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Nov 21, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
History - Major
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The History program aims to develop in students an understanding of the importance of the past in human experience. This past serves as a foundation and frame of reference for their pursuit of knowledge in the classroom and in the wider world. Students gain a sophisticated awareness of the discipline of history, discovering that it is more than mere fact-gathering; it involves multiple methods and interpretations of the past. Finally, the department’s goal is that all majors will engage in the dynamic study of history by developing their own insights and interpretations of the past. The history program can be combined with inclusive early childhood/childhood or adolescence teacher certification for students pursuing careers in education. A minimum GPA of 2.7 is required for student teaching.
Students from a variety of majors may also wish to pursue a minor in history.
Student Learning Outcomes:
- Develop an awareness of the approach and methodology of history as a discipline
- Master major historical facts
- Have an understanding of the time frame of historical events
- Be able to collect and analyze primary source evidence
- Have an acquaintance with the basic works and interpretations of leading scholars in the study of a particular era or field of inquiry (i.e., historiography)
- Develop basic competence in the historical and political geography of the period under study
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Core Curriculum Requirements
All Nazareth students complete Core Curriculum coursework as part of their degree requirements. The Core provides a foundation in the liberal arts and sciences while guiding students to pose and explore their own intellectual questions. See Academic Policies and Procedures for specific core curriculum requirements.
History Core
The History Core provides the foundation for all of our programs. Students are required to take 15 credits as follows:
History Electives
Students must select six elective courses (18 credits) in upper division history from course levels 200, 300, 400. A maximum of two upper division Political Science courses may be substituted with the approval of the department chairperson.
History Senior Experience
Seniors will take a writing-intense research seminar. The purpose of the course will be to apply their skills as serious students of history to a research project of their own design. The seminar’s topic will be based on the participating faculty member’s current research interest, but will be sufficiently broad to allow students to develop research projects in their own fields of interest. Each student will engage in an extensive search for sources, including both primary and secondary documents. These sources will serve as the foundation of a formal research paper, which will be the culmination of the student’s efforts in the course, and which will represent their efforts at historical interpretation.
Sample Program for History - Major
Freshman Year
- Perspectives - Enduring Questions (PEQ) Credits: 3
- Perspectives - Enduring Questions (PEQ) Math and Science with Lab Credits 7
- Health/Wellness Credits: 0
- Foreign Language 101 - 102 Level Credits: 6
As well as: Sophomore Year
- Perspectives - Enduring Questions (PEQ) Credits: 9
- Experiential Learning (EL) Pathway
- Electives Credits: 6
As well as: Junior Year
- Upper Division History Credits: 9
- Integrative Studies (IS) Credits: 9
- Core Milestone Experience (CME) Credits: 0
- Electives Credits: 6
- DEIB designated course/Liberal Arts Electives Credits: 6
Senior Year
- Upper Division History Credits: 9
- Electives Credits: 18
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