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History is both a major and a minor at F&M. Our program is designed to provide opportunities to encounter peoples, cultures and political systems from across time and from around the globe. When you study history at F&M, you鈥檒l explore humanity through historical theory and research, inspecting the questions, challenges, successes and failures that have shaped our world. You鈥檒l learn the essential skills of historians, gaining the ability to research thoroughly, read critically, analyze sources accurately, and write and communicate your findings clearly.

By the time you graduate, you will be able to: 

• Recognize history as an intellectual process involving selection and evaluation of material and construction of arguments. 
• Understand history as a series of major turning points and the process of change over time.
• Read and understand primary, secondary and tertiary sources and identify the place and purpose of each for historical study. 
• Develop critical awareness of your own approach to the past.

Curious about what history classes are like at F&M? Peruse our course catalog to see the depth and breadth of what鈥檚 available to you.

You鈥檒l discover in a short time that the study of history extends far outside the classroom. F&M鈥檚 history department has a long tradition of encouraging students鈥� intellectual growth through research opportunities, off-campus study, and more. Our goal is to provide close supervision and mentoring to students in the classroom and around the world.

Research & Independent Studies 

Do you want to research Lancaster鈥檚 history in World War I? Or maybe you want to uncover the complicated history of the women鈥檚 suffrage movement? You can at F&M. As you dive into the intricacies of the past, you鈥檒l discover historical areas or ideas you want to further explore. The good news? You won鈥檛 have to wait until graduate school to launch your investigation.
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Off-Campus Study

At F&M, you鈥檒l find extraordinary opportunities to study abroad. Our history majors have studied in Australia, Austria, China, England, France, Germany, Ghana, Italy, Japan, South Africa, Spain, and Tanzania, to name a few places. You, too, can make study abroad integral to your experiences and research.
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The History Club

The History Club, an F&M student organization, is an intellectual and social opportunity to enhance your academic experience. The History Club examines historical events with a critical eye and perspective and provides students the opportunity to discover more about history. 

Museums & Libraries

F&M鈥檚 Phillips Museum of Art and the nearby North Museum, a natural historical collection at the southern end of campus, offer comprehensive materials on historical topics. Additional resources for history students include F&M鈥檚 two research libraries: Shadek-Fackenthal Library and Martin Library of the Sciences, which houses F&M鈥檚 archives and special collections.
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Leadership through service to others.

Public service, at its core, is the pursuit of the common good. Those dedicated to public service aim to strengthen communities through democratic engagement and collaboration with community members. The Public Service Leadership Fellows program is designed to help students like you develop the skills you need to innovate in the public sphere and effect positive change as future leaders.

As a Public Service Leadership Fellow, you will:

• participate in four professional development workshops during the academic year. These workshops will focus on specific leadership competencies borrowed from the 鈥淧ublic Service Leadership Model鈥� of the Partnership for Public Service
• attend periodic, seminar-style discussions with local public servants (these discussions will allow Fellows to learn from public servants about their career paths as well as the challenges and opportunities public servants face in doing their work)
• shadow local public servants at least twice during the academic year
• build bonds with other Fellows through social events like 鈥減ublic service movie nights鈥�
• prepare, in consultation with the program鈥檚 academic director, an end-of-year self-assessment that examines the Fellow鈥檚 leadership preparedness (including personal and academic growth over the course of the year) and develops their long-term public service goals

Faculty Mentor: Stephen Medvic

By studying history at F&M, you鈥檒l gain a holistic outlook that provides a strong background in critical thinking, analysis, writing and public presentation 鈥� skills highly valuable in any post-graduate pursuit. 

Fellowships

It鈥檚 not uncommon for history majors to pursue fellowships, which offer often-funded experiential learning opportunities such as advanced study, research, internships, service, travel, and more. Our graduates have pursued teaching and public service fellowships with organizations such as Teach for America and Americorps. They also go on to complete fellowships overseas with the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, for which F&M is recognized as a top-producing institution. 
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Graduate School

Many of our history majors choose to pursue graduate school after F&M, with a significant number enrolling in law school. Our graduates have completed their advanced degrees at the best universities, including:

• American University
• Columbia University
• Drexel University
• Johns Hopkins University
• New York University
• Rutgers University
• University of Pennsylvania
• Villanova University

Career Paths

History at F&M provides a strong foundation for many professions. Our graduates hold diverse positions such as:

• Attorney
• Business executive
• College professor
• Editor/publisher
• Filmmaker
• Foreign service diplomat
• Government official
• History teacher
• Journalist
• Judge
• Law clerk
• Marketing writer
• Social worker