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Are you looking for a degree that is exceptionally adept at preparing you to think critically and broadly about how and why the world is the way it is today? Individuals with degrees in history have had lots of training in how to think clearly and then to clarify those thoughts in writing. These skills are useful in a wide variety of professions.
 

A degree in History prepares you for careers as a:

•    High school history teacher
•    Community college history lecturer
•    College or university history professor
•    Government historian
•    Historical consultant
•    Political advisor
•    Museum curator
•    Archivist
•    Lawyer
•    Researcher
•    Private-sector researcher
•    Analyst
•    Diplomat
•    Journalist
•    Writer

 

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Required Courses
Item #TitleCredits
HIST 111United States History to 18653
HIST 112United States History from 18653
HIST 201    Historical Methods: Research and Historiography3
HIST 225World Civilizations I3
HIST 226World Civilizations II3
HIST 475Portfolio Development1
 HIST Electives21
 Sub-Total Credits37

 

Required Cognates
Item #TitleCredits
 Political Science Elective For History Major3
 Sub-Total Credits3
 Total Credits:40

 

Required Courses
Item #TitleCredits
ECON 211Macroeconomics3
HIST 111United States History to 18653
HIST 112United States History from 18653
HIST 201         Historical Methods: Research and Historiography3
HIST 225World Civilizations I3
HIST 226World Civilizations II3
HIST 242Historical and Political Geography3
HIST 475Portfolio Development1
 HIST Social Science Electives18
 POLS Electives3
 SOCS Electives3
 Sub-Total Credits49
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Post Graduate U.S. History Certificate
Item #TitleCredits
HIST 500  History Methods and Historiography3
HIST 501Colonial America—1607 to 17833
HIST 502The Early American Republic—1783 to 18373
HIST 503Civil War and Reconstruction—1837 to 19193
HIST 504Modern America—1919 to the Present3
HIST 505Teaching College History3
 Sub-Total Credits18

 

Our Post Graduate U.S. History Certificate prepares individuals with a masters degree with the necessary qualifications to teach college level history courses.