Studying history connects students and professors to the astonishing variety and fullness of human experience that have preceded us-and shows how that experience has value, power, urgency, and usefulness. History courses help students learn to interpret their world, present and past. We emphasize a grasp of themes and context rather than memorizing dates, names, places, battles, dynasties, treaties, and miscellaneous facts. Our focus is on helping students learn to think and write clearly and critically about primary and secondary sources as well as about complex historical questions.

What do you do with a major in History?

Because a history degree educates students to do research, to read carefully, to think coherently, and to write clearly, you will graduate prepared for nearly any field from law to business, teaching to journalism, museums to human services and the nonprofit world. You will be qualified to enter graduate schools in the humanities or social sciences as well as professional schools of law, business, and education. With a history degree, you will be prepared for the changes you will face through-out your career in the 21st century.

What is unique about History at the University of Hartford?

• A wide range of courses in the history of the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East
• In-depth courses in the history of special periods: the 1960s, the Holocaust, the American Revolution
• Small classes with accessible, energetic professors
• Location in a city with important historical museums, landmarks, and collections: the Mark Twain House, the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, the Stowe-Day Foundation, the Connecticut Historical Society, the Old State House
• Individual attention and careful advising from dedicated faculty who are well known in their fields
• Senior seminars for all majors involving individualized research projects

	Undergraduate Degrees:
		Bachelor of Arts in History
	Minors:
		Minor in History