In the past few years, the University of South Carolina's history department has gone from good to excellent. In South Carolina, history runs in people's blood, whether the subject is Confederates or slaves.
History improves the mind.
At USC, history is one of about 80 departments. All USC's 3,400 liberal arts majors are required to take at least three history courses. Here's how USC's history department got better. Palms knew that with lean budgets, USC couldn't improve all 80-odd departments at once. It made sense to upgrade history.