Bachelor of Arts [B.A] [History] From Illinois Dominican University

History courses also convey an appreciation of history as an academic discipline with its own rules of inquiry.?

The history major teaches students?to analyze historical problems from several perspectives, to use primary sources and historical literature critically and effectively, and to employ historical perspectives and sources appropriately in the construction of oral and written accounts of the human past. History majors acquire both general knowledge of the human past and more detailed knowledge of a concentration within the field of historical inquiry. The history department offers five?concentrations: African history, European history, global history,Latin American history?and?United States history.

The history department offers major and minor programs in history and in history for secondary and middle school teachers. In every program a student with a strong academic background may, with the department's consent, substitute courses on the 200 or 300 level for the required 100-level history courses and History 143 and 144.