Earn your bachelor’s degree in history at UMBC-Shady Grove to chart your future through the exploration of the past. Our unique model helps you save on tuition while earning the same UMBC degree as four-year students. You’ll graduate with transferable skills in research, planning, critical thinking, and problem solving.
UMBC’s history program believes that the study of history is vital for shaping better communities tomorrow. You’ll have the opportunity to work closely with faculty and to pioneer student-led projects. You will also have the option of completing a minor in public history, which puts special emphasis on applied learning and internships.
How can we know who we are and try to have a vision for where we're going without knowing where we've been?
Leigh Robertson '22