History Overview
The History Department offers a major, a minor, and elective courses for non-majors. The program exposes students to different fields of knowledge, offering training in critical thinking, the accumulation, organization and analysis of information, and clear and concise writing. History courses provide an excellent background for graduate school, teaching, and careers in law, government, journalism, international affairs, museum, library and archival work, and business. With courses on every major geographical area of the world, and with conceptual approaches ranging from political and diplomatic to social, intellectual and cultural, the History Department offers a rich and diverse curriculum.
For more information, please visit the History Department’s website.
Minor Requirements
Students who wish to obtain an undergraduate minor in history must meet the following requirements: a minimum of six history courses, at least three at the 200 level, and no more than four in any one geographical area. At least one of the six courses must be a seminar or a proseminar.