History

对历史的正式研究可以追溯到古希腊，但这门学科从未像现在这样相关. 要了解现代世界，就必须清楚地了解过去发生的事情, especially in today's fractured and turbulent era. Studying history provides students with the critical thinking, analytical, and research skills to evaluate sources of information, engage in civil debate, make persuasive arguments, 作为他们国家和世界的有生产力的公民做出贡献. 历史学本科学位为学生在政府部门的职业生涯做准备, the law, public service, teaching, and business, 以及为研究生学习提供任何领域的基础.

The Program

Students can earn a BA, BS, or Minor in History at NDSU. There are also opportunities to major in Public History, History Education, and Social Science Education.

除了大学和学院的通识教育要求外，历史专业的学生还要修39个学分的历史课程. 9个学分用于100或200级的基础课程, 哪些向学生介绍各种历史子领域的基本内容, 以及分析第一手资料和第二手资料的技能, asking informed questions about the past, 与同学进行有见地的讨论和辩论. Students then take 18 credits of 300- or 400-level courses, distributed among North American History, European History, and Widening Horizons categories. 这些课程让学生接触到这些领域的前沿历史学术, while building writing, research, and discussion skills.

In their sophomore or junior year, students take Historical Research and Writing, which trains them to write persuasive, evidence-based, and clear arguments about the past. As a capstone experience, 历史专业的学生在大四的时候会在一个长达一个学期的写作研讨会上运用这些技巧, 他们就自己选择的主题发表原创研究论文. 剩下的6个学分是选修课，允许学生在历史课程中遵循自己的智力兴趣. A listing of regularly offered courses can be found here.

A BA in History requires two years of study in a foreign language, and is recommended for those wishing to pursue graduate study. A BS in History requires completion of an approved minor.

History Minors 在100级或200级学习9个历史学分，在300级或400级学习9个历史学分.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the History major, students will be able to:

1)将历史思维和同理心作为参与型公民的核心;

2) Analyze multiple viewpoints and perspectives about the past;

3)解释和分析西方世界之外的人类经历在时间和空间上的复杂性;

4) Ask questions about the past, mindful of historical contexts; and

5)在适当的一手和二手资料中，根据历史证据，撰写一篇合理的历史叙述和论点.

Faculty

新大历史系由国际公认的研究人员和教师组成, 他们中的一些人在研究和教学方面获得了国家和大学的奖项. 优势领域包括从殖民时期到20世纪的北美历史, the Great Plains, Public History, Women's History, 20th-Century Southeast Asia, Medieval and Early Modern Europe, the Cold War in Eastern Europe, Colonial Latin America, and the History of Religion. 每位教师在其专业领域至少出版过一本学术著作, 并定期在专业会议上发表文章和发表研究论文. 该部门还定期举办地区和国家历史会议，并参加座谈会和面向公众的活动. Find more on faculty teaching, research, and outreach activities here.

Study Abroad

历史系定期领导出国学习课程，致力于在国际水平上扩大学生的视野. 最近和即将到来的课程和目的地包括维也纳的哈布斯堡帝国, European Religious Traditions in Rome, World War II in London and Paris, Japanese History and Culture in Japan, and the Early Modern Spanish Empire in Spain.

Cultural Diversity

该部门坚定地致力于帮助学生了解人类经验的多样性. 历史课帮助学生理解种族差异, gender, ethnicity, 社会和经济阶层影响着人们的生活，影响着现代世界. 系里的教职员工也积极致力于促进对多样性的理解.

Public History

1982年，NDSU在上中西部地区推出了第一个公共历史课程. 公共历史是一个充满活力的研究领域，培养学生在档案中工作, museums, historical societies and sites, historic preservation, historical editing, digital history and documentary film-making, 以及国家公园管理局等联邦政府部门. 公共历史是一门专业，可以很容易地与历史专业或辅修专业相结合. More information can be found here.