The History major allows students the flexibility to develop a program that meets their personal interests and needs, while ensuring that students experience the enormous variety of topics the department has to offer. Thus the distribution requirements work together with personally tailored themes to offer range and breadth.

History is one of the most practical concentrations. Our students develop skills in critical thinking, analytical reasoning, eloquent writing, and thoughtful reading. Above all, we help students appreciate every aspect of life as part of a much broader and more complicated context, an approach that not only enriches our students’ lives but also allows them to become sophisticated decision-makers. It is no surprise that employers, law schools, other professional schools, and graduate programs in a wide variety of fields look so favorably upon history graduates.