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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 30000The Natural Law

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:

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 36401-36499Topics in Non-Western Art

3
ARTH 38300Renaissance Art

3
ARTH 38400Classical Myth

3
ARTH 41000Research Methods of Art History

3
ENGL 20100World Literature I

3
ENGL 20200World Literature II

3
ENGL 25600Survey of Greek Literature

3
ENGL 27600African-American Literature

3
ENGL 27800Latino Literature

3
ENGL 20500British Literature I

3
ENGL 20600British Literature II

3
ENGL 30900The Novel

3
ENGL 33200Chaucer

3
ENGL 33300Shakespeare

3
ENGL 33800Medieval English Literature

3
ENGL 33900Early Modern Literature

3
ENGL 34200English Romantic Literature

3
ENGL 3430019th Century Literature

3
ENGL 40400History of the English Language

3
ENGL 45400Senior Thesis

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 30000The Natural Law

3
PHL 30500Political Philosophy

3
PHL 32500Philosophy of Religion

3
PHL 34500Metaphysics

3
PHL 35000Philosophy of Law

3
PHL 35500Epistemology

3
PHL 37000Philosophy of Mind

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.