Department of History
As a history major at Wartburg College, you will become a better citizen and learn to shape the world for a brighter, more equitable and inclusive future as you discover the ideas, people, and movements that have impacted our world.
Discover your passion through high-impact learning experiences that include:
- Studying abroad or traveling with faculty during May Term.
- Undergraduate research.
- Internships.
- Presenting at regional or national undergraduate conferences.
- Leading a service trip.
- Serving in leadership positions.
Gain the skills and competencies that employers see as essential for success in a changing world. Through your course work and experiential learning, you will:
- Enhance your critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
- Acquire the ability to assemble and organize information.
- Improve your written and oral communication skills.
- Learn to work well on a team.
- Become more innovative and original as you look at the world around you.
- Develop an awareness and appreciation for other cultures.
Learn through experience.
The Knight’s Experience provides up to $1,500 in one-time funding for all Wartburg students during their second, third, or fourth year to support an experiential learning opportunity. Qualifying programs include internships, study away, research projects, service trips, and more.
Wartburg is grateful to the Jack and Sarah Salzwedel family
for funding the Knight’s Experience for the 2026-27 academic year.
Accelerated Programs
4+1 Museum Studies Master of Arts
Wartburg College has partnered with Western Illinois University to offer an integrated baccalaureate and master’s degree program for students seeking a bachelor’s degree in history at Wartburg and a master’s degree in museum studies from WIU. The agreement allows students to earn their Wartburg degree in four years before going on to earn a master’s degree from WIU in one year. The master’s program, which typically requires two years to complete, is available at WIU’s Quad Cities campus. Additional information about the WIU graduate program is available at www.wiu.edu/cofac/qc/museumstudies/.
3+3 Law Juris Doctor Program
Wartburg College and the University of Iowa Law School have joined forces for the 3+3 Program. The program allows a junior at Wartburg to apply for admission to Iowa Law’s Juris Doctor (JD) Program. If admitted to Iowa Law, the students would not attend Wartburg for their senior year. Instead, they would attend Iowa Law as a first year student and would satisfy the remaining requirements for their Wartburg degree if they successfully completed their first year of law school. If they did not successfully complete their first year, they could return to Wartburg to fulfill whatever requirements remained. Details at www.wartburg.edu/law.
Wartburg taught me the valuable lessons of working collaboratively as well as expressing my thoughts and opinions. It also taught me how to have interpersonal relationships with professors and mentors.”
Acacia Biehl ’24
Graduate Student, 4+1 Accelerated Museum Studies
Western Illinois University
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Department News & Features
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Wartburg’s Kleinfeld Lecture to feature head of German International School
Carsten Apsel, head of the German International School in Washington, D.C., will be the featured speaker at Wartburg College’s annual Kleinfeld Lecture in German…
