Allow me to welcome you to the website of the UNCW history department. I hope you find it useful for getting whatever questions you might have about us answered. Along the way, I also hope you come to know us a little better. We are proud of what goes on in our department and across our curriculum as we work to use the tools of historical inquiry to understand the world we live in across time and space. What unites us a s a community of scholars—faculty, graduate and undergraduate students alike—is a dedication to understand and come to terms with processes of change and continuity, of the evolution and development of human communities in all of their incredible diversity. The wonderful thing about practicing history, with integrity, dedication, and skill, is that you earn the right to craft your own questions and argue for the significance and accuracy of your answers. You get to explore and share your own fascinations, slake your own curiosity, and build your own interpretations of historical crises, transformations, accomplishments and blunders. All twenty-three of our faculty get to do what we love every day—study the past, and teach others about what we find. It’s a privilege and a joy, and it is one that we hope you will allow us to share with you, one way or another!
Requirements for the B.A. include three substantial research projects, one at the sophomore level and two senior seminars. We also direct independent study projects and honors theses. Our faculty is integral to many university-sponsored minors as well as programs such as the Cornerstone Learning Community and the Honors Program. We work closely with the Watson School of Education to train future social studies teachers. In addition, we offer instruction to each and every UNCW undergraduate through our basic studies courses.
Nearly all of our classes are offered by our full time faculty and we are dedicated to teaching alongside of our own active research into the past.
At the M.A. level we offer graduate students the opportunity to concentrate in one of four areas: U.S. History, European History, Global History and Public History. Our program, in existence since1989, provides students the opportunity to work with nationally and internationally renowned faculty members in a rigorous one-on-one setting and prepares them for success in major Ph.D. programs or for careers in Public History, research, teaching and publishing. We are proud of our graduate students, and of the work that they and our faculty do together.
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