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2010-2011 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2010-2011 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]


History Department

History Department



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Ellensburg
Language and Literature Bldg., room 100

509-963-1655
Fax: 509-963-1654
www.cwu.edu/~history
    See Web site for how this major could be used for educational and career purposes.

Faculty and Staff
Chair

Karen J. Blair, PhD

Professors
Karen J. Blair, PhD, 20th-century U.S., women’s history
Roxanne Easley, PhD, Russia, Eastern Europe
Marji Morgan, PhD, 19th-century British social and cultural history

Associate Professors
James Cook, PhD, East Asia
Daniel Herman, PhD, U.S. pre-1877
Jason Knirck, PhD, Britain/British Empire, Western Europe
Stephen Moore, PhD, Pacific Northwest, foreign relations, social studies education

Lecturers
Michael Duerre, MA
Kenneth Munsell, MA
Jalynn Padilla, PhD

Emeritus Professors
Beverly Heckart, PhD, Germany, Europe
Kent Richards, PhD, American West, Pacific Northwest

Staff
K. Angie Hill, secretary

Department Information
The history faculty offers courses leading to bachelor of arts and master of arts.
Students who declare a major in history must register with the department.

History Honors Program
Qualified students are urged to enter the Department of History’s Honors program. To qualify for the program, students must complete 25 credits in their major and have an overall GPA of 3.0 and 3.25 in history. Honors students will complete the following requirements:

  1. An elective course in addition to those required for their major in an area of concentration (United States, Europe, or non-western)
  2. A year of coursework in one departmentally approved foreign language at an accredited college or university. If it is the same language as that taken in high school, the student must complete the coursework at the 200 level
  3. An honors research paper (25 page minimum) completed during HIST 481. A faculty committee will judge whether the paper meets departmental standards for honors

Students who complete the above requirements will graduate with departmental honors. Please contact the department chair for more information.

Bachelor of Arts
(NOTE: Students seeking a BA degree must complete one year college/university study or two years high school study of a single foreign language.)

Programs

 

 

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