We offer a vibrant learning community providing the following advantages:

• Our distinguished faculty are actively involved in relevant research within their fields.Christopher Columbus, public domain image
• Small class sizes and close interactions with your professors mean that you will be engaged in serious research and study from your first class onward.
• Support for study across a broad spectrum of possible interests. Our masters students conduct research in a wide range of fields. The diverse research interests of our current students and our recent graduates demonstrate the program's -- and the faculty's -- flexibility in developing our students' growth as historians.
• The state-of-the-art Sherrod Library and the renowned Archives of Appalachia offer unique opportunities for original scholarship.
• The History Department is able to offer highly competitive funding packages to many of our full-time students.
• The University and the Department are dedicated to supporting student research and professional development.Henry IV, from Cassell's History of England - Century Edition (1902), public domain
• Our alumni have had success across a broad range of fields, including doctoral programs.
• Our location in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, near Asheville, NC presents our students with a wide range of options for ways to spend their free time, helping to promote a healthy work/life balance.