A history major gives students a broad base of knowledge and skills applicable in a variety of careers. While secondary education and law continue to absorb a significant number of history graduates, businesses, government agencies, and not-for-profit organizations find that history majors have the critical thinking and communications skills desirable in these fields as well.
The history program at DePaul combines a global perspective with the opportunity to develop a regional focus. Instruction emphasizes the humanistic as well as the social scientific dimension of the field. Two-hundred-level courses survey Asian, African, European, Latin American, North American, and Intercontinental/Comparative History, while teaching students how to evaluate primary sources. Three-hundred-level courses concentrate on historical debates within specific fields. All courses stress development of research, writing and oral communications skills. Allied field requirements are to be determined in consultation with the major advisor; these add to the flexibility of the program, allowing students to pursue their own interests.
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