With a full-time faculty of nine members, the department teaches more than 50 different courses. We offer three majors: History, North American Studies and History, with Teaching Certification in Social Studies. The department sponsors minors in History, International Studies, Latin American Studies and/or North American Studies. Most of our faculty members teach one or more classes in the university's Evening Degree Program, where we offer the History major and minor. Since January 2007, the department has offered the Master of Arts degree in History.

History Degrees Prepare Students for Fulfilling Professional Careers

Our courses help students to develop the skills that employers most demand from today's college graduates: excellence in critical thinking, analytical writing and public speaking. History majors pursue careers in countless professions, and our alumni have gone on to become leaders in government service, law, business and education. History majors frequently enter directly into law or graduate school, with around 15 percent of recent graduates currently in graduate or doctoral programs in a variety of fields.

The department's many international courses, together with joint programs in International Studies and Latin American Studies, train our graduates to thrive in a job market driven by global forces and opportunities. Members of the faculty have researched or published in Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swahili. We offer courses on Africa, Asia, Canada, Latin America, the Middle East, Russia and Western Europe. Our majors and minors often combine their coursework with study abroad, advanced language classes, participation in the university's Model UN program and senior thesis projects on international topics.

Our Students Learn from Experts in and out of the Classroom

Students in the History programs work one-on-one with active scholars. Our faculty members stay on the cutting edge of their disciplines by conducting field research, serving in professional and academic organizations, and participating in regional, national and international conferences. The department is home to two academic journals: Historical Geography and Selected Papers of the Consortium on the Revolutionary Era. We host the Gunther E. Rothenberg Seminar in Military History, which each year brings together leading scholars on a specific military topic. Collectively, departmental faculty have authored hundreds of book chapters, journal articles, book reviews and professional papers. We have published numerous books with leading presses.

We Welcome Your Questions

If you want to know more about any of our programs or courses, we will be happy to get in touch with you by e-mail or telephone. Contact information for faculty members as well as details about our individual teaching and research backgrounds can be accessed by following the History "faculty" link on this page.