• Students will gain a deep understanding of how the past informs present-day issues at local and global levels. They encourage students to think critically about their place in the world and to become an active and engaged citizen.
  • The major and minor programs are designed by a diverse group of professors. They offer a variety of courses in social, cultural, environmental, gender, economic, political, and religious history. With a commitment to diversity, courses cover not just the history of America and Europe, but numerous global countries.
  • Students will:
    • Understand the breadth and diversity of human experience across time and space
    • Develop a substantive knowledge of the range and depth in their area(s) of concentration, whether regional and/or topical-thematic
    • Think critically and historically about the past
    • Understand and appropriately apply historical research methods
    • Craft and present persuasive historical arguments in both oral and written forms
    • Understand how the practice of history can establish a valuable framework for considering ethical issues in the past and present