This page will inform you about the Department of History Undergraduate program at Cleveland State University.
History is the essential foundation of knowledge.
It provides the context for a liberal education, the tools to understand ourselves and our contemporary world, and the skills for an educated person to live a more fulfilled and gratifying life in a wide range of careers. The emphasis is on accessing and analyzing information, the critical use of historical sources, learning to communicate the results, and the excitement which comes from exploring important ideas. The past becomes the universe, all of whose corners can be explored. The department offers coursework in European, U.S., African, Latin American, and East Asian history and thematic focii on social and urban history and the African Diaspora. The major program not only prepares students for teaching and for graduate study in history but many students have found history an appropriate preparatory foundation for careers in law, library science, international work, the foreign service, the ministry, business, government, archival and museum work.