Collection Development Policy: History
Subject Librarian: Scott Opasik
Purpose of Policy
To build a collection that serves the teaching, learning, and research needs of students taking History courses and the faculty teaching those courses.
Program Description
History offers the following degrees:
- Bachelor of Arts in History
- Minor in History
- Minor in Art History
Faculty Research Interest
- Latin American history
- American West
- Cold war and American film history
- The impact of evolutionary forces on cities and landscapes
- World and Russian/Soviet and Post-Soviet history
- African American history, Women's History and social movements
- Early American history and Native-White relations
- Modern German history
Student Population
In addition to students earning one of the three degrees offered by the department, the department offers courses to a large number of students. The History department teaches the following General Education courses:
- Common Core, Literary and Intellectual Tradition - T 190 or T 390
- Contemporary Social Values:
- Non-Western Cultures
- Diversity in United States Society
Departmental Use of Library Resources
HIST-J 495 is the capstone course of the major. Many other courses require projects that require library resources.