History
Like business, history is a major that puts graduates in the advantageous position of being prepared for anything. You’ll learn research, writing and critical-thinking skills that will benefit you no matter what career field you choose. Your ability to define and interpret the happenings of the past will be the basis of your knowledge for planning for the future, and many employers will value that skill.
credits required for the History major
students enrolled in the History program
students per class on average in the History program
%
of master's degree can be completed as an undergrad at WOU
Sample Four-year degree plan
Learning outcomes
- Critically analyze, synthesize and evaluate primary and secondary historical resources
- Engage multiple historical methodologies and multiple sources to produce will-researched written work
- Explain historical developments across multiple cultures and regions
Career opportunities
- Corporate historian
- Legislative staff
- Archivist
- Museum curator
- Historic preservationist
Related majors
History minor
Take a tour across the globe with a history minor; you’ll focus on Europe/Russia, North America, Africa/Latin America and East and West Asia in your courses. Historical imagination and research skills can help students with a variety of career as jobs and technology change.
credits required for the History minor
Faculty
DAVID DOELLINGER
Professor, History
503-838-8254 | doellind@wou.edu | BELL 212
PATRICIA GOLDSWORTHY-BISHOP
Associate Professor, History
503-838-8464 | goldswop@wou.edu | BELL 218
SUSAN IRWIN
NTT Assistant Professor, History
irwins@wou.edu
KIMBERLY JENSEN
Professor, History
503-838-8318 | jenseki@wou.edu | BELL 208
RICARDO PELEGRIN TABOADA
NTT Visiting Assistant Professor, History
503-838-8294 | pelegrintaboadar@wou.edu | BELL 222
DONNA SINCLAIR
NTT Assistant Professor, History
503-838-8372 | sinclaird@wou.edu | BEL 214
ELIZABETH SWEDO
Department Head, Associate Professor, History
503-838-9208 | swedoe@wou.edu | BELL 207
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