Bachelor of Arts [B.A] [History] From Hampton University

The Department of Political Science and History prepares history majors for graduate work and for professional study, including law school, as well as for employment in both the private and public sectors. In addition to its major in history, the Department offers, in tandem with Hampton University's Department of Education, a program for those students who want to teach history at the secondary school level. The major follows the prescribed program for certification by the state of Virginia. The departmental curriculum introduces students to historical methods and gives them an opportunity to conduct primary research. Courses emphasize not only mastery of specific subjects, but also historiography and historical research.

The mission of the Department of Political Science and History is to provide general education courses in History to the entire student body, and to educate its majors to the central role politics and histroy play in all societies. Implicit in the department mission is the notion that the creation of well-informed, responsible, mature and critical thinking citizens who participate in the public arena is appropriate and necessary. The department encourges and emphasizes to its students the need to be "responsible to the social, economic and moral problems affecting our society."