This department exists to prepare students to serve in a variety of callings by nurturing a community of learners characterized by historical consciousness, critical interpretative skills, and an integral Christian perspective.
History is the story of human development of creation, discerned through critical examination of surviving evidence of past actions (stories, texts, artifacts, and environmental impact) and interpreted in light of the historian’s fundamental worldview commitments. From a Christian perspective, the ultimate narrative that gives all other narratives meaning is the story of creation, fall, redemption, and final consummation. The history department seeks to instill in students an abiding curiosity in all aspects of human experience and a desire to arrive at deeper understanding of cultural development, human interconnectedness, and the dynamic interplay of continuity and change.
A concentration in History will equip you for:
Teaching, research, graduate and professional (including law and divinity) school, government service, and any field that requires higher-level thinking, analysis , and breadth of perspective.
Department Chair:
Ryan McIlhenny, PhD., Associate Professor of History and Humanities
History Concentration (18)
HIS Required Courses (6)
HIS 300 Historiography
HUM 201 Introduction to Cultural Studies
HIS Concentration Electives (12):
Choose two U.S history courses (6)
HIS 352 Revolution and Early Republic
HIS 355 Religion inAmerica
HIS 351 History ofCalifornia
HIS 385 Radicalism inAmerica
Choose one European history course (3)
HIS 265 Early ModernEurope
HIS 266 Nineteenth-CenturyEurope
HIS 267 Twentieth-CenturyEurope
Choose one Non-Western History (3)
HIS 331 Comparative World History
HIS 337 East Asian History and Politics
HIS 347 Latin American History and Politics
- Biblical and Theological Studies Concentration
- Business, Economics, and Society Concentrtation
- Communication Arts Concentration
- Biblical Languages Concentration
- Education Concentration
- English Concentration
- History Concentration
- Liberal Arts Degree
- Social Science Concentration
- May Term
- Avodah Program
- Academic Support & Career Planning