History
Students work with faculty advisors to devise self-designed majors. Coursework in the major builds upon students’ experiences in the general education curriculum while providing students with pathways to deepen their knowledge or further develop their passion in a particular area of study.
Studying history at Antioch College
After earning a BA in History at Antioch College, Eric Rhodes ’16 completed an MA in History at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He secured a lectureship at Université d’Angers in American Studies and was admitted to the graduate program at Sorbonne Université.
The study of history provides students with an understanding of the major events, forces, and principals of the past in order to gain an understanding of how societies and cultures change over time. Students of history learn to use a variety of sources, including historical texts, visual documents, and oral histories, to develop accounts of past events. They explore the complex ways in which the past influences the present, as well as how the past persists into the future. Students cultivate such vital skills as writing, research, data collection and analysis, critical thinking, questioning, and the organization and presentation of complex materials.
History Courses at Antioch
- HIST 105 The World Beyond: Cultural Imagination, Exchanges, and History
- HIST 110 Ohio Stories
- HIST 210 African American History, from the Colonial Period to the Present
- HIST 220 U. S. History I, from the Colonial Period to 1877
- HIST 221 U. S. History II, 1877 to the Present
- HIST 225 World History I, to 1500
- HIST 226 World History II, from 1500 to the Present
- HIST 231 Latin American History, from the Colonial Period to the Present
- HIST 233 U. S. Women’s History
- HIST 234 Native American History
- HIST 235 Asian American History
- HIST 240 Gender Expression and Sexual Orientation: A Global History
- HIST 250 The Construction of Race and Ethnicity in North America
- HIST 299 Independent Study
- HIST 330 The History of a City
- HIST 331 The History of the American City
- HIST 334 The History of a Person
- HIST 335 The History of an Institution
- HIST 370 Special Topics in U. S. or World History
- HIST 399 Independent Study
- HIST 470 Special Topics in the Practice of History
Cooperative Education Field Placements
In the past, students have participated in Co-ops around the country and abroad. Here are a few examples:
- Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass.
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.,
- The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- Peace Resource Center of Wilmington College
- Digital Archives, Oral History in the Liberal Arts
Faculty
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