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OVERVIEW
As an academic major, history provides, firstly, a broad and general
view of human development, and secondly, a rigorous training of the mind
to think, evaluate a problem, and reach a conclusion.
The study of history provides a broad, general view of human development
from the beginning of recorded time to the present. Emphasis is on
intellectual and cultural values and activities in political, social,
economic, and religious institutions. Each course provides rigorous
training of the mind to think, to evaluate problems, and to reach sound
conclusions through the examination of general or specific chronological
periods in several geographic settings. Special attention is given to
written work in the form of quizzes, examinations, and review or
research essays.
A major in history can be used in government service, the new specialty
of public history, several areas of business and industry, and many
other fields. It can also be used in preparation for study of the law,
the ministry, and archival work and librarianship. Double majors
combining history with other fields are easily arranged.
The history curricula provide, through lectures, seminars, and directed
studies, a survey of mankind's experience. The department offers courses
of study leading to the B.A. or the B.S. degree and has a staff of eight
full-time professors who hold the Ph.D. degree. The historian's
laboratory is the library, where one finds the record of the past as
preserved in primary sources and interpreted by authorities in general
works, monographs, and maps. The department has a good collection of
maps, slides, and microform readers. |
