Students have the opportunity to explore history where it happened through a summer travel program. Recent trips have included visits to the Cane Ridge Meeting House, the U.S. Capitol, Ellis Island, the Boston Freedom Trail, Gettysburg, Independence Hall, Mount Vernon and the USS Constitution.
Model United Nations provides students the opportunity to act as a team of delegates from a given country at select conferences that simulate the United Nations. Over the course of the semester, students learn about their country, parliamentary procedure, and how a delegate from that state would respond to various issues.
This award-winning print and online journal is a student-managed publication that publishes undergraduate historical research of current Harding students and recent alumni. Supported by a faculty editorial board, students receive valuable experience having their work edited, published and reviewed.
Historians often work in museums archiving and preserving various artifacts, providing advice or guidance on historical topics, and writing reports, articles and books. Similarly, public historians are responsible for the preservation and care of various documents, images and artifacts.
A degree in history will prepare you well for many different positions within the U.S. government system. Career paths include work in intelligence, political campaigns, elected leadership, libraries, national parks, public relations, museums and more.
Harding history majors go on to excel in prestigious law schools around the country including Baylor University, George Mason University, Vanderbilt University and the University of Tennessee.
Associate Professor of History and Political Science
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