The minor in Civil War Era Studies is a rotation of six courses on various aspects of the American Civil War and American culture in the Civil War Era (1848-1877). Of these six courses, two are required:

• CWES 205 INTRODUCTION TO THE CIVIL WAR ERA
• CWES 400 AMERICAN CULTURE IN THE CIVIL WAR ERA

Then, Civil War Era minors select four courses from the following:

• CWES 337 THE LEGACY OF THE CIVIL WAR
• CWES 350 CIVIL WAR IN THE WEST
• HIST 346 SLAVERY, REBELLION, AND EMANCIPATION IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD
• HIST 347 GETTYSBURG IN HISTORY & MEMORY
• HIST 344 ABRAHAM LINCOLN
• HIST 245 GENDER AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
• HIST 244 AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY
• AFS 220 AFRICAN AMERICAN LITURATURE DURING THE CIVIL WAR ERA
• AFS 221 CIVIL WAR & CIVIL RIGHTS
• FYS 183 GETTYSBURG
• FYS 191 TWO POETS IN A LAND OF WAR: WALT WITMAN, EMILY DICKINSON AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
• IDS 217 THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ON FILM
• ENG 404 UNCLE TOM'S CHILDREN
• ENG 340B INHERIT THE WAR: THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICAN LITERARY IMAGINATION
• ENG 340B AMERICAN GOTHIC: ANTIBELLUM LITERATURE
• ENG 340C RACE AND THE FAMILY IN CIVIL WAR AMERICA
• ECON 211 AMERICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY: THE 19TH CENTURY

Or, they may select any of the Gettysburg Semester courses, if space is available:

• CWES 421 CORE SEMINAR IN CIVIL WAR HISTORY (PDF format)
• CWES 425 CIVIL WAR ERA FIELD EXPERIENCE (PDF Format)

Or, the Senior History Seminar (HIST 425), with the approval of the instructor and the director of Civil War Era Studies.