Bachelor of Arts in History (BA)
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Learn from the Past and Frame the Future with a History Degree
Students interested in pursuing a bachelor of history degree will have many options for their future career including government, archives, museums, historical research, and scholarly associations. A History degree enables students to combine their studies with a number of minors to further enhance career options. For example, recent graduates have combined their major in History with Art History, English, and other Social Science fields, such as Criminal Justice.
Preparing students for graduate study, our history degree helps students develop critical thinking, analytical, research, writing, and foreign language skills. The projected growth for historian jobs will grow by 3 percent over the next decade.
- A History degree leads students to careers in several disciplines
- Provides students with strong analytical, research, writing, and foreign language skills
- Having a History degree prepares students for graduate study/employment in a variety of settings
- Enhanced career options with a minor
- Transferable Skills
I absolutely love Marywood. It is the best! With Sophomore year being more like a normal year after the pandemic that has gripped our nation, it honestly has been such an amazing experience so far. The people I have met are wonderful. The teachers and administrators respond to you so fast compared to a bigger campus. I feel like that is what Marywood is all about, family.
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Undergraduate Admissions Requirements
- Completed application
- Official transcripts
- Letter of recommendation
- Official SAT and/or ACT test scores (Marywood is test optional)
- Essay (optional)
Social Sciences
Liberal Arts Center
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The Liberal Arts Center contains classrooms utilized by several programs, as well as the Office of Admissions and a variety of other administrative offices. It is also home to the iconic Rotunda and the NativityMiguel School of Scranton.
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The Liberal Arts Center provides classroom space for coursework in the Social Sciences, English, Philosophy, and Religious Studies programs.
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Morris K. Udall Scholarship
The Udall Foundation seeks future leaders across a wide spectrum of environmental fields, including policy, engineering, science, education, urban planning and renewal, business, health, justice, and economics. The Foundation also seeks future Native American and Alaska Native leaders in public and community health care, tribal government, and public policy affecting Native American communities, including land and resource management, economic development, and education.
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