History

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The History minor provides students with a solid grounding in U.S. and World history, while allowing them to pursue particular interests through 6 hours of U.S. and Global Emphasis courses. In addition to coming to a much better understanding of the human past, students in this minor also develop a valuable skill-set for 21st century careers, allowing them to adapt to changing employment landscapes. Students develop…

Memory skills, allowing them to recognize and recall information relevant to a given problem;

Research skills, allowing them to seek out additional evidence from a variety of perspectives against a background of societal information;

Empathy skills, allowing them to better understand other peoples’ reasoning, values, and situations in this rapidly globalizing world.

In addition, history courses typically improve proficiency in reading, writing and critical thinking as well as note-taking and library-research skills, and information- and digital-literacy.

Minors

A minor is defined as a course of study of at least 18 semester hours outside the student’s major. Academic minors may be earned in disciplines as specified by the department faculty. Requirements are a grade point average of 2.0 or higher for 18 or more semester hours.

Courses for the minor may also meet general education or major requirements, and at least 9 of the required hours must be earned in Columbia College coursework. (Transfer courses equivalent to courses designated are accepted toward the minor.)

Majors and minors may not be added to an already earned degree.

In some curricular areas, the College offers courses totaling fewer than 18 semester hours. In these areas, students may earn additional semester hours through transfer credit so the total semester hours earned meets the required number of hours (see Evaluation of Credit and Testing ). Main Campus Day students can participate in cooperative cross-enrollment with the University of Missouri - Columbia and/or Stephens College (see Advising and Registration ).

Specific Requirements

Eighteen semester hours with the HIST field code, of which twelve hours of coursework must be at the 200-level or above.

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History

Minors

Specific Requirements

Three hours from one of the following:

Three hours from one of the following:

Total Semester Hours: 18