Academic Catalog 2018–2019

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Bachelor of Arts in History

Mission

The Bachelor of Arts in History at LAU aims to instill in students an in-depth appreciation of the past by exposing them to both Eastern and Western civilizations through the complex interactions across cultures over designated spans of time. Learning about the past has the dual purpose of acquainting students with the accumulated wisdom of the ages, while at the same time allowing them to discern the errors of eras gone by in order to avoid repeating them. A proper and systematic grounding in history, therefore, cultivates character and perspective, illuminates context, and refines the understanding of what it means to belong to the human family.