History is the record of all human experience. Its study is a first step in learning about ourselves and our society - about economics and politics, psychology and sociology, mathematics and science, the arts and the humanities. For students whose undergraduate major is history, career opportunities are numerous and varied. Medical, law, and other professional schools favor such applicants as history majors because of their broad background in liberal arts. Moreover, while teaching has long been a popular goal, positions in government - local, state, and national - in publishing and advertising, in communications, and in business also await those students whose human perspective and intellectual discipline have been developed in the history class. Beyond the purely practical consideration of a profession, the study of history is exciting in its own right. The long record of human experience waits to be relived and reevaluated by students for whom the rewards of learning arise from a heightened awareness of both their distant and recent heritage.

The History Department at Hunter College offers courses in United States; European (Medieval, Early Modern, Modern); African; Latin American; Middle Eastern; East Asian; South Asian; Russian and Soviet; and Jewish History.

DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

Professor Richard Belsky
rbelsky@hunter.cuny.edu
Department Chair

Professor Jonathan Rosenberg
jrosen8637@aol.com
Graduate Advisor

Professor Angelo Angelis
aangelis@hunter.cuny.edu
Undergraduate Advisor

Mr. John Jones
ojones@hunter.cuny.edu
Administrative Assistant