UT Tyler Department of History

College of Arts and Sciences

The Department of History at The University of Texas at Tyler offers a broad-based liberal arts education to suit each student's individual interests and career goals with faculty who offer a wide range of courses and fields of expertise.

UT Tyler undergraduate and graduate programs in history provide excellent preparation for careers in a variety of fields, including elementary, secondary and higher education; library and archival work; law; and government.

The department offers the BA/BS in history degree, the MA in history degree and participates in MA/MS degree programs in interdisciplinary studies. Elective courses in history are offered for students seeking other undergraduate and graduate degrees.

In your history courses at UT Tyler, you will learn to:

• Apply critical thinking and historical reasoning to solve contemporary problems.
• Design and implement appropriate research methodologies.
• Convey the results of your scholarly inquiries in effective oral and written communication.
• Understand cultural, political, social, intellectual, technological and economic transformations across time in United States, Western and global settings; and appreciate the consequences of change.

For information, contact: Ada Bravo, 903.566.7371

History Department's Two Year Plan (2020-2022)

Degree Plan for Bachelor of Arts in History

Degree Plan for Bachelor of Science in History