If you love history and want a high-quality, low cost option for studying this field, Montco has a great program for you. In our History Associate of Arts degree program you can explore world civilizations, political and social structures and complementary disciplines such as anthropology and sociology. Delve into American, African, Latin American or women's history, among others, learn from respected scholars and discover careers enhanced by a background in history. 

Upon earning your associate degree, you can work in federal, state and local government or at historical sites. You can also transfer to a four-year college to pursue such majors as education, history, social or library sciences, law, foreign service, journalism and information management. The program meets the requirements mandated by the Pennsylvania Department of Education's Transfer Agreement Oversight Committee (TAOC) for a seamless transfer to schools in the Pennsylvania State Systems of Higher Education (PASSHE).

Program outcomes

• Engage in historical inquiry, research and analysis;
• Craft historical narrative and argument through the use of primary and secondary historical evidence;
• Analyze historical topics, trends and issues;
• Apply historical knowledge to analyze contemporary geopolitical and social trends.

Program Curriculum

*See advisor for specific course information/recommendations. Students should consider taking a course from one of the following disciplines: EDU, GEO, HIS, ANT, SOC, PSY, CJS, or POL.

• ^A Satisfies Aesthetic Sensibility
• ^C Satisfies Cultural Awareness & Diversity
• ^E Satisfies Ethical Perspectives
• ^I Information Literacy is Reinforced
• ^O Satisfies Oral Communication
• ^Q Satisfies Quantitative Reasoning
• ^S Satisfies Scientific Reasoning
• ^T Satisfies Technological Fluency
• ^W Satisfies Written Communication