A student minoring in History must take of a minimum of 6 courses (18 credit hours).
These courses must cover at least three of our five subject categories Pre-modern; Europe; US; Asia, Latin America, Africa; Transnational, Comparative, World), and three of the classes must be taken at the 300-level or above.
No 400-level courses are required, as these are our senior research capstones, but any minor is welcome to take a 400-level class should they choose to do so.
- A minimum of 6 courses (18 credit hours) to satisfy minor requirements.
- A minimum of 3 courses (9 credit hours) taken at the 300-level or above.
- A maximum of 2 courses (6 credit hours) from study abroad or transfer credit.
For additional departmental guidelines regarding transfer credit, please contact the histdus@rice.edu or consult the General Announcements.
Declared minors in history may apply for research and conference travel funds from the Gruber and Drew funds within the department; funding is dependent, of course, upon availability of funds.
Read more about the History minor in the Rice University General Announcements >