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What is History?

History is the study of past events, people, cultures, ideas and landscapes. A vast field, it encompasses prehistory, ancient times, the medieval era, the modern age and beyond. Essential to completing any humanities degree, history courses encourage dialectic thinking as we consider who we are and how we live in relation to the people and places that came before us.

Students of history play important roles preserving history at State Historical Museums and historical sites, at schools as history teachers, and at the Library Society in cities all over the country managing important archives and collections.

If you’re interested in taking a course in US History, World History, or The Theory of Evolution, or if you are simply obsessed with documentaries on the History Channel and want to learn more, there is a wide range of online history courses and online history degrees to choose from.

Courses in History

Interested in the development, luster, and intrigue of old Hollywood? The University of Pennsylvania offers an introductory course called History, Industry, and Art where you’ll learn about Hollywood and learn how it came to be the global powerhouse it is today.

Fascinated by the ancient architecture of Mesopotamia? Try a Global History of Architecture course at MIT, in which you’ll learn the history and context of the important buildings that shaped our culture.

For those who’d like to explore history through classic writings, Harvard offers Masterpieces of World Literature: The Ancient World, a study of how cultures of the ancient world defined themselves through literature.

And for more intermediate students, learn about the struggles and influence of women in the workforce by taking Columbia’s Women Have Always Worked course, which explores how women’s work has changed the home, the workplace, and the nation in the 20th century through the present.

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