History and Art History

Professors G. McKay, B. Upton (Department Chair); Associate Professors Q. Fang, S. Feeley, and P. Miller; Senior Lecturer J. Zejmis.

Areas of particular teaching interest: Professor McKay: Roman art, Byzantine and Early Christian art, Medieval art, Nineteenth-Century art; African-American art, Public History; Professor B. Upton: modern America, African-American history, intellectual history, and women’s history; Professor Q. Fang: Asia, environmental history; Professor S. Feeley: early Americas, American Revolution, North American Indians, American Civil War; Professor P. Miller: modern Europe; Professor J. Zejmis: Eastern Europe.

The study of history is an engagement with the past – the individuals, societies, civilizations, and art that have shaped the modern world. The History Department offers courses in the social, cultural, political, and art history of America, Europe, and Asia. History majors have gone on to graduate school in history, museum and library studies, and to a wide range of careers, including the law, business and finance, archives, education, and the government.

Other Educational Options in History: Minors in History, Art History, American History, and European History, and Teacher Certification Secondary (middle/high school) in Social Studies.

In order to graduate with Honors in the History Department a student must:

Earn a cumulative GPA of 3.0
Achieve a GPA of 3.5 in History courses;
Achieve a grade of A in the History Colloquium (HIS 4492) and prepare a version of the senior paper for presentation at the Phi Alpha Theta Regional Honors Conference;
Be recommended by the Department of History.

Please see the teacher certification requirements in Social Studies .

Programs

Undergraduate Major

History Major

Undergraduate Minor

History and Art History

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