{"id":496,"date":"2023-05-01T23:34:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T06:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/hist\/?page_id=496"},"modified":"2025-11-13T16:25:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T00:25:44","slug":"history-minor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/hist\/undergraduate-studies\/department-minors\/history-minor\/","title":{"rendered":"History Minor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--full-width-cta \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--full-width-cta\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n  \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          History Minor Catalogue Listing\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Please click below to view the program requirements on the official University Southern California Catalogue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n    \n      <div class=\"links-container\">\n        \n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/catalogue.usc.edu\/preview_program.php?catoid=21&#038;poid=29732&#038;hl=history+minor&#038;returnto=search\n  target=\"_blank\"  aria-label=\"Read more about USC Catalogue 2025-2026\"  \n>\n    USC Catalogue 2025-2026 \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#FC0\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>The minor in\u00a0<span class=\"acalog-highlight-search-1\">history<\/span>\u00a0is available to students in all schools and departments. The study of\u00a0<span class=\"acalog-highlight-search-1\">history<\/span>\u00a0deepens our understanding of peoples and societies and expands our knowledge of important issues in the world today.\u00a0<span class=\"acalog-highlight-search-1\">History<\/span>\u00a0minors will strengthen their skills in critical thinking, assessing evidence, and formulating clear and persuasive arguments both oral and written.\u00a0<span class=\"acalog-highlight-search-1\">History<\/span>\u00a0is essentially a laboratory of human experience, and students from a wide range of disciplines can discover new perspectives on their own intellectual interests through the study of the past.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Requirements:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0The minor in\u00a0<span class=\"acalog-highlight-search-1\">history<\/span>\u00a0requires\u00a020 units, a total of five courses,\u00a0from Department of\u00a0<span class=\"acalog-highlight-search-1\">History<\/span>\u00a0offerings. One course may be at the lower-division level, among which\u00a0<a id=\"tt2254\" href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.usc.edu\/preview_program.php?catoid=16&amp;poid=21032&amp;hl=History&amp;returnto=search#tt2254\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\/ajax\/preview_course.php?catoid=16&amp;coid=246006&amp;display_options[location]=tooltip&amp;show noopener remote\">HIST 201<\/a>\u00a0is the\u00a0preferred course.\u00a0Four courses must be at the upper-division level and at least one of those must be at the 400-level. All students who wish to embark on the completion of a minor in\u00a0<span class=\"acalog-highlight-search-1\">history<\/span>\u00a0must meet with the department undergraduate adviser for approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":0,"parent":488,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-496","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>History Minor - Van Hunnick History Department<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/hist\/undergraduate-studies\/department-minors\/history-minor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"History Minor - 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