Bachelor of Arts in Modern History

A history major will provide you with the skills and abilities to succeed in any career. History majors become political analysts, business leaders, journalists, broadcasters, diplomats, writers, educators, teachers, lawyers, advertising executives, personnel managers and public relations specialists. Many history majors also go on to graduate schools around the world.

Statistics show that historians tend to move ahead more quickly than other majors in their chosen fields because they have learned to think creatively on all levels, to analyze quickly, to understand human communities as well as individuals, and most importantly, to understand themselves and their place in the world.

The objective of the Modern History major is to introduce students to the practice of history, and to train them in its philosophy and methodology. In doing so this major aims to give students the intellectual tools with which to approach these goals, together with an understanding of the complexity of the past.

Undergraduate Minors in History

A minor in history provides the background needed to strengthen the education of students majoring in such fields as Arabic studies, art, economics, literature, journalism, philosophy and political science. History minors can choose to concentrate on the modern Middle East, Europe or America, or they can combine these to study World History. For those with a love of history, the minor gives them an opportunity to read and explore the subjects that interest them while completing their degree in their chosen major.

Modern History Minor
This minor acquaints students with major forces and events of the American, European and Middle Eastern worlds of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

European-World History Minor
The student in this minor gains an understanding of the main themes in the development of European society and culture including its roots in, and relations with, other civilizations from ancient to modern times.

Modern Middle Eastern History Minor
The aim of this minor is to acquaint the student with the main historical currents and developments in the Middle East from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth century.

United States History Minor
This minor focuses on the United States and the nature of its democratic development from America's colonial experience in the eighteenth century, through the crisis of the Civil War, to America's position as a world leader in the twentieth century.

Minor in Comparative Religion
The minor in Comparative Religion is designed to allow students with an interest in religious studies to pursue their research by choosing from a selection of courses on various aspects of the subject both past and present.

Graduate Diploma in European Studies

The European Studies graduate diploma program is interdisciplinary. Applicants may have their first degree in any discipline, but prior qualification in European history, politics, literature or languages will be an advantage. The language of instruction is English, and a high degree of oral and written fluency is required. Two of the three required courses are conducted with participation of representatives from the European Union.
The program is committed to academic excellence and may be taken for the diploma alone, or it may be taken as a dual degree with an appropriate master’s degree program.