Overview

What Is History?

Historical perspective provides insight into the sequence of events, the interconnections among peoples and societies, and the dynamism of structures and beliefs that can otherwise appear natural, fixed, or predetermined.

As a major in the History program of Loyola Marymount University, you learn to examine evidence, select relevant materials, search for causes and effects, and formulate conclusions. You acquire extremely adaptable skills, graduating with the abilities to reason, learn, and communicate that are so highly valued in the modern economy.

What Do History Majors Do?

As History students at LMU, you engage with the past in many different ways.

As History students, you gain perspective, understanding how your lives relate to a larger historical process as you study historical methods, sources, and competing interpretations. As History students, you learn the research and analytical skills used in interpreting the past, such as criticism of sources, the definition of historical questions, comparative analysis, and the diverse perspectives of participants in history. You craft arguments about historical change, and analyze the factors that cause such change on local, national, and global scales. As History majors, you learn to appreciate historiography, the changing nature of historical explanation itself.

LMU's location in historically rich Los Angeles offers a further advantage through research opportunities in local archives, film collections, and presidential libraries, while the History Department’s faculty connect students with national and international resources and connections. Prepared with knowledge and eloquence, you will graduate particularly well suited to go into media, education, law, research, and related fields, but you can move into any career.

Is This Major Right For You?

You might be a History major if you:

Are curious about the past

Enjoy researching, reading, and writing

Have broad intellectual interests

Wish to participate in public service

Appreciate different ways of seeing the world

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Telling History in Public

Crime Stories: Morality, Deviance, and Popular Culture in Modern Britain

Culture and Politics of Weimar Germany

A History of Russian Foreign Policy

Religion and US Political History

US Environmental History

Latin American Revolutions in Film

Environment and Economy in Modern China

Pirates and Piracy

Global History of Food

The Viking World

Nazi Germany

The Civil War

The Politics and Culture of the Cold War

The American West

History of California

American Reform Movements

Health and Disease in American Culture

Hollywood and History

The Palestine/Israel Conflict

Early Mexico

Modern China

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-11 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-15 00:00:00
Starting 2027-08-31 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Los Angeles, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Be sure to include the $60 application fee.

To request a fee waiver, please follow the instructions on the application you choose to use.
Submit a letter of recommendation with your application.
This should be sent from an official at the school you attend. A letter from a teacher and a letter from your counselor or principal is recommended. One letter of recommendation is required.
Send your transcripts to Undergraduate Admission.
All first year applicants should include their grades on the application they chose to submit or upload a copy of their transcripts. Enrolling first year applicants must all submit official final high school transcripts before school begins, showing your high school graduation date.
Transfer students must also submit transcripts from each college or university attended.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

64470 USD / year

≈ 64470 USD / year
Out-of-State

64470 USD / year

≈ 64470 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

64470 USD / year

≈ 64470 USD / year

Living costs

Los Angeles

United States

1520 - 2570 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Overview

What Is History?

What Do History Majors Do?

Is This Major Right For You?

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

Prepare for Your English Test

Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

Prepare for Your English Test

Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Los Angeles

Funding

Need help with your student visa?

Scholarships Information

Available Scholarships

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