The Department of History offers courses taught by full-time faculty who hold doctoral
degrees in History with particular strengths in teaching and research in American,
African American, Modern European, and Local and Community History. A sampling of
our courses include U.S Constitutional and Legal history, the Mongols, the History
of Baseball, Epidemics in Modern Society, Ethnic Entrepreneurship, and even Rock &
Roll! The department also houses the programs of Geography and Religion. Students
interested in History can work towards a
- Bachelor’s degree in History
- Master’s degree in History
- Minor in History, Geography, or Religion
- Field major in International Studies
- Certificate program in Museum Studies, Asian Studies, and Great Plains Studies
The department offers students various opportunities for applied learning in history,
including the opportunity to publish in the department's scholarly journal, the Fairmount Folio, and also to apply for funds for conference presentation and travel. can take advantage
of a range of awards and scholarships including opportunities to get funding for conferences.
Master's students may apply for a graduate teaching assistantship.
Alumni have gone on to successful careers in business, law, museums, academia, historic
preservation, archives and records management, the military, teaching, libraries,
publishing, consulting, the medical profession, and the ministry. Our students and
alumni have published their research in outlets from award winning academic scholarship
to photo histories to contract work to graphic novels to historical romances! They
have produced documentaries, created museum exhibits, preserved historic structures,
conducted oral histories, given guided tours, done guest appearances on television,
and created programs that give back to their communities.
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