The University of New Orleans History Department offers a Bachelor of Arts in History, and graduate programs leading to a Master of Arts, a Master of Arts in History Teaching, and a Ph.D. in Urban Studies, History concentration. The undergraduate curriculum offers considerable flexibility in elective courses to structure an education that meets students' interests and needs.

Advisors assist majors in choosing major courses and electives that prepare them for such post-graduate programs as business, law, urban studies and regional planning, or certification for teaching. Minor programs in Latin American Studies, Women's Studies, Africana Studies, and Paralegal Studies are available.

For listings of the Summer and Fall 2008 course offerings, please visit the following page of our website: Latest Courses

Dr. Mary Mitchell's new book just published

Department member Dr. Mary Mitchell's book, Raising Freedom's
Child: Black Children and Visions of the Future After Slavery, was
recently released by New York University Press. For more information,
please visit our news section: link

The Cultures of Rebuilding in Post-Katrina New Orleans

An interdisciplinary conference at the University

of New Orleans and the Louisiana State Museum

September 4-6, 2008

The Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies, graduate students, and the Louisiana State Museum are co-sponsoring an interdisciplinary conference. Information about the preliminary program and conference registration is available via the following link: crnola.cfm

Günter Bischof,
Chair