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Let Your Passion for the Past Shape Your Future

As a student in the Bachelor of Arts in History program available online through Penn State World Campus, you can immerse yourself in integrative topics that interest you — like culture, religion, art, politics, and war. While pursuing this respected credential, you can:

  • understand historical events and track patterns of change and continuity over time
  • get hands-on experience in source analysis, research, writing, and presentation
  • strengthen soft skills — critical thinking, communication, and teamwork
  • consider issues from diverse points of view
  • create evidence-based arguments
  • analyze past experiences to address current problems

This online program is grounded in the College of the Liberal Arts at Penn State, one of the premier institutions in the world to study and work in the liberal arts disciplines.

History Bachelor of Arts Apply by June 30 to start August 25.

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Penn State World Campus has helped thousands of adult learners achieve their educational and career goals through online learning. Benefits include:

  • start in fall, spring, or summer
  • study whenever, wherever
  • complete weekly assignments at your preferred pace
  • have the freedom to take a semester off

Penn State honors service and dedication to our country by helping to make higher education more affordable to military members. World Campus:

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  • offers its Military Grant-in-Aid program — an award per credit for which all service members and their spouses are eligible
  • accepts Military Tuition Assistance and VA benefits
  • provides scholarship opportunities and undergraduate application fee waivers

For more info, fill out the form above or email our dedicated military support team at [email protected].

A strong liberal arts education can help you develop social intelligence and critical soft skills to effectively operate in the workplace — wherever your career takes you.

Hiring managers overwhelmingly view the following soft skills as “most important” for success in today’s economy:

  • oral and written communication
  • critical thinking and ethical judgment
  • self-motivation
  • teamwork
  • real-world application of skills and knowledge

According to LinkedIn's Global Talent Trends report, 92% of recruiters feel that soft skills are equally or more important to hire for than hard skills. In addition, 89% of talent professionals said that when a new hire doesn’t work out, it’s because they lack critical soft skills.

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