History
Trevecca’s Bachelor of Arts in history gives you a strong foundation in history through courses that cover everything from ancient civilizations to modern societies around the world. You’ll gain versatile critical thinking and writing skills along with valuable hands-on research experience, equipping you to excel in a number of fields and careers or to continue to graduate studies.
Program Benefits
- Participate in our robust undergraduate research programs.
- Learn from faculty who possess high degrees in their fields, who have relevant and valuable real-world experience and who make an effort to know you personally.
- Enjoy our small class sizes and supportive campus community.
- Take advantage of incredible internships and jobs available in the exciting Nashville market.
What to Expect
As a student in Trevecca’s Bachelor of Arts in history program, you’ll learn how your understanding of history shapes your perception of, interaction with and reaction to the present. Through challenging and engaging courses on societies around the world from all time periods, you’ll begin to see how history continues to affect our present social, historical and political experiences. The program offers incredible flexibility for tailoring your degree through course options that match your interests and goals.
Your education continues beyond the classroom with special projects and research opportunities designed to provide hands-on field experience. Recent Faculty-Led Academic Research Experience (FLARE) projects have given students the chance to study local historical figures; create websites featuring online narratives developed from primary source materials; travel abroad to study ancient civilizations on their own turf; and conduct digital and oral history research to understand and chronicle the neighborhood surrounding Trevecca.
The program also offers pre-law advising, which is typically organized around a history major with a pre-law minor. Faculty members help pre-law students tailor their coursework to maximize their chances of earning acceptance to law school. Our politics and public policy minor is a customizable and interdisciplinary minor that pairs well with a history major to prepare students for careers in politics, policy, non-profit work, macro social work, public engagement and public history.
Why Choose Trevecca?
Founded in 1901 and a leader in online education for more than two decades, Trevecca helps students discover and pursue an individual calling by providing innovative instruction; cultivating a supportive, Christ-centered community; and establishing relationships that open doors.
Recognized nationally and locally for academic quality, Trevecca has earned a reputation for providing the world with servant leaders, problem solvers and difference makers. Trevecca’s holistic approach to education encompasses intellectual, social, emotional, physical and spiritual growth.
As a Christian university, we offer programs that explore the ways faith intersects with your field of study. This means you can gain your history degree in a supportive, Christian community with small classroom sizes and engaged faculty members who care about you and your goals.
Course Descriptions
Get details on all the courses you’ll complete as you work toward this degree at Trevecca.
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Financial Aid & Costs
Nearly every student at Trevecca receives some form of assistance in paying for college. Learn all about the affordability of a TNU education and options for receiving aid.
- Honors Opportunity
The Department of History’s Honors Program provides an opportunity for high-achieving history majors to investigate, craft, defend and teach on an original research thesis project under the guidance of a faculty mentor. This project takes place over three semesters during the student’s junior and senior years. As part of the research thesis project, participating students receive one-on-one training, serve as peer mentors and defend their work through an oral presentation.
The honors experience is designed to shape and develop students as they enhance their career opportunities with a stellar research portfolio and curriculum vita. The program also aims to ensure that honors students give back to their department peers as mentors, scholars and leaders.
Program Requirements and Overview
- A cumulative GPA of 3.65 in the major and a 3.00 overall GPA are required at the time of the proposal to enter the history honors program.
- Interested students must submit an honors research proposal in the fall of their junior year.
- Honors students will take part in a three-semester research and mentor experience culminating in an on-campus presentation of their work before history department faculty and students, Phi Alpha Theta honor society members and family and friends.
For information about the program and how history honors students will be recognized for their achievements, please contact a faculty member in the History Department.
Career Opportunities
With a degree in history, you’ll be well prepared for a variety of careers or to continue graduate studies. More specifically, your history degree from Trevecca equips you to excel in roles like these:
- Teacher
- Professor
- Lawyer
- Historic preservationist
- Archaeologist
- Museum administrator
- Librarian
- Historical interpreter
- Historical consultant
- Archivist
- Journalist
- Think tank researcher
- Various roles in government service
“Understanding history is a vital part of embracing our future, and Trevecca understands that. History is important and Trevecca has students and professors dedicated to uncovering and preserving our past.”
Course Descriptions
Get details on all the courses you’ll complete as you work toward this degree at Trevecca.
United States History Survey I
HIS 2010
Survey of United States' social, political, economic, and military development to 1877. Offered annually.
United States History Survey II
HIS 2020
Survey of United States' social, political, economic, and military development from 1877 to the present. Offered annually.
The Historian's Craft
HIS 2400
Historical Research
HIS 4200
Concentrates on the process of historical research with particular attention to research methodology and preparation of a research paper. Offered annually.
Senior Seminar
HIS 4700
A culminating seminar for History majors. During this course, students will discuss and analyze current events using their learned historical skills. Students will also research and write a paper on a chosen topic in their major area, engage in professional development activities, and take an exit examination (major field test). Offered annually.
General Education — 51 hours
History Electives — 24 hours
Students are required to take 24 hours of History Electives. Choose from the following:
- HIS 3110 - Power to the People: Social Movements and Social Action throughout United States History
- HIS 3145 - Classical Foundations of the West: Ancient Greece & Rome
- HIS 3155 - Renaissances, Reformations, and Revolutions
- HIS 3300 – Women’s Lives in American History
- HIS 3130 – Civil War and Reconstruction
- HIS 3150 - Rise of Christendom: Late Antique and Medieval Europe and Byzantium
- HIS 3160 - Enlightenment to Modernity in Europe
- HIS 3120 - Colonial and Revolutionary America
- HIS 3165 – Twentieth Century Culture and Conflicts
- HIS 3260 - History of Asia
- HIS 3170 - Latin American History
- HIS 3310 – African American History
- HIS 3400 - History of Russia
- HIS 3250 - Modern British History
- HIS 3230 – Tennessee History Seminar
General Electives to total 120 — 15-18 hours
*For a complete list of courses, tracks and other relevant information, view the program's course catalog.
