History

www.linnbenton.edu/history

The Associate of Science in History is for students interested in completing a bachelor’s degree at Oregon State University in History. Students interested in this option are strongly encouraged to enroll in the Degree Partnership Program (DPP) as there may be lower division courses required by their chosen discipline that are only offered at Oregon State University. Students interested in the general transfer degree, the AA(OT) should follow the guidelines for this degree of this catalog. If you know the college/university you will be attending, you should work with an advisor from that school to be sure you are taking appropriate courses at LBCC.

Students who focus on history develop strong reading, writing and critical thinking skills, and the ability to organize seemingly independent information into a unified whole (synthesis). These skills are required in order to research and analyze historical events and to apply past lessons of history to today’s problems. They are also general skills valued by employers in a wide variety of fields, so a history degree can be a pathway to a wide variety of occupations. Depending on the area of history studied while in school and whether or not a student pursues post-graduate education, career opportunities for students majoring in History currently include the following: teacher/faculty, archivist, writer/researcher, and museum curator/administrator.

The History Department is the home of the co-curricular Peace Studies Program that offers interested students the opportunity to build awareness of nonviolent approaches to conflict resolution on the interpersonal, intergroup, and international levels. Every two years a group of LBCC students participate in the International Symposium on Peace, Justice and Human Rights, which is held in either Great Britain, Norway, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, Israel or the United States. The symposium brings together students and teachers from a number of countries to experience intercultural communication, to learn about intercultural and international conflict, and to explore strategies for peaceful resolution of conflicts. For further information, contact program advisor Scott McAleer at 541-917-4578.

Student Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete an Associate of Science degree in History will:

• Articulate the interplay between social or natural forces and individuals.
• Apply analytical skills to social or natural phenomena to explain, evaluate, or predict human behavior.
• Understand and respect cultural differences by: articulating an understanding of the historical basis of cultural ideas, behavior, or issues of inequality, or by articulating how their cultural background influences their reactions to or interactions with others.
• Articulate an awareness of issues related to historical or contemporary inequities in U.S. society and propose methods that would facilitate a more equitable society.