Faculty of Social Sciences

Minor Programme in History (3-year)

Students seeking to pursue the study of a minor programme would need to fulfil 15 units of courses specified by the offering department/programme, and note that no registration priority will be given to enrolment in minor courses. Upon completion of the 15 units required for the minor programmes, students should apply to the Academic Registry for approval.

Requirements

Required Courses				6 units
	Either
	One of the following courses:
	HIST	1121-2	History of Chinese Culture & Society	6 units
	HIST	1131-2	History of Western Civilization	6 units
	Or
	Two of the following courses:
	HIST	1620	Perspectives on Chinese History	3 units
	HIST	2170	Introduction to Chinese Historiography	3 units
	HIST	2210	Introduction to Modern Chinese History	3 units

Elective Courses				9 units
	Three of the following courses:
	HIST	2150	Modern Asia (1800-1945)	3 units
	HIST	2160	Twentieth Century Hong Kong History	3 units
	HIST	2220	Foreign Relations of Modern China	3 units
	HIST	2650	Great Trends in Modern European History	3 units
	HIST	2660	History of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)	3 units
	HIST	2670	History of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1840)	3 units
	HIST	3610	History of Chinese Women to 1911	3 units
	HIST	3630	Chinese Women & Politics in Twentieth Century China	3 units
	HIST	3640	Social & Economic Development of Modern China	3 units
	HIST	3650	Intellectual Trends in Modern China	3 units
	HIST	3680	China & Asia in the Twentieth Century	3 units
	HIST	3820	Contemporary China	3 units
	HIST	3870	Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia	3 units
	HIST	3880	Japan in the Twentieth Century	3 units
	HIST	3890	Nineteenth Century European History	3 units
	HIST	3900	Twentieth Century European History	3 units
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				15 units

Students are required to take at least two Level III Elective Courses.

For exceptional cases, students may apply to the Department Head for permission to choose other courses offered by the Department. However, such requests must be fully justified on academic grounds.