Overview

Becoming historically minded, you’ll develop skills it takes to solve contemporary problems: data analysis, empathy, information literacy, perspective-taking.

You’ll choose one of five Compass Points to fit your current passions, career goals and vision for the future:

History communication – How the public engages with the past (for museum studies, library science, digital history, journalism, documentary-making, historic preservation)

Social justice – What history tells us about current inequalities and social change (social services, human rights work, religious work and more)

Nations and global politics – Complex interactions between people and systems, local concerns and global movements (law, politics, international relations, public relations, peace studies)

History education – Learning to teach not just history, but historical thinking (for teaching in the secondary schools)

Information analytics – Tailoring your major to your particular goals (examples include civic and workplace leaders in STEM, sales, business, health fields, and more)

Distinctions

Augustana College offers a major and minor in History, a history teaching major, and a history honors program for majors intending to pursue graduate school in history. This includes a foreign language, an additional 3-credit history course and a two-term honors project guided by a faculty member.

Like other Augustana students, history majors complete a Senior Inquiry capstone project. But this experience is especially rare for students of history teaching at U.S. colleges and universities. Augustana history education majors complete Senior Inquiry under the guidance of a historian and leader in the field of teaching history, rather than a social studies educator. Learning from this role model, our students learn to teach history with precision and understanding of historical thinking.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Europe 200-1300

Disease and Health

Am West in Hist & Memory

A Consumer's Republic

Images As History in US

The Long Sixties

Gender in U.S. History

African-American History

Modern China in a Century of Rev

Japanese Empire & Its Ashes

Perspectives From East Asia

African History

European Revolutions in Comparison

Colonialism and Imperialism

SI for History Educators

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-02-04 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-09-02 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Rock Island, 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

An official high school transcript.

A secondary school report (counselor report).

English language proficiency

Have a teacher, academic advisor or school official send a letter of recommendation for you to Augustana (recommended but not required).

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

53186 USD / year

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Out-of-State

53186 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

53186 USD / year

≈ 53186 USD / year

Living costs

Rock Island

United States

1100 - 1500 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

Distinctions

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Rock Island

Funding

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