The Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree program in History Hollins prepares students to be critical thinkers, effective communicators, and engaged and informed global citizens. Our faculty, trained primarily in the history of Europe and the United States, take a transnational perspective in all their courses, which cover such topics as "Slavery: A Global History" and "Sex and Race in the Age of Empire." Most courses are discussion- rather than lecture-based and encourage deep engagement with primary sources. While 100-level courses introduce students to the craft of historical thinking, at the 200- and 300-level students also gain research experience. The culmination of the major is a two-semester senior thesis capstone in which students develop their own topic, draw on relevant primary sources, and engage with important scholarship in the field to produce their own original scholarship. History majors pursue graduate work in history, museum studies, education, and law, and find work in fields ranging from K-12 education to business.