The History minor consists of five History courses, including History 206 and a research seminar (course numbers 350-399).
For a list of our other History courses, please click here. You can also see a full list of Lafayette College Courses on the website for the Office of the Registrar.
The Minor in Global History consists of five History courses, including HIST 105, a research seminar or colloquium that focuses on global history, plus three other courses that focus on global history (see list of “global” history courses below). This minor is distinct from the History minor. Students may not double-minor in History and Global History.
Global History Courses
These “global” history courses focus on historical processes that transcend or connect different geographical regions of the world. Courses are classified by the department as “global” 1) if the course materials engage students with perspectives generated from different regions of the globe and 2) if the historical analysis expected in student work includes consideration of either connections between these regions, comparisons between them, or both.
HIST 105: History of the Modern World – Staff
HIST 114: Introduction to History Seminar: Food Histories – Pite
HIST 115: Introduction to History Seminar: Crusades – Goshgarian
HIST 118: Introduction to History Seminar: Cold War – Sanborn
HIST 120: Introduction to History Seminar: History in Pictures – Barclay
HIST 212: Middle East in Mind of America, America in Mind of Middle East – Goshgarian
HIST 215: History of Technology – Jackson
HIST 238: Global Stimulants – Pite
HIST 251: Muslim Girls (Run the World): Gender and Popular Culture from Prophetic Tradition to Arab Futurism – Goshgarian
HIST 261: Making African America – Zallen
HIST 275: Crossing the Americas – Pite
HIST 276: Conquest: A History – Rosen
HIST 310: Colloquium: Human Rights and Modern War – Sanborn
HIST 320: Colloquium: Islam in the Modern World – Kanjwal
HIST 350: France from the Margins: History of Modern France – Séquin
HIST 354: Seminar: 1968 – Year of Global Rebellion – Sanborn
HIST 355: Global South Asia: Empire, Migration and Diaspora – Kanjwal