United States History

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Minimum number of credits required to graduate: 124

Minimum Cumulative GPA required to graduate: 2.0

Minimum number of credits to complete the minor: 18

The Department offers minor programs in European, United States, and World history. Each requires completing a minimum of 5 courses and a minimum of 18 credits in courses that satisfy minor requirements, including any relevant HIS 3000 - Special Topics in History course. History minors must take a minimum of 2 history courses at Merrimack College. History minors are required to create and maintain an electronic portfolio and a narrative summary of what they have learned. The GPA for the History minor will be calculated by taking the average of courses designated HIS.

Minor Requirements

Required Courses

HIS 1106 - U.S. History: From Pre-Contact through the Civil War and Reconstruction Credits: 4
HIS 1107 - U.S. History: From Reconstruction to the Present Credits: 4

Three Courses Chosen from the Following

HIS 3320 - The American City Credits: 4
HIS 3325 - History Outside the Classroom: The Practice of Public History Credits: 4
HIS 3326 - Building America: A History of American Architecture Credits: 4
HIS 3425 - Contemporary United States History Credits: 4
HIS 3426 - African-American History from Slave Trade to the Present Credits: 4
HIS 3434 - Revolutionary America, 1760-1800 Credits: 4
HIS 3435 - The Peoples of Early America Credits: 4
HIS 3437 - Civil War and Reconstruction Credits: 4
HIS 3438 - History of the Early American Republic,1800-1848 Credits: 4
HIS 3525 - Environmental History of North America Credits: 4