History of Ideas Minor

21 credit hours

Requirements

A minor in the history of ideas requires 21 credit hours of coursework, 12 core hours, and nine hours in an area of emphasis.

Two required courses:

PHL 31100Ancient Philosophy

3

HIS 33000European Intellectual History

3

Or

PHL 31300Modern Philosophy

3

Two courses selected from the following options:

 

ECON 33060History of Economic Thought

3

HIS 31400Economic History of America

3

HIS 31500History of Gender in America

3

HIS 31600A Biography of the Constitution

3

HIS 31800History of Race in America

3

HIS 32900Church and State in Early Modern Europe

3

HIS 33200Revolution in the Modern World

3

HIS 33600The Civilization of Industrialism

3

HIS 33700The Soviet Union and European Communism

3

HIS 33800War and Society in the Twentieth Century

3

HIS 35500Europe Since 1945

3

PHL 31200Medieval Philosophy

3

PHL 31800Asian Philosophy

3

*HIS 33000 or PHL 31300: The course not selected to fulfill the core requirement may be used to meet this elective requirement.

Three courses from one emphasis area:

The areas of emphasis and their courses are listed below:

Science Emphasis:

PHL 28005 will also meet this requirement.
ANT 31700Social and Cultural Change

3

ANT 32400The Anthropology of Religion

3

ANT 40500Historical Archaeology

3

ANT 42000/SOC 42000Sociocultural Theory

3

BSC 46400Evolution

3

MIS 44020Information Systems Analysis and Design

3

MTH 31300History of Mathematics

3

PHL 26500Philosophy of Science

3

PHL 36500Topics in Philosophy of Science

3

PSY 30400Basic Research Methods

3

PSY 30900Personality

3

PSY 32500Behavioral Neuroscience

3

PSY 33100Cognitive Psychology

3

PSY 33400Social Psychology

3

REL 30000Religion, Science, and Faith

3

SCI 21200History of Science

3

SCI 21400Ethical Problems in Science

3

SOC 42000/ANT 42000Sociocultural Theory

3

SOC 32400Social Interaction in Everyday Life

3

Art and Literature Emphasis:

ARTH 22200History of Western Art to 1300

3

ARTH 22400History of Western Art from 1300

3

ARTH 35400Nineteenth-Century Art

3

ARTH 35600Baroque Art

3

ARTH 35700Ancient Art

3

ARTH 35800Medieval Art

3

ARTH 36100Twentieth-Century Art/Modern

3

ARTH 36300Early Modern Gender Studies

3

ARTH 36400Non-Western Art

3

ARTH 38300Renaissance Art

3

ARTH 38400Classical Myth

3

ARTH 41000Research Methods of Art History

3

ENG 20100World Literature I

3

ENG 20200World Literature II

3

ENG 24500Folklore and Fables: The Telling of Tales

3

ENG 25000Myth and Civilization

3

ENG 25600Epic and Tragedy: The Hero and the City

3

ENG 27600African-American Literature

3

ENG 27800Latino Literature

3

ENG 30500British Literature I

3

ENG 30600British Literature II

3

ENG 30900The English Novel

3

ENG 33200Chaucer

3

ENG 33300Shakespeare

3

ENG 33800Medieval English Literature

3

ENG 33900Renaissance English Literature

3

ENG 34200English Romantic Literature

3

ENG 34300Victorian Literature

3

ENG 40400History of the English Language

3

ENG 45400Criticism

3

PHL 28000-28099Selected Topics in Philosophy

3

PHL 28100-28199Selected Topics in Philosophy

3

PHL 28200-28299Selected Topics in Philosophy

1-3

Philosophy and Religion Emphasis:

PHL 21400Ethics

3

PHL 25000Contemporary Moral Theory

3

PHL 30500Political Philosophy

3

PHL 32500Philosophy of Religion

3

PHL 34500Metaphysics

3

PHL 35000Philosophy of Law

3

PHL 35500Epistemology

3

REL 20100History of Christianity

3

REL 23000Introduction to Asian Religions

3

REL 30000Religion, Science, and Faith

3

REL 30500The Psychology of Religion

3

REL 31000Islam and the West

3

REL 31800Asian Myth and Religion

3

REL 32000The Christian Faith

3

REL 32600Faith and Reason

3

Approved Special Topics courses may also be used to fulfill this requirement.

 

*REL 32600 has been revised as of the publication of the July 2014 catalog addendum.