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Derek Chang
Associate Professor Director of Undergraduate Studies
Academic Interests:
- Comparative and Transnational
- Migration and Citizenship
- Race and Ethnicity
- Social
The Department of History is committed to pursuing excellence in historical scholarship and teaching across many different time periods and research interests. Its outstanding faculty specializes in a wide array of historical issues and themes that transcend particular regions and periods. Courses connect undergraduate and graduate students with the excitement of historic discovery and provide a rigorous training in researching and analyzing the human past.
Join us for our Undergraduate Lunch with Faculty this semester:
Are you interested in becoming a history major? You can now apply online, after securing your own major advisor. For more information: history-major-application-information. Paper Applications are available in McGraw Hall, fourth floor.
Important notices:
Codes for pre-1800 and World Areas courses are included with the course descriptions in the Class Roster and Courses of Study.
To search for courses under specific Major Requirement Codes, go to Courses of Study and enter the code in Search.
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