To study history is to ask important questions about how our past influences who we are today. At Alverno, we teach history as a way of knowing, a way of thinking about and encountering the world. We believe this is best accomplished when our students experience a wide variety of historical times and regions, including the histories of the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Gender, and Native Peoples, from ancient to modern times.
As a student of history you will participate in lively classroom discussions with fellow students and engage in hands-on work with documents, ideas, and artifacts of the past. As you progress in the program you will have a chance to put your learning to practice with an off-campus experience at one of the hundreds of internship opportunities available to you. Whether you want to teach, go on to graduate school, or step into one of the many private and public jobs available to history graduates, learning about the past will help you prepare for the future.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Beginning Requirements | ||
| HS Courses | Take one course from 210 level (HS 211, HS 212 or HS-213) and one from 310 level (HS 310 or HS-312), or take one course from 250 level (HS-250 or HS-251) | 4 |
| Intermediate Requirements | ||
| HS-330 | Topics in US History | 4 |
| HS-399 | Formal Introduction to Advanced Work | 0 |
| Advanced Requirements | ||
| HUM 350 Level | Any HUM-350 Intro to the Humanities (HUM) topic from https://catalog.alverno.edu/courses/hum | 4 |
| HUM-410 | Senior Humanities Seminar | 4 |
| HS-355 | Critical Perspectiv on the American Past | 4 |
| HUM Elevtive | Humanities Elective from English (EN), History (HS), Humanities (HUM), Philosophy (PL), Religion (RL) or Spanish Language Culture (SLC), above 320 level | 3-4 |
| HS-375 | Historical Analysis | 4 |
| HS-451 | Crit Prsp/Early Modern World, 1350-1750 | 4 |
| INTERN-383 | Internship Seminar | 2 |
| HS-411 | Topics in American History | 4 |
| or HS-412 | Topics in European History | |
| or HS-413 | Topics in World History | |
| or HS-475 | Independent Research | |