Are you interested in putting the past in your future? Do you feel that a deeper understanding of past national and international events is important to your educational experience at Union University? If you can say "yes" to these questions, the Department of History has programs and courses for you.

In addition to a two-semester core class in world civilization, the department offers courses in American, European, Latin American, and church history. There are also history internships, a History and Historians course that focuses on historical methodology, and a senior seminar that provides an in-depth research and writing experience. While studying in the department, students will deepen their understanding of the integration of one’s Christian faith and history.

Students may major or minor in history. A history minor with a church history emphasis is also available for students who have a special interest in the history of Christianity.

The Department of History offers many benefits to students:

• Well-respected law schools have long accepted virtually all department majors who have applied for admission.
• Almost all history majors planning to teach at the middle or high school level find jobs in their field right after graduation.
• History majors have won several first-place awards for research papers presented at regional history conferences during the past decade.
• History students have in recent years served as interns at law firms, at the White House, in the archives of the Union University Library (West Tennessee Baptist Collection), in the office of a Tennessee state legislator, and at the Green Frog Historic Village in Alamo, Tennessee.
• A number of history majors have completed graduate school programs related to their educational and professional interests.