历史项目

Our program is built on a sequential four-year model:

Freshman Year – Enthusiasm

We want Evansville to be a home away from home. Faculty members take time to talk with each student regularly – either in a formal academic advising session or in a more comfortable setting like a picnic, 音乐会, 或者球类运动. 每年, 部门的主机 a picnic in the park and faculty chili night. 在这些活动中, 在教室里, or in professors' offices, students will spend time building lasting relationships.

新生:

  • Examine the various approaches to the study of history.
  • Discuss assigned readings; respond to images, maps, poetry, or music; and make presentations.
  • Learn to listen and read critically.
  • 学会有说服力.

建议

Good advising is critical to a student's success. Each student will be assigned a history faculty member as an academic advisor. Their office doors are always open, so each professor can get to know their students.

职业规划

Starting in freshman year, we begin discussing each student's future plans. Faculty members introduce students to career planning as well as the Center for Career Development. Students will be monitored all four years to ensure a smooth transition from college to either graduate school or a career.

Sophomore Year – Competence

课程

Our courses include Modern China and Japan, America in the 1960s; World War One: 非洲 and British Imperialism; Colonial America; The West and Islam in the Middle Ages; and the Civil War.

全球课程

A global approach to education will be beneficial after graduation. 这就是为什么, in addition to an excellent American history component, we also offer courses that deal with Europe, 中东, 亚洲, 非洲, 和拉丁美洲. All majors are also encouraged to study abroad either at Harlaxton College or another international university.

三年级-自信

Students are encouraged to participate in internships and undergraduate research projects. Through meaningful experiences outside the classroom, 学生寻求, 探索, and identify their passion, which will impact the whole of their personal and professional development.

大四-专业知识

领导

During students' final year at UE, they will take on a leadership role in the history department through the Society of 历史 Scholars and our chapter of the national history honor society, α Theta. Students will also provide leadership support for the annual Thomas C. 费迪克纪念讲座.

高级课程

Senior level courses are taught seminar style, with small enrollments. They focus on the specialized research topics of the faculty:

  • Decolonization in 非洲 (Daniel Byrne, PhD)
  • Rebellion and Revolution in Modern Ireland (Daniel Gahan, PhD)
  • War and Memory Since 1914 (James MacLeod, PhD)
  • War, Politics, and Gender (Annette Parks, PhD)

毕业论文

The senior thesis is a student's most significant piece of writing. At the end of the project, students will present their findings to the entire department. At that moment, the student will know more about that topic than anyone else in the room.

Past senior theses have included:

  • 中世纪的助产士
  • Rural Life in Frontier Indiana
  • Reading Textbooks in French Colonial 非洲
  • The Morality of Civilian Bombing in World War Two
  • Sexuality in the Renaissance
  • 1918年流感大流行