历史文学学士

历史可以帮助学生欣赏他们在世界上的位置，并教给他们关于他们是谁以及使他们tick动的原因。毫不奇怪，随着年轻人努力应对当今令人困惑和困扰不已的事件，历史在全球不确定性时期具有特殊的意义。传统上，历史一直是达特茅斯强调人文科学的核心。达特茅斯历史系的课程“具有国际影响力，并按时间顺序深入研究”，使未来的公民和领导人对他们的生活世界有了深刻的了解。一些历史系的校友已经攻读了高级学位，并在世界上最负盛名的大学任教，但是更多的人从事其他职业。无论他们去到哪里，我们的毕业生都可以从这里学到的东西中找到价值。我们知道
Founded in 1894, the History Department has long offered one of the most popular majors and broadest course selections in the undergraduate College. It is impossible to understand today's world without studying how people lived in the past. Historical forces have made every aspect of our contemporary existence, from political divisions to patterns of migration, technological innovation, and ecological devastation. Through history, we grasp that there is nothing natural or inevitable about our lives, they are the product of past generations' choices, contingencies, and challenges. But while the past fundamentally shapes our present, we can also use this knowledge to effect change, only by studying and understanding how we came to be can we create new possibilities for the present and the future. Through studying history, you will also develop excellent writing, analytical, and above all, critical reading and thinking skills. In particular, history teaches you how to carefully read and assess different sources of information. History therefore offers an outstanding foundation for a wide array of careers: our majors work in every field from law, entertainment, and finance to education and social justice.