History
Culver-Stockton's history program trains students to be actively and intellectually engaged in the world around them. Our purpose is to impart to students a greater knowledge of the past and, through it, a better understanding of how human nature has developed over time. This purpose derives from our sincere belief that such knowledge and understanding helps us to better connect with our roots, relate to other peoples and cultures, and contribute to the improvement of our society. Recent majors have gone into successful careers in law, the U.S. Foreign Service, business, education and many other areas.
By studying the past, we become acquainted with those people and ideas that have made a difference and begin to understand why events unfold as they do. Through that experience, we learn to use the past to illuminate the present and influence the future. Our entire program flows from the assumption that a strong knowledge of the past is essential to effective citizenship.
The Culver-Stockton history department encourages students to read critically, to engage in thoughtful research in both primary and secondary sources, and learn the craft of careful, detailed writing. Our graduates go on to successful careers in a variety of areas, including primary, secondary, and higher education, business, law, public service, library science, the ministry, and any other profession which values the ability to think, research, and write clearly.
To complete a major in history, students must earn 36 credit hours, including 21 elective hours in history – including three elective hours in American history, three elective hours in diverse populations (non-European/U.S.) and three elective hours in European history plus required classes in U.S. history, historical themes, the historian's craft and senior seminar.
History majors who wish to be certified in Missouri for secondary teaching in social studies must also take an additional three hours of American history electives; eight hours of world history and other economics, sociology, government and human geography.
Students also may take history as a minor.
Our graduates go on to successful careers in a variety of areas, including primary, secondary, and higher education, business, law, public service, library science, the ministry, and any other profession that values the ability to think, research, and write clearly. C-SC graduates with a history major have been admitted to graduate schools and law schools such as the University of Missouri, Columbia; Washington University, St. Louis; Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa.; DePaul University, Chicago; University of Missouri-Kansas City; and Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. In addition to law and history, they are pursuing degrees as diverse as political journalism, Middle Eastern studies, international relations, and museum studies. Our graduates have been history teachers, worked in the U.S. State Department, work on U.S. congressional staffs, become lobbyists, and are employed in the corporate business world.
For details about requirements for the major and course offerings, see the current C-SC academic catalog.
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