历史科学学士

研究历史就是研究变化：历史学家是研究和解释人类身份以及社会和文明随时间变化的专家。他们使用各种方法和分析工具来回答有关过去的问题，并重建人类经验的多样性：人们在思想，机构和文化实践方面的差异有多深，人们的经验在时间和地点上有多大差异，以及他们在一个共享世界中挣扎的方式。历史学家使用各种各样的资料来将个人生活和集体行动编入叙事中，从而对我们的过去和现在都提出批评性的观点。通过研究过去如何塑造（并继续塑造）社会与人与人之间的全球，国家和地方关系，研究历史有助于我们理解并解决复杂的问题和困境。
A flexible major adaptable to your interests, history combines rigorous intellectual and professional training while empowering students to seek out connections between the past and the present. The history major emphasizes research and communication, understanding contemporary issues and the historical path which shaped their development, and learning through your own custom course of study, within a collaborative environment.<br><br>The goal of the history major is to offer students the knowledge and skills they need to gain a critical perspective on the world. History students learn to find and interpret evidence about the world, to translate complex information into engaging and persuasive stories, and to use their understanding of many perspectives to solve complex problems.