Information for Students
The History Department has approximately 75 to 80 declared majors at any given time, 33 of whom graduated in May, 2007. It also counts among its ranks fifteen students, who although majoring in other disciplines, have declared history as their minor area of concentration.
Former history majors write:
"Studying history at Rhodes was a deeply enriching experience because of the first-rate teachers I had. They taught me to respect the past while analyzing it critically, and they were both supportive and demanding in helping me grow as a thinker and writer. It was a powerful environment for learning."
Ben Houston (’99), Assistant Professor, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
"To have studied history in a city with such a rich cultural and historical significance such as Memphis was truly an honor. To have done so at Rhodes with its stimulating coursework and engaging professors was a life-changing experience. I look back with increasing gratitude."
Ashley Wood Kitchell (’05), Real Estate Sales, Tampa, FL
"I used to joke that majoring in history meant minoring in everything. Studying history really involves getting a taste for virtually every academic discipline through a powerful, challenging, and instructive lens. History contextualizes the past’s varied stages, packing the vast spectra of human achievement and fallibility, agency and inevitability, progress and reoccurrence into critical baggage that its students take with them all their lives."
Robert Edgecombe (’04), GCR and Associates, New Orleans, LA
