Please refer to the Online College Catalogue for more information, including course descriptions.
Sample Course Schedule for a History Major
| Freshman Year | HU 103 - Conversatio I EN 105 - Freshman English Language History |
HU 104 - Conversatio II Scientific reasoning Language History |
| Sophomore Year | Philosophical or Theological reasoning Language History Elective/quantitative reasoning |
Philosophical or Theological reasoning History Elective/Social scientific awareness Elective/Aesthetic engagement |
| Junior Year | Philosophical or Theological reasoning Elective History Elective |
Philosophical or Theological reasoning Elective History Elective |
| Senior year | History History Elective Elective |
History History Elective Elective |
Students may use their elective course slots to fulfill a second major, a minor, internships, or other academic and career goals.
The past surrounds us. We live in the shadow of the thoughts and actions of those who lived before us. To ignore this legacy is to live a sort of collective amnesia. A humanist education includes conscious confrontation with history as collective lived experience and as an academic discipline that seeks to inquire into that experience. Through active research and engaged teaching and conversation, the History Department helps students develop a literate, insightful understanding of human experience. We invite students who share our commitment to historical study to join in that exhilarating, demanding, and rewarding project.
At Saint Anselm College, History majors choose their own path. You can personalize your course choices around your interests and goals. In addition to taking challenging and engaging courses, students can apply to work on faculty research projects and can pursue their own research in the Research Seminar. History skills are in demand in the marketplace. They include the ability to synthesize diverse information, to write clear and persuasive arguments backed up by data, and to understand human actions in different places and cultures. Saint Anselm College History majors have success in a wide variety of fields after graduation, including business, museums, law, and education.
Students may move through the major in any order they wish, though most begin with 100 level courses and move progressively toward the 400 level Research and Reading seminars.
Internships and study abroad are encouraged by the department.
Major requirements include:
History majors are required to complete 10 History courses. Students must take one course in each of the following four areas of study-Early Europe (before 1600); Modern Europe (since 1600); United States; and Special Areas. All majors will need to complete either the Reading or Research Seminar. Students may apply no more than two 100 level- and three 200 level-courses to their History major.
