NWU历史 is where you’ll actively explore our past and apply its lessons to today’s most pressing challenges. With a history degree from NWU, you’ll develop the skills you need to succeed in any field.

Our history majors are outstanding writers, speakers, researchers and thinkers. They process tremendous amounts of information and can quickly distinguish between what’s relevant, 有什么无关紧要的, 最重要的是.

When you master these “skills of the historian,” you’ll see they’re equally useful in every field. That’s why NWU alumni with a history degree include so many successful lawyers, 企业家, 教师及公务员.

获得惊人的结果.

Be a part of NWU历史’s active approach to learning.

我们的旅行. Recent destinations for study trips led by history professors include Austria, 中国。, 德国和日本. And the Capitol Hill Internship Program (CHIP) has connected history majors with internships in Washington, D.C., at institutions like the NASA 历史 Office and the National Museum of the U.S. 海军.

我们所服务. Many NWU历史 courses integrate service experiences into your learning. Study environmental history and help agencies working on issues of pollution, climate change and natural resource management. Or study African American history and volunteer with Lincoln’s Malone Community Center.

我们的研究. NWU supports important undergraduate research projects with thousands of dollars in grants and prizes each year. You can do the kinds of research most historians don’t experience until graduate school.

我们的工作. Every history major completes an internship or thesis. Local and regional internships include positions at the Lincoln Planning Department and Nebraska State Historical Society. Or take advantage of national opportunities in Washington, D.C.，以及其他地方.

历史教师

NWU历史 is home to excellent professors with an array of historical interests. They include an expert in Germany during the Reformation who also has an encyclopedic knowledge of Bob Dylan, a triathlete whose most recent book examines women on the North American plains, and the historian who coordinates NWU’s popular CHIP Program.