America in the World Minor

America in the World Minor

America in the World

Minor

Study how the U.S. operated within, impacted, and was shaped by the world around it.

Offered by the Department of History.

How has the United States operated within, affected, and been affected by the world around it? Cadets in the America in the world minor will explore how America has interacted with the broader international community and gain a deeper understanding of the reciprocal nature of change in the US and broader global changes in politics, economics, society, and culture.

This minor pairs well with political science humanities majors.

To learn more about this area of study, visit the Department of History.

Track Options

The minor includes one required course:

  • HI372: U.S. Foreign Relations since 1898

And your choice of 2 of the following 6 tracks:

  • Exploration and colonization
  • Revolutions
  • Slavery and its consequences
  • Frontiers and imperialism
  • The Industrial Age
  • The Cold War and beyond

Within each track, choose one U.S. history elective and one related international or military history elective. For more information, please see the Redbook course catalog.

Sample Track Offerings

The Cold War and beyond (choose 2):

  • HI337: China from Central Kingdom to Communist Rule
  • HI357: Decolonization and the Cold War
  • HI367: Imperial and Soviet Russia
  • HI397: Cold War America

Required Courses

  • HI372 US FGN RELATIONS SINCE 1898

Sample Electives

  • HI340 COLONIAL AMERICA 
  • HI341 THE AGE OF EXPLORATION 
  • HI376 EARLY MODERN WARFARE
  • HI338 WARFARE IN AGE OF REVOLUTIONS 
  • HI390 EARLY NATIONAL AMERICA 
  • HI394 REVOLUTIONARY AMERICA
  • HI341 THE AGE OF EXPLORATION3 
  • HI345 MODERN AFRICA 
  • HI392 AMERICAN HISTORICAL MEMORY 
  • HI395 HIST OF CIVIL WAR AMERICA 
  • HI398 CIVIL RIGHTS IN AMER HIST
  • HI339 THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST 
  • HI341 THE AGE OF EXPLORATION 
  • HI345 MODERN AFRICA 
  • HI346 INDIA, PAKISTAN, & BANGLADESH 
  • HI348 MODERN LATIN AMERICA 
  • HI355 WARFARE-AGE OF INDUSTRIALIZTN 
  • HI369 AMERICAN FRONTIERS 
  • HI396 MAKING OF MODERN AMERICA 
  • HI354 WORLD WAR I IN GLOBAL CONTEXT 
  • HI355 WARFARE-AGE OF INDUSTRIALIZTN 
  • HI359 ERA OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR 
  • HI364 MODERN WESTERN EUROPE 
  • HI396 MAKING OF MODERN AMERICA 
  • HI337 CHINA: EMPIRE, REPUBLIC, & MAO  
  • HI357 DECOLONIZATION & THE COLD WAR 
  • HI367 IMPERIAL AND SOVIET RUSSIA 
  • HI397 COLD WAR AMERICA

To learn more, view the full America in the World Minor Curriculum.

Cadets have the opportunity to apply to attend any of the numerous domestic or international staff rides or summer Academic Individual Advanced Development (AIAD) program, USMA-run academic enrichment experience.. They may also publish their work in the West Point Undergraduate Historical Review and work with either of the Department’s academic centers (the Center for Oral History or the Center for Holocaust Studies).

To learn more about enrichment in this area of study, visit the Department of History, the Center for Oral History, the Digital History Center, or the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.