John Quinn, Ph.D., Department Chair
Location: Antone Academic Center 233
Office: (401) 341-3138
Email: Quinn@salve.edu
Department of History
The department promotes knowledge and understanding of the modern world by analyzing contemporary developments and surveying their cultural and historical antecedents. The department focuses on American and European history but also offers courses treating non-Western areas so that students may achieve a practical understanding of modern realities and develop positive attitudes and values necessary for life in the present multinational and multicultural world.
A Bachelor's degree in history is one of the most practical majors in the Liberal Arts. Its training in analysis, organization, writing and research provides the skills necessary for graduate work, and for a variety of careers in such fields as government, law, business, public relations, education, publishing, and journalism. University graduates of the early twenty-first century should expect to have three different jobs during their lifetimes, and history's comprehensive nature ensures a proper foundation for each.
There are no prerequisites for history courses except for the HIS490 Seminar. Levels reflect degree of difficulty and work demands. HIS110 is offered every semester. Other 100-level courses and 201 and 202 are offered in alternating semesters; 200-level and above are offered every fourth semester. HIS313 is offered every fall.
Students may apply three (3) history courses in transfer to a history major, and two (2) to a history minor at the University.
