200-900 C.E.) | 4 |
| HISTORY/AFRICAN 129 | Africa on the Global Stage | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 130 | An Introduction to World History | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 133 | Global Military History (5000 BCE - Present) | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/GEN&WS 134 | Women and Gender in World History | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 139 | Introduction to the Modern Middle East | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 142 | History of South Asia to the Present | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 144 | 4 | |
| HISTORY 145 | America and China, 1776-Today | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 201 | The Historian's Craft (Topic must be approved) | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/RELIG ST 205 | The Making of the Islamic World: The Middle East, 500-1500 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 225 | Explorations in Third World History (H) | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 228 | Explorations in Transnational/Comparative History (Social Science) (Topic must be approved) | 3 |
| HISTORY 229 | Explorations in Transnational/Comparative History (Humanities) (Topic must be approved) | 3 |
| HISTORY 241 | Latin America from 1780 to 1940 | 4 |
| HISTORY/INTL ST/LACIS 242 | Modern Latin America | 4 |
| HISTORY/LACIS 243 | Colonial Latin America: Invasion to Independence | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/ASIAN/GEOG/POLI SCI/SOC 244 | Introduction to Southeast Asia: Vietnam to the Philippines | 4 |
| HISTORY/CHICLA/GEN&WS 245 | Chicana and Latina History | 3 |
| HISTORY/ASIAN/ASIAN AM 246 | Southeast Asian Refugees of the "Cold" War | 4 |
| HISTORY/ASIAN/POLI SCI 255 | Introduction to East Asian Civilizations | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/AFROAMER/ANTHRO/C&E SOC/GEOG/LACIS/POLI SCI/SOC/SPANISH 260 | Latin America: An Introduction | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/GNS 265 | An Introduction to Central Asia: From the Silk Route to Afghanistan | 3 |
| HISTORY/ASIAN/RELIG ST 267 | Asian Religions in Global Perspective | 3 |
| HISTORY 273 | History Study Abroad: Non-Western History | 1-4 |
| HISTORY/AFRICAN/AFROAMER/ANTHRO/GEOG/POLI SCI/SOC 277 | Africa: An Introductory Survey | 4 |
| HISTORY 278 | Africans in the Americas, 1492-1808 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 279 | Afro-Atlantic History, 1808-Present | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/AFRICAN/AFROAMER/POLI SCI 297 | African and African-American Linkages: An Introduction | 4 |
| HISTORY/ASIAN/RELIG ST 308 | Introduction to Buddhism | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/MEDIEVAL/RELIG ST 309 | The Crusades: Christianity and Islam | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/ASIAN 319 | The Vietnam Wars | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/INTL ST 332 | East Asia & The U.S. Since 1899 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/ASIAN 335 | The Koreas: Korean War to the 21st Century | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 336 | Chinese Economic and Business History: From Silk to iPhones | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/ASIAN 337 | Social and Intellectual History of China, 589 AD-1919 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 340 | Cultural History of Korea | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/ASIAN 341 | History of Modern China, 1800-1949 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/ASIAN 342 | History of the Peoples Republic of China, 1949 to the Present | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/AFROAMER 347 | The Caribbean and its Diasporas | 3 |
| HISTORY/ASIAN 363 | China and World War II in Asia | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 370 | 3-4 | |
| HISTORY/RELIG ST 409 | Christianity in the Atlantic World, 1500-1800 | 3 |
| HISTORY/CHICLA/POLI SCI 422 | Latino History and Politics | 3 |
| HISTORY/CHICLA 435 | Colony, Nation, and Minority: The Puerto Ricans' World | 3 |
| HISTORY 438 | 3-4 | |
| HISTORY 441 | Revolution and Conflict in Modern Latin America | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 444 | History of East Africa | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 445 | History of Equatorial Africa | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 450 | Making of Modern South Asia | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/ASIAN 454 | Samurai: History and Image | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/ASIAN 456 | Pearl Harbor & Hiroshima: Japan, the US & The Crisis in Asia | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 457 | History of Southeast Asia to 1800 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/ASIAN 458 | History of Southeast Asia Since 1800 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/ASIAN 463 | Topics in South Asian History | 3 |
| HISTORY/ENVIR ST 465 | Global Environmental History | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 533 | Multi-Racial Societies in Latin America | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/HIST SCI/MED HIST 564 | Disease, Medicine and Public Health in the History of Latin America and the Caribbean | 3 |
| International Studies | ||
| INTL ST 266 | Introduction to the Middle East | 3 |
| Medieval Studies | ||
| MEDIEVAL/HISTORY/RELIG ST 309 | The Crusades: Christianity and Islam | 3-4 |
| Political Science | ||
| POLI SCI/ASIAN/GEOG/HISTORY/SOC 244 | Introduction to Southeast Asia: Vietnam to the Philippines | 4 |
| POLI SCI/ASIAN/HISTORY 255 | Introduction to East Asian Civilizations | 3-4 |
| POLI SCI/AFROAMER/ANTHRO/C&E SOC/GEOG/HISTORY/LACIS/SOC/SPANISH 260 | Latin America: An Introduction | 3-4 |
| POLI SCI/CHICLA/HISTORY/LACIS 268 | The U.S. & Latin America from the Colonial Era to the Present: A Critical Survey | 3 |
| POLI SCI/AFRICAN/AFROAMER/ANTHRO/GEOG/HISTORY/SOC 277 | Africa: An Introductory Survey | 4 |
| POLI SCI/AFRICAN/AFROAMER/HISTORY 297 | African and African-American Linkages: An Introduction | 4 |
| POLI SCI/CHICLA/HISTORY/LACIS 355 | Labor in the Americas: US & Mexico in Comparative & Historical Perspective | 3 |
| Religious Studies | ||
| RELIG ST/HISTORY 205 | The Making of the Islamic World: The Middle East, 500-1500 | 3-4 |
| RELIG ST/ASIAN/HISTORY 267 | Asian Religions in Global Perspective | 3 |
| RELIG ST/ASIAN 306 | Hinduism | 3 |
| RELIG ST/ASIAN/HISTORY 308 | Introduction to Buddhism | 3-4 |
| RELIG ST/HISTORY/MEDIEVAL 309 | The Crusades: Christianity and Islam | 3-4 |
| RELIG ST/AFRICAN/ASIAN 370 | Islam: Religion and Culture | 4 |
| RELIG ST 438 | 3-4 | |
| Sociology | ||
| SOC/ASIAN/GEOG/HISTORY/POLI SCI 244 | Introduction to Southeast Asia: Vietnam to the Philippines | 4 |
| SOC/AFROAMER/ANTHRO/C&E SOC/GEOG/HISTORY/LACIS/POLI SCI/SPANISH 260 | Latin America: An Introduction | 3-4 |
| SOC/AFRICAN/AFROAMER/ANTHRO/GEOG/HISTORY/POLI SCI 277 | Africa: An Introductory Survey | 4 |
| Spanish | ||
| SPANISH/AFROAMER/ANTHRO/C&E SOC/GEOG/HISTORY/LACIS/POLI SCI/SOC 260 | Latin America: An Introduction | 3-4 |
Lands/People
United States or Europe
Select one course from the following.
United States or European course options
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Afro-American Studies | ||
| AFROAMER 151 | Introduction to Contemporary Afro-American Society | 3 |
| AFROAMER 154 | Hip-Hop and Contemporary American Society | 3 |
| AFROAMER 156 | Black Music and American Cultural History | 3 |
| AFROAMER/GEN&WS 221 | Introduction to Black Women's Studies | 3 |
| AFROAMER/ANTHRO/C&E SOC/GEOG/HISTORY/LACIS/POLI SCI/SOC/SPANISH 260 | Latin America: An Introduction | 3-4 |
| AFROAMER 272 | Race and American Politics from the New Deal to the New Right | 3 |
| AFROAMER/AFRICAN/HISTORY/POLI SCI 297 | African and African-American Linkages: An Introduction | 4 |
| AFROAMER 303 | Blacks, Film, and Society | 3 |
| AFROAMER/GEN&WS 333 | Black Feminisms | 3 |
| AFROAMER/HISTORY 347 | The Caribbean and its Diasporas | 3 |
| AFROAMER/POLI SCI 519 | African American Political Theory | 3-4 |
| AFROAMER/HIST SCI/MED HIST 523 | Race, American Medicine and Public Health | 3 |
| AFROAMER/GEN&WS 624 | African American Women's Activism (19th & 20th Centuries) | 3 |
| AFROAMER 673 | Selected Topics in Afro-American Society | 3 |
| American Indian Studies | ||
| AMER IND 100 | Introduction to American Indian Studies | 3 |
| AMER IND 250 | Indians of Wisconsin | 3 |
| AMER IND/ANTHRO 314 | Indians of North America | 3 |
| AMER IND/LINGUIS 371 | Survey of North American Indian Languages | 3 |
| AMER IND/ANTHRO/FOLKLORE/GEN&WS 437 | American Indian Women | 3 |
| AMER IND/LSC 444 | Native American Environmental Issues and the Media | 3 |
| AMER IND 450 | Issues in American Indian Studies | 3 |
| AMER IND/C&E SOC/SOC 578 | Poverty and Place | 3 |
| Anthropology | ||
| ANTHRO 104 | Cultural Anthropology and Human Diversity | 3 |
| Asian American Studies | ||
| ASIAN AM 101 | Introduction to Asian American Studies | 3 |
| ASIAN AM/SOC 220 | Ethnic Movements in the United States | 3-4 |
| ASIAN AM 240 | Topics in Asian American Studies | 3 |
| ASIAN AM/COM ARTS 420 | Asian Americans and Media | 3 |
| ASIAN AM 540 | Special Topics | 3 |
| ASIAN AM/JOURN 662 | Mass Media and Minorities | 4 |
| Chican@ and Latin@ Studies | ||
| CHICLA/AFROAMER/AMER IND/ASIAN AM/FOLKLORE 102 | Introduction to Comparative US Ethnic and American Indian Studies | 3 |
| CHICLA 201 | Introduction to Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies | 3 |
| CHICLA/POLI SCI 231 | Politics in Multi-Cultural Societies | 3-4 |
| CHICLA 330 | Topics in Chicano/a Studies | 3-4 |
| CHICLA/GEN&WS 332 | Latinas: Self Identity and Social Change | 3 |
| CHICLA/COM ARTS 347 | Race, Ethnicity, and Media | 3 |
| CHICLA/SPANISH 364 | Survey of Latino and Latina Popular Culture | 3 |
| CHICLA/COM ARTS 419 | Latino/as and Media | 3 |
| CHICLA/HISTORY 435 | Colony, Nation, and Minority: The Puerto Ricans' World | 3 |
| Geography | ||
| GEOG/HISTORY/POLI SCI/SLAVIC 253 | Russia: An Interdisciplinary Survey | 4 |
| GEOG/HISTORY/POLI SCI/SLAVIC 254 | Eastern Europe: An Interdisciplinary Survey | 4 |
| GEOG 342 | Geography of Wisconsin | 3 |
| GEOG 344 | Changing Landscapes of the American West | 3 |
| GEOG 349 | Europe | 3 |
| GEOG/AMER IND 410 | Critical Indigenous Ecological Knowledges | 3 |
| Landscape Architecture | ||
| LAND ARC 360 | Earth Partnership Restoration Education: Indigenous Arts & Sciences | 1 |
| LAND ARC 363 | Earth Partnership: Restoration Education for Equity and Resilience | 3 |
| Sociology | ||
| SOC 120 | Marriage and Family | 3-4 |
| SOC 125 | American Society: How It Really Works | 3-4 |
| SOC 134 | Sociology of Race & Ethnicity in the United States | 3-4 |
| SOC 138 | The Sociology of Gender | 3-4 |
| SOC 170 | Population Problems | 3-4 |
Global Comparative or Non-Western Cultures
Select one course from the following.
Global Comparative or Non-Western Cultures course options
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| African Cultural Studies | ||
| AFRICAN/HISTORY 129 | Africa on the Global Stage | 3-4 |
| AFRICAN/AFROAMER 220 | HipHop, Youth Culture, and Politics in Senegal | 3 |
| AFRICAN 230 | Introduction to Yoruba Life and Culture | 3 |
| AFRICAN 232 | Introduction to Swahili Cultures | 3 |
| AFRICAN/AFROAMER 233 | Global HipHop and Social Justice | 3 |
| AFRICAN/AFROAMER/ANTHRO/GEOG/HISTORY/POLI SCI/SOC 277 | Africa: An Introductory Survey | 4 |
| AFRICAN/AFROAMER/HISTORY/POLI SCI 297 | African and African-American Linkages: An Introduction | 4 |
| AFRICAN/ASIAN/RELIG ST 370 | Islam: Religion and Culture | 3-4 |
| AFRICAN 403 | Theories of African Cultural Studies | 3 |
| AFRICAN/RELIG ST 414 | Islam in Africa and the Diaspora | 3 |
| AFRICAN/COM ARTS/L I S 444 | Technology and Development in Africa and Beyond | 3 |
| Anthropology | ||
| ANTHRO 100 | General Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTHRO 102 | Archaeology and the Prehistoric World | 3 |
| ANTHRO 104 | Cultural Anthropology and Human Diversity | 3 |
| Asian American Studies | ||
| ASIAN AM/ASIAN/HISTORY 246 | Southeast Asian Refugees of the "Cold" War | 4 |
| Asian Languages and Cultures | ||
| ASIAN/GEOG/HISTORY/POLI SCI/SOC 244 | Introduction to Southeast Asia: Vietnam to the Philippines | 4 |
| ASIAN/ASIAN AM/HISTORY 246 | Southeast Asian Refugees of the "Cold" War | 4 |
| ASIAN 252 | Contemporary Indian Society | 4 |
| ASIAN/RELIG ST 306 | Hinduism | 3 |
| ASIAN/RELIG ST 405 | Gods and Goddesses of South Asia | 3 |
| ASIAN 438 | 3-4 | |
| Environmental Studies | ||
| ENVIR ST/ENTOM 205 | Our Planet, Our Health | 3 |
| ENVIR ST/HISTORY 465 | Global Environmental History | 3-4 |
| Folklore | ||
| FOLKLORE/SCAND ST 443 | Sami Culture, Yesterday and Today | 4 |
| Gender and Womens Studies | ||
| GEN&WS 423 | The Female Body in the World: Gender and Contemporary Body Politics in Cross Cultural Perspective | 3 |
| GEN&WS/POLI SCI 435 | Politics of Gender and Women's Rights in the Middle East | 3 |
| Geography | ||
| GEOG 101 | Introduction to Human Geography | 4 |
| GEOG/ENVIR ST 139 | Global Environmental Issues | 3 |
| GEOG/ASIAN/HISTORY/POLI SCI/SOC 244 | Introduction to Southeast Asia: Vietnam to the Philippines | 4 |
| GEOG/AFROAMER/ANTHRO/C&E SOC/HISTORY/LACIS/POLI SCI/SOC/SPANISH 260 | Latin America: An Introduction | 3-4 |
| GEOG/AFRICAN/AFROAMER/ANTHRO/HISTORY/POLI SCI/SOC 277 | Africa: An Introductory Survey | 4 |
| GEOG 301 | Revolutions and Social Change | 3 |
| GEOG 302 | Economic Geography: Locational Behavior | 4 |
| GEOG/URB R PL 305 | Introduction to the City | 3-4 |
| GEOG/ENVIR ST 309 | People, Land and Food: Comparative Study of Agriculture Systems | 3 |
| GEOG/INTL ST 311 | The Global Game: Soccer, Politics, and Identity | 3 |
| GEOG/INTL ST 315 | Universal Basic Income: The Politics Behind a Global Movement | 3 |
| GEOG 318 | Introduction to Geopolitics | 3 |
| GEOG/ENVIR ST 339 | Environmental Conservation | 4 |
| GEOG 340 | World Regions in Global Context | 3 |
| GEOG 348 | Latin America | 4 |
| GEOG 355 | Africa, South of the Sahara | 3 |
| GEOG 358 | Human Geography of Southeast Asia | 3 |
| GEOG/ENVIR ST/HISTORY 460 | American Environmental History | 4 |
| GEOG 501 | Space and Place: A Geography of Experience | 3 |
| GEOG/GEN&WS 504 | Feminist Geography: Theoretical Approaches | 3 |
| GEOG 507 | Waste Geographies: Politics, People, and Infrastructures | 3 |
| History | ||
| HISTORY/ASIAN/POLI SCI 255 | Introduction to East Asian Civilizations | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/GNS 265 | An Introduction to Central Asia: From the Silk Route to Afghanistan | 3 |
| HISTORY/AFRICAN/AFROAMER/ANTHRO/GEOG/POLI SCI/SOC 277 | Africa: An Introductory Survey | 4 |
| HISTORY 450 | Making of Modern South Asia | 3-4 |
| International Studies | ||
| INTL ST 266 | Introduction to the Middle East | 3 |
| Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies | ||
| LACIS/AFROAMER/ANTHRO/C&E SOC/GEOG/HISTORY/POLI SCI/SOC/SPANISH 260 | Latin America: An Introduction | 3-4 |
| Political Science | ||
| POLI SCI 320 | Governments and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa | 3-4 |
| POLI SCI 328 | Politics of East and Southeast Asia | 3-4 |
| POLI SCI/JEWISH 341 | Israeli Politics and Society | 3-4 |
| POLI SCI 349 | Global Access to Justice | 3 |
| POLI SCI/GEN&WS 435 | Politics of Gender and Women's Rights in the Middle East | 3 |
| Sociology | ||
| SOC/C&E SOC 140 | Introduction to Community and Environmental Sociology | 4 |
| SOC 170 | Population Problems | 3-4 |
Electives
Choose additional electives to reach the minimum of 24 credits. Electives must be chosen from the courses listed above or from the departments of Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology.
Recommended Course Options
It is strongly recommended to take at least one of the following non-Western interdisciplinary courses while meeting the minor requirements.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| GEOG/ASIAN/HISTORY/POLI SCI/SOC 244 | Introduction to Southeast Asia: Vietnam to the Philippines | 4 |
| ASIAN 252 | Contemporary Indian Society | 4 |
| GEOG/AFROAMER/ANTHRO/C&E SOC/HISTORY/LACIS/POLI SCI/SOC/SPANISH 260 | Latin America: An Introduction | 3-4 |
| GEOG/AFRICAN/AFROAMER/ANTHRO/HISTORY/POLI SCI/SOC 277 | Africa: An Introductory Survey | 4 |
| HISTORY/ASIAN/POLI SCI 255 | Introduction to East Asian Civilizations | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/GNS 265 | An Introduction to Central Asia: From the Silk Route to Afghanistan | 3 |