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About the Department:
The Department of History strives to better understand the common elements and the range of diversity among human societies. We do this by learning to listen to people from times and/or places different from our own. As we become more familiar with the world as others have experienced it. We better understand the world and our own place in it. We are better able to ask good questions, view events from multiple perspectives, and analyze changes and continuities in human communities across time and place.
Vision:
Our vision is to collaborate with professional experts through local, national, and international partnerships, in order to establish and maintain a dynamic, program in the field of history and social sciences.
Mission:
In accord with the mission of the Department of History strives to be a community of scholars in which students and faculty engage in vigorous inquiry to study and understand the past. This is the product of both interpretation of what others have written about the past and original scholarship that expands the boundaries of historical knowledge. Because history is what the present says about the past, it is continuously undergoing reinterpretation. Examination of the construction of history is therefore at the base of learning and scholarship within the department.
Objectives:
• Deep study of the past – both the society in which we find ourselves and societies that span the globe – using the particular skills of historical thinking
• Careful attention to evidence, drawn from a wide variety of source material
• Students will demonstrate an understanding of the broad context of human experience as well as a systematic and analytical comprehension of one area of historical concentration.
• Sensitive reflection on how one’s faith commitment shapes and enhances one’s understanding of the past
• Students will demonstrate a mastery of critical thinking, problem solving, written and oral communication, as well as practical skills
• An interdisciplinary approach to encountering the broad scope of human cultures.
• Developing an understanding of foreign cultures and/or cultural diversity in students' own society.
• Students will demonstrate an understanding of the historical context of contemporary social and civic issues
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