Make History with Us!
We offer a variety of courses and small classes unmatched anywhere in North Dakota as well as opportunities to learn outside of the classroom. Build a portfolio of life-long skills through internships, conference presentation, local museum work, and oral history and digital humanities projects. Earn a degree in History or History Education or a certificate in Public History while working with talented faculty and the latest in research technology.
To learn more, contact the History program coordinator, Ernst Pijning.
Curious about Pre-Law? Contact Daniel Ringrose to learn how a history degree can be part of a strong preparation for law school.
For enrollment or registration information, visit the Enrollment Services site.
The History program is part of the Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Interdisciplinary Studies. You will find history faculty offices in rooms 201 and 202 on both sides of the hall at the east end of the second floor. Our phone number is (701) 858-3130.
Student Research and Fundraising Leads to Recovery and Rededication of World War I Memorial
Minot State University honored two of its own fallen heroes with the planting of two elm trees on campus and rededicated the World War I memorial in honor of Minot Normal School students Henry Finn and James Otis Cooper as a part of the university's 2018 Memorial Day Campus event. Research by Dr. Joseph Jastrzembski and Minot State history students uncovered information about the original campus memorial garden that led to the recreation of this memorial, which was made possible in part by the fundraising efforts of the League of Social Science student organization. Please see the stories at Minot State University Communications on the tree planting and the dedication of the memorial bench for details.
Upcoming History courses for 2024–2025
All courses are held at the Minot campus unless otherwise noted.
Fall 2024
HIST 103: US History to 1877 (on-campus and online asynchronous)
HIST 104: US History from 1877 (on-campus and online asynchronous)
HIST 105: World Civilizations I (online asynchronous)
HIST 106: World Civilizations II
HIST 215H: Modern World Origins (honors)
HIST 251: Introduction to Public History
HIST 301: Junior Colloquium (on-campus and online synchronous)
HIST 352: Medieval and Early Modern Women
HIST 440: Comparative Slavery in the Americas (senior seminar)
Spring 2025
HIST 103: US History to 1877 (on-campus and online asynchronous)
HIST 104: US History from 1877 (on-campus and online asynchronous)
HIST 105: World Civilizations I
HIST 106: World Civilizations II
HIST 231: History of Latin America
HIST 280: Practice and Method
HIST 320: The Early Republic
HIST 346: Reformation and Early Modern Europe
HIST 347: The Making of Modern Europe
Image credits: Minot State Normal School, “Minot State Normal School Main Building Still Image,” Digital Minot: An On-Line Museum of Local History , accessed August 20, 2018, http://digitalminot.minotstateu.edu/dm2015/items/show/1599 . (top right); Minot State University Office of University Communications (bottom).
