The Department provides 64 undergraduate and 20 graduate courses with options for independent and directed study. Faculty consists of 17 FTE instructors. The vast majority of materials are located in the main stacks. Main stack items circulate, Reference materials are for in-house use. U.S. government publications used for historical research are integrated within the Documents Collection.
English language predominates in the collection.
Spanish language publications predominate among the non-English materials. The collection provides world wide coverage of all historical periods from early civilization to the modern era. Special emphasis is placed on the U.S.- Mexico border region, history of Latin America and military history. The latter materials are housed in the S.L.A. Marshall History Collection. The Southwest Collection, located in Special Collections, also contains relevant historical materials.