The study of history offers the liberal arts student a fundamental cultural background that is essential in today's global world. The History Department is committed to expanding the intellectual and cultural dimensions of concentrators as well as non-concentrators. Every student benefits from understanding the analysis of history and culture through insightful inquiry and critical analysis.
The work in the department is organized to:
- Introduce the general studies student to the discipline of history within its liberal arts tradition
- Prepare concentrators for graduate study in history
- Prepare students for special graduate programs in law, theology, library science, teaching and business
- Develop history as part of the liberal arts tradition for those who advance into a number of varied careers
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Concentration in History
Requirements:
• One course from 101, 122, 133
• One course from 151, 152, or 153
• Six other courses:
- Two courses in European history
- Two courses in American history
- One course in African, Asian or Latin American history
- The sixth course is the student's choice. At least two of these six courses should be at the 300-level.
• Two senior seminars, 493 & 494
• Three related courses or three more history courses are required. Students select these three courses based upon individual needs and interest and in consultation with department advisers. Courses in art history, education, economics, political science, philosophy, sociology or religious studies are examples of related disciplines.
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Interdisciplinary Concentration in American Civilization
The concentration in American civilization offers a framework for those students who wish to take an interdisciplinary approach to American culture. As it developed in the years following World War II, the American studies movement here and abroad included literary scholars who gave new weight to the historical context of the texts they read, as well as historians eager to move beyond the main lines of political and economic historiography into other fields of endeavor and forms of expression.
To these early forays were added contributions of art historians and musicologists, folklorists and specialists in material culture. This mix of disciplines, methods and objects has prompted earnest (and much debated) attempts to develop a unified methodology, and, at best, has elicited from American studies specialists an unusual degree of methodological self-consciousness. We hope to instill our interdisciplinary concentrators with a clear and responsible sense of the ways in which one may study American culture.
Much of the work of American civilization takes place in the History and English Departments.
Requirements:
- Two lower level courses from HIS 151, 152, 153, 212, 216 or 240
- Two upper level courses from HIS 311, 312 or 322
- Four courses from ENG 210, 380, 384, 385, 386, 388 or certain sections of 235 (consult with Professor R. Androne)
- One from philosophy or religious studies
- One additional course: ART 107; ECO 105, 335, or 336; IDS 250; PHI 216; POS 101, 210, 231, 322 or 334; REL 261 or 262; or SPA 308
- One from philosophy or religious studies
- One additional course: ART 107; ECO 105, 335, or 336; IDS 250; PHI 216; POS 101, 210, 231, 322 or 334; REL 261 or 262; or SPA 308
American civilization concentrators with an emphasis in literature:
American civilization concentrators with an emphasis in history:
American civilization concentrators interested in historical museum studies should take HIS 311 or 312 and complete a supervised internship at either the Landis Valley Farm Museum near Lancaster or the William Penn Museum in Harrisburg.
Students interested in this concentration should consult Professor John Pankratz in the History Department.
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Pre-Law or Teacher Certification
Those interested in a pre-law program with a concentration in history or teacher certification in social sciences education should consult with the department chair. In particular, teacher certification must be planned carefully to fulfill all the mandated state requirements. Early consultation with the Education Department chair is necessary.
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Co-Concentration in History
Requirements:
• One course from 101, 122 or 133
• One course from 151, 152 or 153
• Four courses selected in consultation with the adviser
• One 400-level seminar
Two of the four courses selected with the adviser should be in European history or in Asian, African or Latin American history, and the remaining two should be in American history or in Asian, African or Latin American history. At least one of these four courses should be at the 300-level.
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