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Welcome and thank you for visiting the History
Department at San Francisco State University.
Our undergraduate program trains students in the methods of history and provides a solid basis for students to go on to graduate programs in history or to careers in a variety of fields. We oversee the social science subject matter competence program that will qualify students to apply to secondary education credential programs in the social sciences.
Students interested in the graduate study of history will be happy to learn of the excellence of our M.A. program. A recent survey by the American Historical Association has noted that more of our M.A. students go on to Ph.D.programs than from any other stand-alone M.A. program in the nation. Students may specialize in the fields of U.S. history, European history before 1500, European history since 1500, Latin American history, and Gender in history. In addition, the recently adopted concentration in Modern World history gives our students an opportunity to study an important emerging field of history.
Students interested in applying to our graduate program should review the SFSU graduate application procedures as well as the History Department Graduate Program website.
Our department also has a number of ways for students to be involved outside of the classroom.
Ex Post Facto, the annual journal of SFSU history students, offers students a chance to have their work published, and, in addition, students may act as editors for experience and credits.
The History Students Association organizes events for students throughout the year including a student forum where history students may present work to mentors and peers.
Every spring we are proud to recognize the excellence of our students by inviting qualified students to join Phi Alpha Theta, the national honor society in history. Our students are also recognized at the annual honors banquet held just before spring graduation every year.
Finding Work in the Field of History
History, It's Our Future
An outline of possible careers for students with a background in history.
BeyondAcademe.com
A website dedicated to the world beyond the Academe for historian |
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Coming events:
History Students Honors Banquet
Special recognition for graduates with high GPAs
Seven Hills Conference Center
Saturday, May 5th, 5:00 - 10:00
Fifth Annual Gaudeamus Lecture
Prof. Robert Cherny on
"Competing Visions: The History and Future of California, SCi 270
Friday, May 11th, 3:15 - 5:00
History Students' Pre-Commencement Reception
Graduates, their families and friends are all invited. SCI 270, History Lounge
Saturday, May 19th, 11:00 - 12:30 |
Department News:
Newly published:
In Almost Free, Newly published from Univ. of Georgia Press, Eva Sheppard Wolf uses the story of Samuel Johnson, a free black man from Virginia attempting to free his family, to add detail and depth to our understanding of the lives of free blacks in the South.
Does a system of great powers necessarily imply a struggle for world primacy? Do great states merely hold onto what is theirs, or do they reach for more? SFSU History Professor Anthony D'Agostino offers a fascinating new answer to these questions through a fundamental reassessment of the international history of the first half of the twentieth century. From the spatial limits of a purely European great power politics the book looks out to the new horizon of world politics.
Cambridge University Press (December 26, 2011) |
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