History

The history major is designed to prepare students to be deep thinkers who thrive in a global world. As our students advance through their core sequence, they develop skills critical to historical thinking and contributing to their communities and world. These skills help students confront critical civic problems linked to racial disparities, notions of citizenship, and migration patterns that impact our nation and international relations. Our students learn to comprehend cultural exchanges and historical complexities that are crucial to navigating our interconnected world. At the end of our program, students have developed abilities to conduct research, examine a range of historical perspectives, collaborate in group projects, and present their work to varied audiences.

Program Requirements History History Scholarships Minnesota Transfer Pathway

Program Highlights

• New areas to explore such as digital humanities with many new jobs are emerging in government, academia and the private sector for graduates with these skills. Students learn how to:
  • Create digital exhibits for museums.
  • Transcribe and encode historical documents and manuscripts for online research.
  • Contribute to materials and websites at operations such as the Smithsonian, the Library of Congress and Wikipedia. 
• Education Abroad opportunities in areas with historical significance including China, Costa Rica, England, France, Germany, Japan and Korea.
• Opportunity to serve as judges in the Central Minnesota Regional History Day Contest each spring.
• Internships and work study opportunities available in historical societies, museums and archives.
• Pathway to graduate programs in history, planning, management, law and international business. 
• This discipline is also available as a minor to complement another major. 

Program Distinctions

• Established faculty recognized by peers, publishers and experts for their research in their fields of study.
• History professor Mary Wingerd selected for two Minnesota Book Awards and a Hognander Minnesota History Award.
• Two faculty members earned Solon J. Buck Awards for articles written for Minnesota History magazine.