European History BA Program at University of Pennsylvania

The areas of focus include the political, social, diplomatic, intellectual, economic, and cultural history of the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa, from the early medieval period to the present.

The department has a long tradition of distinction, beginning as one of the first programs in the United States to offer doctoral study in history and continuing to pioneer new areas of scholarship.

The department emphasizes giving undergraduates specific mastery of particular times, places, and aspects of the human condition, as well as critical skills to think historically about both long-term and modern phenomena, emphasizing the dynamics of change and continuity over time.

<p>The minimum total course units for graduation in this major is 32, with the possibility of more course units for double majors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In the last twenty years, faculty members of the department have assumed a leading role in introducing and promoting new varieties of historical research and writing, with particular distinction in the field of social history.</p> Signup and view all the answers