Department of History
The study of history is an essential element in the human experience and plays an integral role in the liberal arts tradition at Stonehill College.
The Department of History offers a major and minor in History.
Requirements & Course Offerings
To review History program requirements and course offerings, please visit our College Catalog (Hill Book).
Curriculum
The study of history is an essential element in the human experience and plays an integral role in the liberal arts tradition at Stonehill College.
Through a series of introductory and advanced courses, History majors explore the breadth of the human past, the forces of change, and the historical skills that help us to interpret our tradition.
Students focus both on the decisive events that have shaped our world, such as the American Revolution and the First World War, and on the specifics of everyday life in Pre-Columbian Mexico or the Byzantine Empire.
To this end, the History students gain a broad perspective that equips them to understand their own cultural heritage and develop an informed perspective on other historical traditions and values.
Objectives
The History Department seeks to provide its students with the tools to read critically, to conduct research effectively, and to write and communicate convincingly.
Career Options for History Majors
These skills provide the foundation for a variety of professions and careers: law, journalism, business, foreign service, education, museums and public history.
Department News
May 2 | Student Awarded Prestigious DAAD Scholarship to Study in GermanyAbby Bongaarts ’15 will be spending her junior year some 4,000 miles away from Stonehill, studying in Munich, Germany after recently earning a prestigious DAAD Undergraduate Scholarship, which is the German equivalent of the Fulbright Program in America.
March 11 | Hip-Hop Culture Expert To Speak at StonehillThis semester’s Salameno Lecture, scheduled for Monday March 18, will feature Brown University professor Tricia Rose who will discuss her latest book “THE HIP HOP WARS: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hip Hop-And Why It Matters.”
March 6 | Kenneally Lecture Welcomes Holocaust Expert Christopher ProbstHolocaust expert Christopher J. Probst will give this semester’s Kenneally Lecture with his discussion on Protestantism in Nazi Germany on Tuesday, March 19 at 7 p.m. in the Martin Institute.