History (HI)
History as a discipline interrogates the past recorded in human texts, material artefacts, media, oral traditions, and other evidence in order to render its complexity accessible to audiences in the present. More than the mere 鈥渟tudy of past events,鈥� History is a public pursuit aimed at the preservation and dissemination of collective memory and the diversity of human experience across times, places, contexts, and communities.
The Skidmore History Department offers classes in the histories of the ancient world, Asia, the British Empire, the Middle East and North Africa, colonial and modern Latin America, the United States, medieval and modern Europe, as well as public history and specialty classes in the international histories of 鈥渟mall things,鈥� oceans, plagues, maps, and medieval technologies.
The history major requires thirty-two credits in history, including HI-275 Introduction to History Major (1 cr.), 4 courses at the 300-level, including one 300-level course designated as a research (R) course.
Recommended courses for a prospective major
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Fall 2024 Choose any one of the following 100- or 200-level courses below.
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