Programs

BA in History

We are not currently recruiting new students to this program.

Our program aims to instill in you an in-depth appreciation of the past by exposing you to a global focus on both Eastern and Western civilizations through a consideration of the complex interactions across cultures over designated spans of time—interactions that collectively constitute the sum total of the human experience.

Being situated in the MENA region, you have a unique opportunity to view history as it is happening. The instructors of our LAC courses regularly draw upon history to illustrate the issues that face our region today. Our BA in History emphasizes a comparative approach drawing on diverse fields such as History of the Ancient World, Greece and Rome, and European history.

What Will I Learn?

The aim of the program is to show you that although our region has a rich and diverse history of its own, it has to be seen in a world context as belonging to the human family.

Learning about the past has the dual purpose of helping you get acquainted with the accumulated wisdom of the ages, while at the same time allowing you to discern the errors of eras gone by in order to avoid repeating them. A proper and systematic grounding in history therefore becomes the surest way to form character, cultivate perspective, illuminate context, and refine an understanding of what it means to belong to the human family.

Your Career

The BA in History offers you a broad spectrum of career opportunities and graduate studies. Our graduates have earned places in top universities abroad almost always with scholarships. However, the graduate with a BA in History is by no means restricted to academia or teaching. You can find career opportunities in NGO’s, civil service, journalism, foreign service  and even local government.

Curriculum

The program requires 92 credits:

Major requirements (42 credits)

Four  required courses:

Number Course Cr
HST205 Historical Tools 3
HST231 History of Lebanon, from the Imarah to the 1975-1990 War 3
HST401 Special Topics 3
HST499 Senior Study 3

Choose one course from the following: 

Number Course Cr
HST220 The Ancient World, Pre-History to Pericles 3
HST221 The Ancient World, Greece and Rome 3

Choose one course from the following:

Number Course Cr
HST240 History of the Arab Peoples 3
HST241 History of Islam in the Middle East 3

Choose one course from the following (other than the course chosen in the above section):

Number Course Cr
HST240 History of the Arab Peoples 3
HST241 History of Islam in the Middle East  
HST242 Europe and the Middle East (1798-1956) 3
HST243 Economic History of the Middle East 3
HST244 History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 3

Choose two courses from the following:

Number Course Cr
HST301 Europe in Late Antiquity 410-1066 3
HST302 Medieval Europe 1066-1453 3
HST303 Early Modern Europe 1450-1750 3
HST304 Modern Europe 1750-1945 3
HST305 Contemporary Europe 1945-1989 3

Choose three courses from the following:

Number Course Cr
HST330 History of Byzantium 3
HST331 History of Russia 3
HST332 History of China 3
HST333 History of South Asia 3
HST334 History of North America 3
HST335 History of Central and South America 3
HST336 History of Africa 3

Choose two courses from the following:

Number Course Cr
HST340 Topics in the History of Ideas 3
HST341 Topics in the History of Science 3
HST342 Topics in the History of Religion 3
HST343 Topics in Economic History 3