Stony Brook Undergraduate Bulletin - Fall 2024HSEDegrees & Requirements

Requirements for the minor in History of Health, Science, and the Environment

Completion of the minor requires 21 credits. At least nine of the 21 credits must be taken at Stony Brook, with three of the courses at the upper-division level. The specific distribution of the credits should be determined in consultation with the director of undergraduate studies. An example of an acceptable distribution would be the following:

Three courses in the student’s interest at the 100 or 200 level selected from the list below (9 credits)
Four courses in the student’s interest at the 300 or 400 level selected from the list below (12 credits) (Note: HIS 447, 487, 488, or 495–496 may not be applied to the minor.)

AFS 374 Environment and Development in African History
HIS 238 Science, Technology, and Medicine in Western Civilization II
HIS 286 The Global History of Human Health
HIS 302 Environmental History in Global Perspective
HIS 329 History of Industrial Hazards
HIS 352 Environmental History of China
HIS 365 Environmental History of North America
HIS 368 Health and Disease in African History
HIS 386 The Maya
HIS 398 Topics in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine