The Department of History contributes to the ongoing process of teaching, researching, and writing about the past. Working with the history of cultures around the world, including American culture, the department fosters understanding of the human condition through its teaching and research. Graduates in the Department of History are prepared for careers in a wide variety of professions and disciplines.
Many graduates enter the teaching field at the middle and high school levels.
History majors also enter graduate programs in history or other liberal arts fields or others enter law school. Graduates of the History Department have found employment or pursued advanced training in the fields of law, public history, historical preservation, museum administration, living history programs, and material culture programs, among others. The Department of History also offers the Master of Arts in History. The Department is currently rewriting its Graduate program goals and objectives. Areas of specialization within each broad area are diverse in both subject and historical time period.