History Department

Professors: V. Carey, W. Gordon, J. Hornibrook, G. Kroll, J. Lindgren, J. Neuhaus, M. Richard, R. Schaefer (chairperson)
Associate Professors: R. Alexander, S. Beaudreau, C. Shemo
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The History Department strives through engaged teaching, professional modeling, and conscientious mentoring to prepare students for professional success utilizing historical knowledge and skills in problem solving, critical thinking, and communication. Students with undergraduate degrees in history work as lawyers, paralegals, congressional aides, lobbyists, foreign service officers, publishers, librarians, archivists, and in a wide range of public and private sector jobs. The History Department offers two tracks: a traditional liberal arts curriculum (0710) and a study option in teaching preparation (0194). The department also offers, in conjunction with the Teacher Education Unit, a combined B.A./M.S.T. History/Adolescence Education program that leads to New York state teacher certification in Social Studies (7-12). (For more information, see the Combined Programs section of this catalog.)

In the traditional curriculum (0710), students study the theory and practice of history, regional experiences, and historical themes such as colonialism, gender, genocide, migration, popular culture, and religion. They complete junior- and senior-year seminars that offer the opportunity to conduct original historical research and design and complete a journal-length article or an applied project such as a museum exhibit or a work of historical fiction.

The history study option in teaching preparation (0194) includes all the undergraduate coursework required by New York state for teaching social studies and prepares students for admission to a graduate teacher education program. Study option students are introduced to a variety of social studies disciplines associated with the study of history, such as geography, government, and economics, as well as an array of history courses through which they can craft a teaching specialty in American, European, or global studies. In addition to studying the theory and practice of history alongside traditional history majors, prospective teachers complete junior and senior seminars devoted to social studies teaching methods.

Programs

Majors (Undergraduate)

Minors (Undergraduate)

History Minor