Overview

Key Features

The discipline of history is a method of analysis that focuses on the contexts in which people have lived, worked, and died. Historians interpret the past based on the critical assessment of written, oral, visual, aural, and any other material evidence and are in constant dialogue with what other historians have written. Historical scholarship enables us to not only know what occurred in the past but also to understand the thoughts, cultures, institutions, and behaviors of people living in different times and places, thereby allowing us to uncover continuities and disruptions of patterns that characterized the human experience before our time. The study of History at Swarthmore College not only allows us to recover the details of individual lives and societies in the past, but it also provides the knowledge that allows us to be engaged citizens in a global context by fostering respect for other cultures and peoples.

All of our courses and seminars expose students to the contested nature of historical scholarship and provide the skills needed to understand and interpret the past. We believe it is critical to nurture students’ historical understanding of the past through first-hand exposure to primary sources and evaluation of the respective arguments of historians. In all courses and seminars, faculty members involve students in the process of historical discovery and interpretation and stress that all historians are engaged in the constant sifting of old and new evidence.

Each faculty member has a specific area of geographical and temporal expertise in a particular kind of historical inquiry. But each faculty member also focuses on broad and wide-ranging themes and topics that extend beyond any one region or time period. Some study social, cultural, and political movements; others explore the impact of race and ethnicity; still others examine the history of empires, material culture, ideas, sexuality, and gender. Despite these variations we all share a commitment to a global and comparative approach to the study of history and a common pedagogical concern for promoting a critical understanding of the past.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Asian Studies

Black Studies

Gender and Sexuality Studies

German Studies

Global Studies

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

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

Language

English

Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Swarthmore, United States

Disciplines

History View 1569 other Bachelors in History in United States

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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

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Common Application or QuestBridge Application

Swarthmore College Short Answer

$60 application fee or fee waiver

School report

School counselor recommendation

High school transcript

Midyear grades: If your school does not have midyear grades, please provide a midyear progress report from your teachers.

Two academic-subject teacher recommendations/evaluations

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

68766 USD / year

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Out-of-State

68766 USD / year

≈ 68766 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

68766 USD / year

≈ 68766 USD / year

Living costs

Swarthmore

United States

1000 - 1500 USD / month

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