HISTORY TEACHING MINORS
History programs may be used to fulfill the graduation requirements of the college, to obtain teacher certification, or to prepare for professional (e.g., law school) or graduate school study. In consultation with a History Department advisor, a student will select the most appropriate program and courses to meet the requirements for a major, minor, or concentration in history.
For the requirements for the interdisciplinary majors in Broad Fields Social Studies: History Concentration, and Broad Fields Social Studies: History Concentration with Teaching Minor, see BROAD FIELDS SOCIAL STUDIES.
The Department of History has identified three broad goals for the student majoring in History or Broad Fields Social Studies that will be assessed on an on-going basis, but particularly in HIST 400/401.
Each successful History and Broad Fields Social Studies major will demonstrate:
- Competence in research, critical reading of sources, communicating, writing, reasoning and analyzing.
- The basic skills of the historian, to include historical method and historiography.
- Competence in historical knowledge, historical periodization and historical geography.
The History Department administers the Sister Cajetan Spelman History Scholarship which is awarded annually to upper class history majors and history concentrations. See History Department Chair for details.
BROAD FIELDS SOCIAL STUDIES, HISTORY CONCENTRATION WITH TEACHING MINOR and BROAD FIELDS SOCIAL STUDIES, HISTORY CONCENTRATION See BROAD FIELDS SOCIAL STUDIES
