Offers a diverse and unified curriculum, covering European, American and World History. Provides students with critical evaluative techniques, and sound methodology. Promotes the ability to communicate effectively in oral and written form. Prepares students to address the needs and problems of a changing world. Requires its majors to participate in an internship as part of the junior seminar sequence, to incorporate a theoretical and practical approach.
History is our dialogue with the past.
History, one of the pillars of the humanities, is the basis for a well rounded liberal education. Over and above that, history is a very practical major, bestowing important skills which are the requisite of excellent performance in the work world. Oral and written communication Analyzing and interpreting information Critical thinking Problem solving Decision making Group projects and reports There is increasing opportunity and demand for historians to apply their skills outside the university and the classroom. Practicing historians are found in government offices, corporations, media firms, historical societies, museums, and foundations. They are working in such areas as oral history, historic preservation, and cultural resources management.