Department of Humanities
Department Chair: Amanda Hodges, Ph.D.
Professor: Timothy Elston, Ph.D.
Associate Professor: J. Tracy Power, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor: Avinash Hingorani, Ph.D.
Program Learning Outcomes:
1. Students will formulate connections between the study of history and the contemporary world.
2. Students will demonstrate knowledge of other cultures and their own heritage.
3. Students will apply both the methodological and interpretive skills of the historical discipline to design and complete a research paper.
4. Students will examine historical interpretations by analyzing data and evidence
Requirements for the Major in History (not including General Education Core):
Required courses - HUM 200 fulfills PCEN requirement - HUM 400 fulfills PCOM and PETH requirements (5 @ 3 credit hours each):
A one semester thematic introduction to US History in a global context from the colonial era to present. HIS 120 required for all history majors.
Choose seven electives (3 credit hours each—limit 1 religion course):
This introductory course combines the interdisciplinary study of human and physical geography by focusing on the global interactions between human beings, human civilizations, and their natural environment both today and in world history. We will treat human and physical geography holistically and in historical context by concentrating on the ways in which the natural environment has influenced the development of human societies as well as how humans exploit and inhabit the natural world. The study of global and local relationships between the natural, physical world and human culture can lead to better understanding of global and local issues. Cultural and social habitus and how that relates to our understanding of place, the world and ourselves will also be explored. This will be explored from both a personal and global perspective.