The Department offers the Bachelor of Arts degree and the Master of Arts degree in History. The department also includes the Media Studies program (formerly known as Digital Community Studies Program) which offers a minor. In its broadest sense, the discipline of history provides the background for all other subjects and disciplines. The classical goal of self-knowledge can be enhanced through the study of history. The analytical study of history provides an understanding of “why we are what we are” and “how we came to be where we are today.” The purpose of historical study is not only an understanding of our own past and present, but an appreciation of the evolution of other cultures, civilizations, and nations.