Welcome to the Department of History at the University of Louisville. We are one of the original departments in the College of Arts and Sciences, and we offer a full range of courses, from our introductory History of Civilizations to graduate classes. For over a hundred years, we’ve been here to help you, whether you want to major in history, get a Master’s degree with us, or just take care of your History General Education requirements.
To meet our faculty and staff, click here. For information on our Undergraduate Program (History majors, minors, General Education classes, and electives), click here. For our Graduate Program (Master’s degree and post-baccalaureate study), click here. If you want to drop in and meet us, we’re located in the Belknap Campus’s historic Gottschalk Hall, which was built in 1894. Our office is open Monday to Friday (except holidays) from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Or you can phone us at (502) 852-6817, fax us at (502) 852-0770, or email us at history@louisville.edu.
All of us try to provide our students with the best service possible. No one is perfect, though, and if you feel you need help resolving a problem with a class or a professor, click here.
Here are some other links that you may find useful:
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For Past and Present, the Department’s annual newsletter, click here
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For job opportunities as members of the Department faculty or staff, click here. For student jobs through the Federal Work Study Program, click here
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For Nu Xi, UofL’s award-winning chapter of Phi Alpha Theta (the international History Honor Society), click here
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For the History Help Center, where you can go for assistance with your history classes, click here
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For the Department of History’s policy on plagiarism (which is one of the most serious offences you can commit at college), click here
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For Honors and Awards won by faculty and students in the Department of History, click here
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For the winners of The Mary Katherine Bonsteel Tachau Award for Excellence in History, which is given each year to the graduating senior History major with the highest academic achievement, click here
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For the Louis R. Gottschalk Lectures, which bring distinguished historians to give public talks at UofL, click here
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For the Kentuckiana Historical Services Provider Network, which brings together our Department and local public history organizations, click here
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For the Kentucky Trust for Historic Preservation, which saves endangered sites and buildings in Kentucky, click here
