History Degree | Colorado Christian University

History Major

History Major

Bachelor of Arts in History

The History degree at Colorado Christian University opens doors for graduates to teach or seek overseas employment. With proper planning and preparation, you'll have many opportunities after graduation to use the critical thinking skills and historical knowledge gained during your history courses. An undergraduate degree in history is ideal preparation for many government jobs. CCU History graduates have applied for work with the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and other government agencies. They have received internships at the National Archives, local museums, and with political officials. Former CCU students are also serving as journalists, educators, paralegals, aides to state and national legislators, researchers in political think tanks, pastors, missionaries, and relief workers all over the world.

Course Catalog

History at CCU

CCU History majors are encouraged to engage in debates, to be aware of current events and politics, to pray for and learn about the persecuted church, and to think critically about historical events and their impact on the world from an evangelical point of view.

What can you do with a degree in history?

Archival management
Foreign service
Intelligence service
Criminal justice
Higher education

Humanities and Sciences

Meet the Faculty

History is not history unless it is the truth.
– Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (1809–1865)

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College of Undergraduate Studies

Interesting Classes You Might Take:

The American Civil War and Reconstruction
The Making of Modern America
Roman Empire and Medieval Europe

Dr. Ryan T. Hartwig

Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor of Communication

The beauty of Christ-centered, Biblically-grounded education is the ability to think faithfully and biblically about our disciplines of study, and to allow our faith to be shaped and grown through the knowledge developed through our academic studies. In this way, faith integration is a two-way street - faith shaping our disciplinary learning, and disciplinary knowledge shaping faith. As a communication scholar, my discipline's insights into the power and shape of communication have, in many respects, made my faith come alive, and the rich depth of my faith and the Scriptures have shaped my study and pursuit of my field. As a teacher, I get to invite my students into this exploration and, hopefully, help them to see their world differently - through the eyes of faith - and to strengthen their faith in the God who made the amazing world we study.

College of Undergraduate Studies - School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Dr. Tom Copeland

Professor of Politics

At CCU, we take seriously the challenges of integrating our Christian faith with the realm of politics. From the time of Christ forward, His followers have thought about, and lived out, different models of the proper relationship between the believer and the state.

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Dr. William Watson

Professor of History

The integration of faith and learning is natural for a Christian Historian: first, because it is simply an extension of my personal relationship with God, and secondly due to the subject matter of my discipline. I believe academic Christians should compromise neither their faith, nor their search for truth in the temporal realm.

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Dr. Phil Mitchell

Professor of History

As a follower of Jesus Christ, it is not possible for me to separate faith and learning. When Christ becomes the Lord of your life, He merges your discipline with your walk with Him.

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Dr. Stephen Shumaker

Professor of Politics

God made us to enjoy learning, to explore the world intelligently, and to pass on our insights and beliefs to each other as an expression of our love and service to Him. Nothing is more practical on a grand scale than investing our time and energy with friends in the pursuit of God and His Truth.

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Dr. Gary Steward

Assistant Professor of History

I strive to teach history in such a way that inspires and challenges students to consider historical questions from a distinctly Christian perspective. Teaching history, for me, is an extension of Christian discipleship, since how we understand the past greatly affects how we approach the challenges facing us today.

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Dr. Jonathan Dimos

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Psychology is a fast-moving scientific discipline that opens up a multitude of job opportunities for our students. The subject that we study is also right at the heart of the Gospel. Therefore, our students will need to cultivate a mastery of both head and heart in a unifying way. This takes discipline, empathy, and finely honed critical thinking skills. The payoff is that when we get our study right, lives are transformed in powerful ways, including our own. I love that our students are up for this challenge!

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