History Department

The History Department is one of eighteen academic departments at Knox. It offers one major and one minor. The department is located in Old Main.

Department Faculty

Current

• Penny Gold, Department Chair, Professor
• Stephen Bailey, Associate Dean, Professor
• Catherine Denial, Assistant Professor
• Konrad Hamilton, Associate Professor
• Michael Schneider, Associate Professor
• George Steckley, Professor

Cooperating Faculty From Other Programs

• Eric Edi, Visiting Assistant Professor of Black Studies
• Brenda Fineberg, Associate Professor of Classics
• Stephen Fineberg, Professor of Classics
• Fred Hord, Professor of Black Studies
• Donna Jurich, Associate Professor of Educational Studies

History

See main page at History.

The department offers one history major and one history minor.

History (major)

This major allows advanced study in history.

Courses Required for the History major

10 credits:

• HIST 285 (The Historian's Workshop)
• Two courses at the 100-level
• Three courses at the 300-level, at least one of which must be a research course
• Four electives within the department
• At least one of the credits must be within Asian, African, or Latin American history
• Completion of a substantial research paper in a course, Independent Study, or Honors Project

Two credits from outside the department may be counted toward the major with the chair's permission.

History (minor)

This minor allows for intermediate study in history.

Courses Required for the History minor

5 credits:

• HIST 285 (The Historian's Workshop)
• One course at the 100-level
• One course at the 300-level
• Two other electives within the department

Meeting the Competency Requirements

• Writing Requirement: HIST 320, HIST 321, HIST 340, HIST 345, HIST 359, HIST 361, HIST 366, HIST 371, HIST 380, HIST 385
• Oral Requirement: None specified
• Information Literacy Requirement: HIST 285