History Majors at Washburn University, upon completion of the program, will be able to:
* Recognize the broadest patterns of United States and World History;
* Demonstrate ability to master critical skills of the historical discipline;
* Apply the understanding of the broad patterns of history to an in-depth examination of significant historical issues for three cultural areas identified by the department (United States, Europe, Non-Western);
* Demonstrated mastery of the discipline's scholarship by: putting specific research focus in the context of larger historical patterns; identifying an appropriate research project, and with it both the primary and secondary sources needed to carry it through; reading and assessing both of these kinds of sources in terms of the focused research project; and, conceptualizing, organizing, and writing a scholarly paper presenting the result of this scholarship
GET IN TOUCH WITH History Department
History Department
Henderson Learning center
3rd Floor, Room 311
1700 SW College Ave.
Topeka, KS 66621
Phone & Email
Ph: 785.670.2060
history@washburn.edu