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Department of History

Why History?

  • You like

    History, reading documents from the past, making connections using historical context, & thinking about society as evolving not static

  • You'll learn

    How to analyze sources, weigh evidence, think critically, write compellingly & more

  • You can be

    A historian, teacher, librarian, archivist, activist, human rights worker, journalist, lawyer & more

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  • Students Studying
    Ringel Humanities Scholars
    Ringel Humanities Scholars
    Find details on funding for first-year students
  • Our Faculty
    Our Faculty
    Meet our faculty members
  • Our courses
    History Courses

    Course Descriptions of courses offered in John Jay College's History Department

    Our Courses
    Find information about History courses
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    Contact Info
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