The Department of History at San Diego State University

Welcome from Joanne Ferraro, Chair

We are among the largest departments in the university, serving over 5500 SDSU students every semester, including 300 majors and pre-majors and 70 M.A. students. History faculty also provide instruction to future teachers in both the Liberal Studies and the Social Science Programs. It is the new home of the Journal of the History of Sexuality.

The history faculty is devoted to teaching excellence and encourages a "community of scholars" atmosphere that includes graduates and undergraduates. In our efforts to encourage a life-long love of learning, we have had the joy of seeing both our undergraduates and M..A. students go on to PhD programs at Yale, Northwestern, UCLA, William and Mary, and the Universities of Pennsylvania and Virginia, some with full scholarships.

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