Overview

As a History major at Centre College, you will explore the complexities of human experience across time and cultures while developing valuable skills you will rely on throughout your professional career.

While learning to think critically, analyze sources, and assess multiple perspectives, you will grow a robust understanding of the interconnected forces that shaped societies, economies, and ideas throughout the past and into the future.

Armed with a contextual understanding that social change is inevitable, you will be uniquely able to connect past events to contemporary issues, helping you make informed decisions in an ever-changing world.

The skills you will build in research, writing, and problem-solving are highly valued in diverse careers like law, journalism, public policy, education, and business. Except for seminars reserved for majors, all history courses are open to everyone, bringing together students from a variety of academic majors to foster robust discussion and a diversity of viewpoints.

Careers

The extraordinary liberal arts and sciences education prepares students for meaningful lives and careers.

History majors have gone on to careers in law, journalism, medicine, teaching, government and diplomatic service, education, library and museum work, theology, banking, business, and public relations.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Inventing the Modern World

Emperors to Republics

The Age of European Imperialism

History of Concentration Camps

Cultivating the Wilderness: North America 1400-1865

With Liberty and Justice for All: The US Since 1865

Reconstructing American Democracy

Revolutionary & Napoleonic France

The English Civil War

Recession, Memory, and Film

Inventing the United States

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-28 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Lexington, 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

Completed Common App or Coalition for College Application

High School Transcripts/Academic Records

Proof of English Proficiency

Secondary School Report

Teacher Recommendation

SAT/ACT Scores (Optional)

Certificate of Finance Form

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

54890 USD / year

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Out-of-State

54890 USD / year

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Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

54890 USD / year

≈ 54890 USD / year

Funding

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Duration

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Language

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Credits

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General requirements

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