History (B.A.)

• Reveals how we have come to live in our contemporary world.
• Examines the whole spectrum of human experience.
• Provides a wide range of different methods and perspectives to develop meaning around human actions.
• Helps you learn the critical thinking practices most demanded across most post-undergraduate careers.
• Puts you in powerful company.
• Leaders from every part of the American society can point to their undergraduate history or politics major as the foundation for their success.

History is the prevailing discipline for success across the widest range of careers and lifestyles!

• During the last fifteen years the St. Andrews history program has placed 95% of its graduates who applied to graduate school in their first choice.
• 97% of majors who sought employment after graduation found a first job within a year of graduation.

Specialization and Personal Development

• Faculty members take a personal interest in your success.
• The programs of study in history are flexible. Students can develop contract majors, double major, or add a complementary minor such as Communication Studies.
• History faculty create an effective course of study for each individual, designed with consideration of fundamental abilities, career goals, and a broad, liberal arts education.
• This personal attention helps our majors meet the high standards expected of effective scholarship in a supportive and open environment.