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About Shepherd University Studying History at Shepherd University Is History the Right Major for Me? What Can I Do With a Major in History? History-Related Student Activities History Department Faculty Questions? Regional Map of Shepherdstown Dr. Anders Henriksson, Chair Department of History Shepherd University Shepherdstown, WV 25443 (304) 876-5329 (800) 344-5231 ext. 5329 E-mail: ahenriks@shepherd.edu	Is History the Right Major for Me? History may appeal to you because it is both tineless and timely - timeless because serious examination of the past illuminates the agelessness and universality of the human dilemma, and timely because the skills and knowledge gained through historical studies prepare us to face intelligently the challenges of the 21st century. Historians ask questions of the past. Such as: ¤ Why did Roman civilization fail? ¤ Was the Norman conquest a tragedy or triumph for England? ¤ How did the Industrial Revolution affect the role of women in society? ¤ Did the North win the Civil War simply because it had superior resources? ¤ Do the ruins of Great Zimbabwe represent a great lost civilization in southern Africa? ¤ Did Stalin betray the Bolshevik Revolution or was he the personification of its ideals? ¤ Were America's pioneer industrialists "robber barons" or "captains of industry"? ¤ Did the Jim Crow system of segregation grow naturally from slavery or was it a consequence of post Civil War era laws? ¤ How did the Cold War end? If this kind of intellectual curiosity appeals to you, history might be the right major for you?

About Shepherd University

Studying History at
Shepherd University

Is History the Right
Major for Me?

What Can I Do With
a Major in History?

Regional Map of
Shepherdstown

Dr. Anders Henriksson, Chair
Department of History
Shepherd University
Shepherdstown, WV 25443
(304) 876-5329
(800) 344-5231 ext. 5329
E-mail: ahenriks@shepherd.edu

Is History the Right Major for Me?

History may appeal to you because it is both tineless and timely - timeless because serious examination of the past illuminates the agelessness and universality of the human dilemma, and timely because the skills and knowledge gained through historical studies prepare us to face intelligently the challenges of the 21st century.

Historians ask questions of the past. Such as:

¤ Why did Roman civilization fail?
¤ Was the Norman conquest a tragedy or triumph for England?
¤ How did the Industrial Revolution affect the role of women in society?
¤ Did the North win the Civil War simply because it had superior resources?

¤ Do the ruins of Great Zimbabwe represent a great lost civilization in southern Africa?
¤ Did Stalin betray the Bolshevik Revolution or was he the personification of its ideals?
¤ Were America's pioneer industrialists "robber barons" or "captains of industry"?
¤ Did the Jim Crow system of segregation grow naturally from slavery or was it a consequence of post Civil War era laws?
¤ How did the Cold War end?

If this kind of intellectual curiosity appeals to you, history might be the right major for you?