Civic Engagement through U.S History Minor

General Information

The following minimum requirements must be completed to earn the minor:

18 credit hours of History courses from the lists below
at least 9 of the hours must be upper-division (3000+ level)
a GPA of 2.0 or higher
a grade of C- or better in all courses taken for the minor
the last 9 credit hours must be completed while registered at UCCS

Course Requirements

U.S. History Courses

Complete 9 credit hours from the list below:

HIST 1510 - U.S.: Birth of a Nation, 1607-1789
HIST 1520 - U.S.: Expansion and Division, 1789-1877
HIST 1530 - U.S.: Emergence of Modern America, 1865-1920
HIST 1540 - U.S.: Recent America, 1918-Present
HIST 1550 - African American History: From Africa to the Present Day
HIST 1560 - Environmental History of the U.S.
HIST 1563 - American Legal History
HIST 1570 - Introduction to Industrial America
HIST 1575 - History of the American Southwest

Upper-Division History Electives

Complete 9 credit hours of upper-division (3000+) HIST electives from the list below:

HIST 3520 - History of Latinos in the U.S.
HIST 3550 - Religion and American Culture, 1500 to 2000
HIST 3580 - Immigrant Histories
HIST 3700 - Colonial America, 1607-1763
HIST 3710 - Good Wives and Nasty Wenches: American Women’s History, 1607-1877
HIST 3720 - From Slavery to Freedom: Slavery & the African-American Experience in Colonial & Antebellum America
HIST 3740 - African-American Social and Political Thought, 1790-1980
HIST 3750 - Orphans, Paupers, and Other Vagabonds: Poor Relief in the U.S., 1607-1937
HIST 3760 - Bombs, Bullets, and Brotherhood: History of American Labor
HIST 3770 - A Strange Quiet: Epidemics in U.S. History, 1607-1920
HIST 3780 - Welcome to the World’s Fair
HIST 3790 - Body of Liberties: Law in American History, 1620-1920
HIST 3995 - Undergraduate Internship in History
HIST 4530 - Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850 - 1877
HIST 4540 - American Religious Cultures, 1945-2000
HIST 4570 - War and Society: 20th Century United States
HIST 4580 - The American West
HIST 4690 - Colorado History
HIST 4880 - Research Seminar: Civil Rights in American History

Portfolio

After completing the course requirements, submit a portfolio that demonstrates the required engagement for evaluation. See the History department for details.