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The Department of History at Columbia is one of the leading centers of historical scholarship in the world. It is also a department deeply committed to undergraduate education. Many of us teach in the College Core. All of us teach undergraduate lectures and seminars in history. Most of us regularly sponsor senior theses and independent studies. We consider teaching Columbia’s extraordinary undergraduate students one of our most important and rewarding tasks.
Our undergraduate curriculum is rich and deep, covering all areas of the world and most periods of written history. Our courses explore various methodologies, a wide range of ways of writing history, and different approaches to the past. We emphasize no one approach to history, no single interpretative model. Our principal goals in the undergraduate classroom are to develop the intellectual breadth and deepen the analytical skills of our students. With this guide, we hope to introduce you to our program of undergraduate study and to encourage you to sample it.
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