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Department of History
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How to Reach the Department of History
The main office is currently working remotely. We are ready to support you via email, video conferencing, or by phone (all office phones have been forwarded). If you need assistance, please call us at 303-615-0500. To reach the Assistant to the Academic Program Coordinator, Joseph Grannes, please call 303-615-1541 or email him at jgrannes@msudenver.edu. To reach the Academic Program Coordinator, Chrystyna Banks, please call 303-615-1539 or email her at bankschr@msudenver.edu. If you reach voicemail, please leave a message. We will be checking the voicemail every hour during business hours and will respond to you ASAP. You can also reach the Department Chair, James Drake, via email: drakeja@msudenver.edu.
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HISTORY AT MSU DENVER
“We are not makers of history. We are made by history.” -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
What can you do with a History degree? Let the record show: plenty. Along with a clear, concrete understanding of the past, MSU Denver’s History majors are critical thinkers, good writers and adept researchers. Combine that with interdisciplinary thinking and never-ending curiosity, and our graduates are well-equipped to fit into any career path they choose to follow.
History degrees are offered at just about every university in the world, so what makes MSU Denver stand out above the rest? For starters, the beautiful Auraria Campus is historic in its own right. Home to the oldest brewery in the state, Auraria nearly became the capital city of Colorado. Even walking alongside the Victorian houses of the 9th Street Historic District feels as if you’ve taken a step back in time.
Whatever subject matter you’d like to study, you can learn about it at MSU Denver. Our faculty’s expertise covers most of the globe, and you can choose from dozens of concentrations for your undergraduate degree. Whether you choose to study medieval history, American history, ancient Greece, World War II or baseball, the Department of History at MSU Denver can offer you a fulfilling education.
“The workplace of the future will need not only educated minds, but adaptable ones. That’s where a liberal arts degree comes in. Nothing makes the mind more elastic and expandable than discovering how the world works.”
Edgar M. Bronfman
Former CEO of the Seagram Corporation (and history major!)
Career prospects…
He is a Denver native and the author of two books, King Philip's War: Civil War in New England, 1675-1676 (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1999); and The Nation's Nature: How Continental Presumptions Gave Rise to the United States of America (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2011), which won the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize and the Phi Alpha Theta Best Subsequent Book Award. He is currently working on a book about the Rocky Mountains.
James Drake
Professor and Chair, Dept. of History