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Department of History
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"History is the science of what never happens twice."
----Paul Valery, French poet (1871-1945)
USE YOUR YOU as a History major at WJU!
You are at the heart of what we do.
- In the Jesuit tradition, we focus on helping you discover your talents. Through close contact and individual attention faculty members will help you develop your writing, critical thinking, and communication skills. We are proud of a very active History Club and our own Phi Alpha Theta chapter. A number of our majors combine history with another discipline and several hold campus jobs as peer tutors for the Academic Resource Center.
Our resources are exceptional.
- From your first encounter with a history course at WJU (HIS 110: The Twentieth Century) until completing the senior thesis requirement, the history faculty will introduce you to a variety of historical sources and methodologies. We help students find internships and provide course credit for such activity. Students regularly present their original research at regional conferences. We also accompany students on trips associated with particular courses (the Holocaust museum, New York City, and the Greenbriar, for example).
Your WJU history degree is a valuable commodity.
- History graduates are involved in a variety of fields. For those who choose to further their education, majoring in history is an ideal preparation for law school, as well as graduate study in history, political science, and international relations. You can also combine the history major with social studies certification if teaching is your goal. A number of our students are involved public history at places like Monticello and Antietam battlefield. Others are employed in the fields of sales and marketing, public service, and human resources. You can do anything with a degree in history.
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