Department of History
History is more than names and dates. Historians seek to know how kings and everyday people lived, believed and dreamed. There are historians of science, of ideas, of every region on the globe, and of every era.
The Department of History offers undergraduate programs leading to the Bachelor of Science in Education and Bachelor of Arts degrees. Typically, students interested in teaching history/social studies at the high school or middle school level select the Bachelor of Science in Education, while those seeking a general liberal arts foundation for careers in business and law or advanced degrees in history choose the B.A. degree.
Career Opportunities
Thoroughly prepared while at Pittsburg State University, graduates of the Department of History have taken interesting and rewarding jobs in teaching, law, the ministry, the federal government, management, museum and archival work, library science, publishing, and numerous other fields. With recent increases in the number of job opportunities for high school and middle school teachers, the placement rate for graduates of the history education program in Kansas and neighboring states remains excellent.