You will gain a global perspective on history, seeing how different cultures interact and how societies change. You will experience doing what professional historians do: using evidence from the past to reconstruct what happened and why. If you choose the Public History track you will learn how history is preserved and presented in archives, museums, and historical parks. Our students have gained real-life experience by interning at several local museums and county historical societies and at the State Historic Preservation Office.

You can also major in Secondary Education with a concentration in Social Studies (B.S.Ed. degree), which prepares you to teach social studies at the junior and senior high school levels (grades 7 through 12). This program is recognized for its quality by the National Council for the Social Studies.

Faculty

All the history faculty hold doctoral degrees and are experts on Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the United States. They have published numerous books and articles on topics such as labor history, history of gender and race, military history, environmental history, economic history, and colonialism.

For more information, contact:
Dr. Stanley P. Berard, Department Chair, History/Political Science/Economics
Raub 208,  (570) 484-2187   sberard@lhup.edu
Lock Haven University
Lock Haven, PA 17745

Career Opportunities

Recent students have gone to graduate school at Pepperdine, SUNY Buffalo, Temple, Central Washington, and West Virginia and to law school at University of Vermont. They work at the National Archives in Washington and teach in school districts throughout Pennsylvania and in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, New York, and Arizona.

Facilities

The Stevenson Library is interfaced with the PASSHE state library network allowing access to millions of volumes and research materials. Classrooms are also equipped with SmartBoards allowing PowerPoint presentations and interfacing with the Internet.