WHAT Conference 2024 Call for Papers
如果有兴趣向德克萨斯州世界历史协会年会提交提案, held on April 6, 2024, please scan the QR code above or click on this link to learn more!
History is “what happened” — but as a History major, you’ll learn to think critically about those events, sort fact from myth, 并了解过去能教给我们如何建设更美好的未来.
Major Roadmap
Explore your options using the History Major Guide — classes, internships, research and study abroad. Find what interests you, discover what you love, and create a major experience that jumpstarts your future.
You’ll develop employer-valued skills in analytical thinking, communication and working across cultures. Writing, teaching, law, museum curation, international business and diplomacy, and government all draw on the skills you’ll develop.
Take courses about the civil rights movement. Wars of the 20th century. Chinese history. Radicals and reformers. Intern with an Austin museum, archive or research library. 你将学习批判性和创造性思维，以及成为一名积极参与的公民和发出自己声音的重要性. 无论你的职业道路是什么，作为一名历史专业的学生，你都会了解大局.
What do our graduates do?
历史专业的学生可以从事各种各样的职业，也可以从圣. Edward’s. Here’s a sample.
- Archivist for the Texas State Archives and Library Commission
- City attorney
- 乔治华盛顿大学博物馆学硕士研究生
- English Teaching Assistant in the Fulbright U.S. Student Program
- Law students at The University of Texas at Austin and Duke University
- Teach for America corps member
8 Reasons to Choose St. Edward’s
St. Edward’s is the No. 8 Best Regional University in the West in the 2020 U.S. News & World Report college ranking. In honor of our ranking, we share the top reasons to become a Hilltopper.
The Classroom and Beyond
As a History major, you’ll learn about particular places, cultures and eras of the past, but you’ll also learn research, 分析和沟通技巧，并对如何使用信息培养强烈的道德感. At St. Edward’s, 你将有很多机会进入这个领域，并利用奥斯汀惊人的档案资源来进行你的原创研究.
Experiential Education
历史方法导论和高级研究研讨会都邀请学生使用当地档案, such as those at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library, the Briscoe Center for American History, the Texas State Archives and the Austin History Center. 在这些课程中，你将接触到你所学习的时代的人们所制作的材料. 您将学习如何使用这一时期的原始文档来告知您自己的历史项目.
SEU to You
By studying periods of changes from the past, we have tools that can help us make sense of our own age, in which change is happening before our eyes. 历史系教授克里斯蒂·威尔逊2020年秋季课程的学生将研究20世纪的古代世界，以了解社会转型的复杂方式.
Research
As you discover which topics intrigue you most, 你将有机会在你的一位教授的指导下进行研究，并在圣. 爱德华本科生研究与创意表达研讨会或专业会议.
Degree Requirements
Major Requirements: 历史文学学士需要37个小时的历史专业课程, which include introductory courses in U.S. and World history, and advanced courses in U.S., European, and World History. 通过这些课程，学生建立技能，帮助他们为未来在广泛的职业领域的兴趣做准备.
Electives: In addition to History classes, 学生在他们选择的任何学习领域完成29小时的选修课程. These courses do not have to relate to the History major.
General Education Requirements: 除了主修课程和选修课外，历史学位还需要学生在四年内完成54小时的通识教育课程.
View and download the full degree plan for our History major (PDF).
A few examples of courses students in this major take:
- Introduction to Historical Methods 本课程旨在向学生介绍历史学家如何思考、争论、研究和写作. 本课程将涉及一个共享的研究项目，该项目将因学期而异.
- Civil Rights and Social Wrongs 这门课程是对二战后美国民权运动的调查. The course explores issues of power, race, gender, and class in U.S. society.
- Wars of the 20th Century -本课程将调查冲突的原因和后果，重点是人们如何理解特定的冲突以及它如何影响不同的人群.
Internships
通过在一个专注于历史保护和教学的组织实习, 你会提高你的研究和组织能力，并得到一个第一手的复杂的决定，是历史解释的一部分. St. Edward’s students have recently interned at the following:
- Texas Historical Commission
- Washington Center Internship Program
- Texas General Land Office
- Texas Military Forces Museum
Our Faculty
Mity Myhr, PhD
Professor of History
Associate Dean, School of Behavioral and Social Sciences
mitylenm@stilitom.com
Dr. 迈尔教授历史和全球研究课程，主要侧重于世界和欧洲历史. Her research focuses on Early Modern religious women and The Reformation. She recently published an article in Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme 17世纪法国波尔多乌尔苏拉修道院的艺术、建筑和灵性.
Christie Wilson, PhD
Professor of History, Director of General Education
christiw@stilitom.com
“Together with students in class, 我探索我们的历史，因为我们开始更全面地了解人类的状况, 考虑到我们的世界是如何联系在一起的，以及过去人类和社会的复杂性. 通过批判性地思考和写作，考虑不同时间和地点人们的观点, 学生发展技能，为他们的职业生涯做准备，他们使用在课堂上发展的各种技能.”
Dr. Wilson is a professor of History and Director of General Education. 她热衷于促进学生的成功，帮助学生批判性地思考过去和我们今天的世界. She loves to explore the questions that shape our human experience, 无论是教16世纪的农民和学徒，还是教20世纪经历大战的欧洲人.
Dan Glenn, PhD
Associate Professor of History
danielpg@stilitom.com
“我带着一种强烈的责任感和机会感来对待每一堂课:提供一个精心设计的课程, 信息丰富的课程，通过它学生可以提高他们的分析和写作技巧, 并有机会向学生介绍一个更广阔的视角来看待世界并与世界互动.”
Dr. 格伦是历史和刑事司法系的临时主席. 他教授一系列历史课程，包括美国革命和早期共和国, the Civil War and Reconstruction, Latin America: From Conquest to Resistance, and the Atlantic World, a comparative colonial course.
History Minor
我们鼓励希望扩大历史知识的学生辅修历史. Take the
历史方法导论课程和另外15个小时的课程，主题由你选择, 9 of which are upper division.
要修辅修历史，学生必须完成18个小时的课程.
Required Coursework (18 hours):
- Introduction to Historical Methods (required)
- 五门历史选修课，至少三门高年级课程