The History program helps to prepare students for their future by:

• providing a broad range of courses and other educational opportunities that encourage students to develop their historical awareness, perspective and understanding;
• instructing and guiding students to develop sound research skills;
• training students to understand the standard forms of historical expression, to critique historical arguments made by others, and to produce historical arguments themselves;
• developing students' ability to perceive how different aspects or types of human endeavor and experience may be connected;
• leading students to identify the historical roots of contemporary issues and challenges, with attention to social values and the role of religion in the human experience;
• assisting students to understand and evaluate the role of human choice in history;
• providing information and opportunities to acquire the necessary skills to identify and pursue post-graduate opportunities for employment or further education; assisting students in identifying career options most suited to their skills, strengths, and interests.