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About the History Department
The Wartburg College history department will prepare you for a career in any number of fields.The department offers three majors: history,American history education, and world history education.

As a history major, you can become a teacher, a public historian at a museum or historical society, or a librarian.You can also work in journalism, business, government service, or publishing. History graduates also enter graduate programs in law, seminary, or history.

As a history major, you will not only develop essential critical thinking and writing skills, but you will also develope awareness and appreciation for other cultures and the ethical questions faced by historians.Through your course work and experiential learning, you will be exposed to a wide variety of historical approaches.

Majors
The History Department offers the following majors, minors and endorsements. Each of the majors offers a link to a checklist to assist students in planning their major. For additional information about endorsements, visit the Education Department Web site.

History Major - Checklist (PDF)
History Minor
American History Teaching Major (7-12) - Checklist (PDF)
American History Endorsement (7-12)
American History Minor Endorsement For Social Science Teaching Majors (7-12)
World History Teaching Major (7-12) - Checklist (PDF)
World History Endorsement (7-12)
World History Minor Endorsement For Social Science Teaching Majors (7-12)
History Endorsement (K-6)

Click here for the requirements for these majors, minors and endorsements and the entire department's course listing.

  

DEPARTMENT INFO

Program Goals
- To develop skills for perceptive reading, critical thinking, summarizing, and intelligent articulation;
- To develop the ability to use and conduct research in primary materials;
- To develop an awareness and appreciation for other cultures;
- To expose students to a wide variety of historical approaches;
- To develop an awareness of the ethical questions faced by practicing historians;
- To help students deal with the present and future by studying the past patterns and trends of human activity.
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