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Why History? Founded in 1894, the History Department has long offered one of the most popular majors and broadest course selections in the undergraduate College. It is impossible to understand today's world without studying how people lived in the past. (Learn more about our homepage image.)

Statement of Core Learning Outcomes

The History Department at Dartmouth strives to teach students to think historically, developing a broad range of knowledge, skills, and understanding on which good history and good thinking depend.