History
History at Calvin is an investigation into the human experience—how it works and how it shapes the world today. Studying history will equip you with a powerful and versatile set of intellectual and practical skills that will prepare you for a variety of vocations.
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- History graduates who go on to graduate school in history, law, international relations, medicine and other fields
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- Number of History faculty with PhDs from major universities in North America and Europe.
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- Last year’s 29 history graduates who are now employed or in graduate school
Calvin's history program provides you with foundational knowledge that spans geographical regions and the eras of human history. It also gives you the chance to dig deeper into a region or era that interests you. The program will help you sharpen your critical thinking, research, reading, and writing skills. Take advantage of Calvin's numerous study abroad programs to study history where it happened.
Careers in History
- Archivist
- Lawyer
- Advocate
- Historian
- Teacher
- International Businessperson
- Pastor
- More
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Student involvement
Study abroad in Hungary, Guatemala or Jordan; attend lectures and seminars sponsored by the history department; assist a professor through a summer research fellowship.
Course Requirements 2012-13
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History major
(33 semester hours)
- One from (with a minimum grade of C):
- One 200-level North American course:
- One 200-level European course:
- HIST-223 Russia
- HIST-225 England
- HIST-261 Ancient Greece and Rome
- HIST-262 Saints and Heroes in Dark-Age Europe, 400-1000
- HIST-263 Medieval and Renaissance Europe, 1000-1500
- HIST-264 Reformation and Revolution
- HIST-266 Nineteenth-Century Europe
- HIST-267 Twentieth-Century Europe
- HIST-268 Women and Gender in European History
- One 200-level World Regions course:
- One from a period before 1500:
- One from a period after 1500
- HIST-294 Research Methods in History
- HIST-394 Research Seminar
- HIST-395 Historiographical Perspectives
- Two 300-level courses in addition to the required History 394 and 395
- Electives (11 semester hours)
History minor
(22 semester hours)
- One from:
- Two from one cluster and one course from a different cluster:
- North American:
- HIST-229 U.S.A.
- HIST-251 Early America
- HIST-252 The Expanding Nation
- HIST-253 The American Century
- HIST-255 African-American History
- HIST-256 Women and Gender in U.S. History
- HIST-257 History of the North American West
- HIST-354 American Religious History
- HIST-355 American Intellectual History
- HIST-356 American Social and Cultural History
- HIST-357 American Economic History
- HIST-358 Native American History
- World Regions
- HIST-231 Studies in Middle Eastern History
- HIST-232 Hellenistic and Late Antique Near East, 350 B.C. to A.D. 900
- HIST-233 Modern Middle East
- HIST-235 India and Its World
- HIST-238 Latin American History
- HIST-242 Africa and the World
- HIST-245 East Asia to 1800
- HIST-246 East Asia since 1800
- HIST-271 War and Society
- HIST-272 Contemporary World
- HIST-331 Studies in Middle Eastern History
- HIST-338 Mexico and the Americas
- HIST-346 Modern China
- HIST-371 Asia and the Pacific since 1850
- HIST-372 Europe's Global Empires
- European
- HIST-223 Russia
- HIST-225 England
- HIST-261 Ancient Greece and Rome
- HIST-262 Saints and Heroes in Dark-Age Europe, 400-1000
- HIST-263 Medieval and Renaissance Europe, 1000-1500
- HIST-264 Reformation and Revolution: Europe 1500-1800
- HIST-266 Nineteenth-Century Europe
- HIST-267 Twentieth-Century Europe
- HIST-268 Women and Gender in European History
- HIST-362 Studies in Medieval Europe
- HIST-363 Studies in Early Modern Europe
- HIST-364 Studies in Modern Europe
- North American:
- Two electives
- One from:
Scholarships
Dollar amounts reflect awards given for the 2012-13 academic year.
- John De Bie History Scholarship
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- award amount: $800
- junior
- GPA of 2.75+
- financial need required
- apply through the history department
- Reverend Bernard Haven Memorial Scholarship
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- award amount: $3,200
- first-year
- HS GPA 3.0+
- financial need considered; child of missionary
- submit a letter to the Financial Aid Office (finaid@calvin.edu) describing your qualifications by February 1
- Peter D. Hoekstra Scholarship
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- award amount: $2,100
- first-year
- GPA 2.5+
- financial need not required; must have an outstanding academic record and exhibit exceptional promise
- apply through the history department
- Alan and Jan Pauw Family Scholarship
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- award amount: $3,400
- junior or senior
- GPA 3.0+
- financial need required; majoring in history, philosophy, or a foreign language
- apply through the Calvin Portal
- Earl Strikwerda Memorial Scholarship
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- award amount: $2,000
- senior
- GPA 2.5+
- financial need not required
- apply through the history department
- Edwin J. and Elaine F. Van Kley History Scholarship
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- award amount: $1,200
- junior or senior
- GPA of 3.2+
- financial need required; desire to study Asian influences in the west or to study Asia
- apply through the history department
- Martin P. and Florence DeGraaff Wiebenga Scholarship
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- award amount: $2,000
- sophomore, junior or senior
- GPA 3.0+
- financial need required
- automatic consideration
- Dr. Bernard Zylstra, S.J.D., Memorial Scholarship
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- award amount: $3,600
- junior or senior
- GPA of 3.0+
- financial need not required
- apply through the history department, the philosophy department or the political science department
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