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Connecting the past with the present

Nothing prepares students for the future like a glimpse back into the past, which makes the Department of History the perfect place to hone your skills in research, critical thinking and writing.

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Our mission is to teach students about the past and about the discipline of history as an integral part of a complete liberal arts education for citizens in our complex, culturally diverse, and increasingly global society.

History Degrees

B. A. 

Bachelor of Arts Programs

M.A.

Master of Arts Program

MINOR

Minor Program

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Certificate Programs

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  • UWG Takes Over ‘The Academic Minute’: History Professor Explores Women’s Lives in Sex Industry After WWII

    During World War II, concerns about venereal disease led military officials and public health reformers to conduct a national campaign in the U.S. to close down red-light districts. In the 1940s and 1950s, however, the commercial sex market rebounded. UWG's Dr. Stephanie Chalifoux has conducted in-depth research on the lives of women in the commercial sex industry during this period.

  • From Civil War to Civil Rights: UWG Creating Black History Tour to Inspire Dialogue, Connections

    Last summer, while the nation reached a moment of reckoning on race, a University of West Georgia graduate student was building an experience designed to foster dialogue about the subject and educate members of the UWG community about Black history on campus.

  • Alum Pens Follow-Up to Best-Seller

    Like a modern-day Dante, UWG alumnus Matthew O’Brien first descended into the underbelly of Las Vegas nearly 20 years ago. The author later chronicled his journey in “Beneath the Neon,” taking readers through the pseudo-purgatory flood channels and introducing them to the subterranean souls inhabiting them.

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Graduates with History degrees often study it because they love it.  They may not work in a field directly related to History, but they have successful careers in many other fields like business, banking, law, archive management, museum work, foreign service, as well as teaching, just to name just a few of the hundreds of jobs available for History graduates. 

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"After seeing the opportunities the public history program had to offer graduate students such as working out in the field at an actual museum, it was quite obvious this was the school for me."

-Jesse Garbowski

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