Understand the Past
Engage with the Present
Shape the Future

The CSUN History Department combines teaching and research at the highest levels. Our mission is to teach students to think independently, read critically, and write persuasively in order to understand the complexities of the past and engage constructively with today’s world as informed citizens.

Our undergraduate (BA) and graduate (MA) programs provide students with a grounding in research, writing, and analytical thinking through coursework in the history of the United States, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia. Faculty explore the past from a variety of perspectives including political and economic history, urban and social history, cultural and intellectual history, the history of women and gender, legal history, and diplomatic, military, and international history.