Why study history?
A degree in history provides valuable research, writing, and critical thinking skills that prepare students for a variety of careers. Read more about how you can use a degree in history, and what our undergraduates and graduates have gone on to do.
Funding opportunities
The Department of History provides many resources to help undergraduate and graduate students fund their education. Click for more information on our scholarships, internships, student employment opportunities, travel awards, and annual writing awards.
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History department news
Alumni Spotlight: Carl Aldrich
06/06/2018
Carl Aldrich graduated from USU in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in History and a minor in Sociology.
Alumni Spotlight: Mackenzi Lee
05/23/2018
Mackenzie Van Engelenhoven, who writes under the pseudonym Mackenzi Lee, graduated from USU in 2012 with an undergraduate degree in history. She is an author of The Monstrous Thing, which won the PEN-New England Susan P. Bloom Children’s Book Discovery Aw
Phil Barlow announces retirement
05/07/2018
Faculty member Philip L. Barlow, the Leonard Arrington Chair of Mormon History and Culture, has announced he will retire in December.