Department of History & Political Science

History & Political Science Major

Course of Study
Mission Statement
An Expanded Classroom
Phi Alpha Theta
Contact

Course of Study

The History and Political Science Department at Greenville College enables our students to understand ideas and draw conclusions from the experience of the past that will allow them to participate effectively, ethically, and redemptively in the corporate life of the communities in which they live.

The major is arranged to provide a history and political science student with an emphasis in either history or political science. All students are required to take courses in western civilization, American history or government, world cultures or comparative politics, and courses in historical methods and historiography as foundations of their course of study.

Historians ought to be precise, faithful, and unprejudiced; and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should make them swerve from the way of truth.
--Cervantes, Don Quixote

Mission Statement

The History Department at Greenville College prepares students for redemptive service to society through careers in Academic, Business, Education, and Government professions.

An Expanded Classroom

Students at Greenville are encouraged to create experiential learning courses by participating in internships. Some examples of internship opportunities include:

• employment in local historical societies and museums
• employment in city and county government
• employment in a local US Congressional office
• employment in the federal government through the CCCU Washington Semester Program

Phi Alpha Theta

Students interested in the study of History are invited to join the Greenville College chapter of Phi Alpha Theta. This student led club organizes field trips to sites of historical interest, invites guest speakers to campus, prepares presentations at the local historical society, and creates fellowship opportunities on and off campus for students interested in the profession of history.

Men make history, and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
--Harry S. Truman

Contact

Dr. Richard Huston, Chair
Department of History and Political Science
Phone: 618-664-6824
Email: richard.huston

College Catalog: History & Political Science

Last updated: September 15, 2005