Resources For History Students

• Go to My.GeorgiaSourthern.edu and log in.
• Find the link titled “Change Your Major” in the middle column.
• Once you have submitted the form your request will be on HOLD until the CLASS Advisement Center Staff reviews your request.
• You should receive a notification email about the status of your request
• The process should be completed in two to five school days

If you have questions contact
The CLASS Advisement Center
912-478-7740

Upcoming History Classes – Fall 2023

• Statesboro Campus Classes
• Armstrong Campus Classes
• Liberty Campus and Online

• Connect you with faculty members who will welcome you into the history department and help you navigate your pathway through the major.
• Help you identify and explore your academic and professional interests.
• Introduce you to opportunities available for history majors, like internships, research projects, Phi Alpha Theta (history honor society), and ways to develop marketable skills.

• Keep communications open with your faculty mentor. Send them an email, schedule an informal meeting to chat about goals or questions, drop into office hours to check in.
• Think of mentorship as a jumping off point! As you develop your academic interests, reach out to other faculty mentors who share similar research interests. While you can continue the original mentor relationship, you can also have multiple mentors during your time at Georgia Southern.
• Don’t be intimidated–your professors are here to help you! All of the faculty participating in the mentorship program are eager volunteers.

The mentorship program is not intended to replace student advisors, who help students familiarize themselves with university policies, develop academic plans, and fulfill requirements for graduation.

All students are assigned a professional advisor to assist them in developing academic plans. You can make an appointment with your advisor through MyGeorgiaSouthern or visit the College of Arts and Humanities Advisement Center for more information.

The Pi Alpha Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the National History Honor Society, focuses on the intellectual and career development of students in the field of History. Founded in 1969, our organization currently has over thirty members, all of whom have excelled, academically, in the field of history. Through our organization, we offer enlightening history related documentary and game nights, secure guest speakers in the fields of history, and offer career outreach to fellow history majors. Phi Alpha Theta at Georgia Southern University provides a unique and open environment to discuss and enjoy history.

2023-24 Officers

Back Row: Maddy Bullard, Treasurer; Whitley Gatch, Vice President; Theodore Paden, Secretary; Front Row: Syd Rigdon, President; Social Media Coordinator, Savannah Chastain; Not pictured, Faculty Advisors Dr. Julie de Chantal & Dr. Melissa Gayan.

For more information, contact Dr. Julie de Chantal (jdechantal@georgiasouthern.edu) or Dr. Melissa Gayan at Mfgayan@georgiasouthern.edu. Or follow us on Facebook or Instagram.

GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY- ARMSTRONG CAMPUS

Phi Alpha Theta, Sigma-Theta Chapter  (established 28 May 1971)

From left to right:

Marchello Graddy, Secretary
Jacquelyn Zipperer, Vice President
Dr. Kurt Knoerl, Faculty Advisor
Kaitlynn Perry, President

for information, contact Kaitlynn at kc24715@georgiasouthern.edu

“Phi Alpha Theta Armstrong Chapter Field Trip to the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum“

Conducting Research and Writing Papers

The following are a collection of links to resources that the department believes will be of significant benefit to history majors or anyone taking an upper division history course. For success, a history major should be familiar with all of these in some form.

• Georgia Southern University Writing Center
• Purdue Online Writing Lab: Developing a thesis statement
• The Writing Center of the University of Wisconsin – Madison: Conducting research, organizing material, and writing a research paper
• University of Maryland: Online guide to writing and research
• Purdue Online Writing Lab: General information and tips on writing, including grammar, punctuation, citation, different types of writing and other writing-related topics
• Turabian Quick Guide: The official University of Chicago Press short guide to citation according the rules found in Kate L. Turabian’s Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations.
• Formal vs Informal Writing: Brief guide for students to help them differentiate writing styles for assignments.
• Zotero: The official site for downloading Zotero, a Firefox add-on that enables you to collect, organize, and cite (in Microsoft Word) bibliography found on the internet, whether from library catalogues, journal databases, or even Amazon.  The site also includes tutorials—look under “documentation.”
• The C.R.A.P. Test: a guide to determining the Currency, Reliability, Authority, and Purpose of online sources.
• Online tutorial for JSTOR: Video tutorial for using JSTOR to find academic articles.
• Online tutorial for Project Muse: An online tutorial for using Project Muse to find academic articles.
• The National University Library System: Links to tutorials and other information on JSTOR, Project Muse, and other academic databases.

The History Lab

The History Lab at Georgia Southern is an experimental space for developing projects and installations related to historical research, which recognize the challenges of understanding and valuing history and historical methods in the digital age. The goal of the lab is to open the traditional classroom to the kinds of effects achieved in creative and cross-media knowledge spaces and to develop a model that can be replicated on a small scale with limited funding.

Projects like True/False: The Indigo Garden, The Waddie Welcome Archive, and Open Sea: Reflections from a Port City are currently being incubated in the lab.  Student and faculty projects using WordPress blogging, Wiki sites, Google Maps and other widely available and public domain software applications are also facilitated and hosted through the lab.

The lab is also collecting of video recordings of interviews with local public artists and historians.  These interviews are archived through streaming video to build up a database of localized practices of public history.

Documents for Methods/Senior Seminar and Graduation

Below are several rubrics that will assist you while enrolled/completing the Methods and Senior Seminar courses.

• Citation-Bibliography Rubric for Historical Methods and Senior Seminar.
• Title Page for Papers (HIST 2630 and HIST 4635)
• Portfolio Review Rubric to assess the portfolio each student must submit for graduation.

Graduate Course Offerings

The Department’s faculty members teach courses covering various time periods, regions of the world, and themes in history. The course schedules below show what has been offered in past semesters, the current semester, and what is tentatively expected to be offered in future semesters. For the current semester, you can also visit the Registrar’s Schedule of Classes and search for ‘HIST’ in the subject area. Future semester schedules are subject to change in order to fit the needs of the department, and may be revised without advance notice.  No contract, either expressly or implied, is created by future schedules.  Course Descriptions can be found in the catalog.