历史文学学士（荣誉学位）

历史学家研究复杂的历史过程和发展。他们学会处理模棱两可和矛盾的观点。他们在历史背景下阅读和分析文档以及其他主要的原始资料，并撰写基于事实的论文，以综合大量信息。因此，主修历史是在许多不同领域准备职业的绝佳方法，这些领域需要人们进行批判性思考并进行有效沟通，例如教学，新闻，法律，政治，政府服务，公共关系，图书馆和信息科学，出版或商业。我们鼓励历史专业的学生考虑攻读荣誉学位，并鼓励荣誉专业的学生考虑学习历史专业。“历史荣誉课程”提供了许多选项，可以按时完成这两个步骤，除了“历史学”专业要求的33分以外，至少还
History is the study of the past. In examining the past we learn about how the world we live in today emerged. At the same time, we also sharpen a number of critical skills.<br>Historians study complex historical processes and developments. We learn to deal with ambiguity and conflicting points of view. We read and analyze documents and other primary source materials in their historical contexts, and write fact-based papers that synthesize large amounts of information. Majoring in History is thus an excellent way to prepare for a career in any number of diverse fields which require people to think critically and communicate effectively, such as teaching, journalism, law, politics, government service, public relations, library and information sciences, publishing, or business.<br>In addition to these important skills, the History curriculum identifies the following specific student learning outcomes:<br>Students can explain historical change and continuity.<br>Students can write clear expository prose and orally present their ideas according to disciplinary conventions.<br>Students can identify, interpret and evaluate primary sources and other relevant information.<br>Students can identify the main historiographic issues in a specific area of concentration.<br>We encourage History majors to consider pursuing an Honors degree, and encourage Honors students to consider majoring in History.<br>The Honors Track in History offers many options for completing both in a timely fashion, with only a minimum of 3 additional credits beyond the 33 required for the History major.