History Department
Welcome to the History Department of California State University, Chico, located on the top floor of Trinity Hall in the heart of the campus. We are a community engaged in that most serious and intellectually rewarding of pursuits, the study of the past, the living past, that continues to shape our present and our future.
In this Web site you will find information about both our course offerings, how to become a history major or minor, as well as about our graduate program and our certificate in public history. Browsing our faculty biographies you will discover why our faculty is one of the most honored on campus for its scholarship, teaching, and service. You can also learn about our vibrant student organizations.
Of course, please feel free as well to stop by Trinity Hall and visit us.
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Announcements
The 2012 Chico Historian has arrived
History Majors! Copies of the new issue of The Chico Historian are now available for sale in the History Department. At five dollars apiece it's a bargain! After all, mere journalism is ephemeral - history is eternal!
New Course for Majors
Dear History Majors,
As you plan your fall 2012 schedule, you may want to keep in mind that Humanities 300: Great Books and Ideas, taught by the chair of the history department, Laird Easton, will be accepted as an upper division European history elective. It will be the equivalent of History 325: Modern European Cultural and Intellectual History. It is offered next fall T TH from 2 to 3:15pm.
For more information contact Professor Easton.
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY NEWSLETTER
Through History News we hope to reach the community of Chico State history alumni, current students, and friends of the department, informing them of the works and days of our faculty but also asking to hear of their news and views. History News (pdf).