History (American History), Minor

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Through the department’s skills-based curriculum, history students learn how to think and write like historians. History faculty teach students to think contextually, read historical documents, and become better researchers and writers.

The American history minor surveys United States history from before the colonial period to the twenty-first century. Specialized coursework includes courses in American social and cultural movements, diverse populations in U.S. history, and the history of the American West.

Contact Information

Department of History
Lincoln Hall 104
(775) 784-6855
https://www.unr.edu/history

College of Liberal Arts Student Center
Lincoln Hall 314
(775) 682-8745
https://www.unr.edu/liberal-arts/academic-advising

I. Program Requirements (18 units)

Students majoring in another field may minor in American history by completing the following requirements:

Minor GPA | 2.0
Minor Upper-Division Units | 9
Minor Residency Requirement | 6 Upper-Division Units in the minor at UNR
Unit Limits: Per College of Liberal Arts policy, no more than 9 units counted toward any major may be reused to meet the requirements of this minor.

A. Required Courses (6 units)

Complete both of the following:

HIST 101C - United States History to 1877 (3 units) CO8
HIST 102C - United States History Since 1877 (3 units) CO8

B. American History Electives (12 units)

Complete at least 12 additional units in American History from the following courses. At least 9 of these units must be in upper-division courses numbered at the 300- or 400-level.

HIST 202 - American Military History (3 units)
HIST 213 - Asian Americans in United States History (3 units) CO10, CO11
HIST 214 - Latina/o/x History (3 units) CO10
HIST 215 - History of Sexuality in the United States (3 units) CO10
HIST 217 - Nevada History (3 units)
HIST 260 - Introduction to Native American History (3 units) CO10
HIST 290 - The Roaring Twenties (3 units)
HIST 293C - Introduction to African-American History I (3 units) CO8, CO10
HIST 309 - Museum Studies (3 units) CO14
HIST 310 - Museum Training for Historians (3 units)
HIST 312 - The Expansion of The United States (3 units) CO10
HIST 313 - Exploration, Adventure, and Science in America (3 units) CO9
HIST 315 - Trans-Mississippi West (3 units)
HIST 334 - American Revolutions From Washington to Chavez (3 units) CO11
HIST 387 - Western War and Modern Societies (3 units)
HIST 401 - American Constitutional and Legal History (3 units) CO8
HIST 403 - Modern American Civilizations (3 units) CO13
HIST 403A - Tourism, Imperialism, and Culture in Hawai’i (3 units) CO10, CO11, CO13
HIST 404 - Social History of the United States (3 units)
HIST 404C - Social Movements in the United States (3 units) CO12, CO13
HIST 406 - War, Culture and Society in American History (3 units) CO13
HIST 406D - The Civil War in American Culture (3 units) CO13
HIST 407A - United States and the World I (3 units)
HIST 407B - United States and the World II (3 units)
HIST 408 - World War II From a Global Perspective (3 units)
HIST 408A - World War II Goes to the Movies (3 units)
HIST 409 - History of Sports in America (3 units) CO10, CO13
HIST 410A - American Cultural and Intellectual History I (3 units)
HIST 410B - American Cultural and Intellectual History II (3 units)
HIST 411 - US Colnl Period- 1750 (3 units)
HIST 412C - United States: Revolution and the New Republic (3 units) CO8
HIST 413 - US From 1815 To 1877 (3 units)
HIST 415C - History of the United States 1877-1929 (3 units)
HIST 416B - Contemporary America: The United States since 1945 (3 units) CO10, CO11
HIST 417A - Nevada and the West (3 units)
HIST 417B - California History (3 units)
HIST 417C - The West as National Experience (3 units) CO13
HIST 418 - History of the U.S.-American Indian Relations (3 units)
HIST 432 - History of Women in the United States (3 units) CO10, CO13
HIST 433A - The African American Freedom Struggle After 1865 (3 units) CO10, CO13
HIST 433B - African-American History to 1877 (3 units) CO10, CO11
HIST 435D - The History of Human Rights (3 units) CO11, CO12, CO14
HIST 441 - American Environmental History (3 units) CO9, CO13
HIST 444A - U.S.-Mexico Borderlands (3 units) CO10, CO13
HIST 479 - Race and Ethnicity in American History (3 units) CO10, CO13
HIST 480 - Science, Technology and Society (3 units) CO9, CO13
HIST 487 - Topics in American Studies (3 units)
HIST 488C - Topics in Nature and Culture (3 units)
HIST 490B - Social History of Medicine in the Modern Era (3 units) CO9, CO13
HIST 493 - Queer History and Theory (3 units) CO10, CO13
HIST 493B - History of HIV/AIDS (3 units) CO9, CO11
NOTE: Any HIST course not listed above, including topics courses, with significant content pertaining to American history can be used toward the elective requirement with History advisor approval.