The history/social studies major at Whitworth will equip you with the broad knowledge needed to become an effective K-12 teacher of the social sciences. You will explore history in depth and will also develop foundational knowledge in political science, sociology and economics.
This major may be taken by itself or paired with an education major. It is often taken in preparation for a master in teaching program.
Professor Anthony Clark's expertise is in late-imperial China.
Graduates generally become K-12 teachers in history and the social sciences, either in public or private schools.
After earning your bachelor's degree, you can continue on and earn a master in teaching through our School of Education.
Whitworth offers several off-campus study programs to history majors, often in partnership with other departments like art, theatre, English, and world languages & cultures. You will have various opportunities to study in Europe, with options such as a cultural history program in Rome. Another choice for history majors is the Whitworth in China program, a study of Chinese culture and language based out of Beijing.
"Through the Becoming a Historian course, I did an archival project in which I gathered information from journals, newspapers and photographs from the Whitworth University Archives. Through this research, I had the privilege of learning about the life of a Whitworth college student by the name of Augustus Williams, in the early 1900s when Whitworth was in Tacoma, Wash., before moving to Spokane in 1914. Alongside scholarly literature, I compiled my findings into a research paper analyzing Augustus' academic, social, personal and athletic pursuits as they corresponded to higher education at the time."
Ashley Crawford '26
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