Fall 2020 Update

Fall 2020 Update: Wright State University’s Dayton and Lake Campuses plan to return to teaching for 2020 Fall Semester on August 24 with a dynamic and flexible mixture of in-person and remote courses. Read more about our Right Here. Wright State. This Fall. plan.

History

You will enlarge your historical perspective and better understand the structure of society through research, writing, and cooperative education opportunities as you study history at Wright State. After graduation, you can pursue career opportunities in teaching, journalism, library and archival work, government, politics, law, or business. Choose an Associate of Arts at the Lake Campus only or Bachelor of Arts program, add a minor to your current major, or go on to postgraduate work and earn a Master of Arts degree.

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History

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Success Stories

Alumni Profile

Sound check

Wright State alumna Jocelyn Robinson on the hunt for historic audio at nation’s historically black schools
Wright State alumna Jocelyn Robinson is working with historically black colleges and universities to preserve audio recordings.
Alumni Profile

Military expedition

Over 500 military veterans interviewed by Wright State alum Bridget Federspiel as part of history project
Bridget Federspiel works with both high school students and Wright State student veterans to interview U.S. veterans for the Library of Congress.
Alumni Profile

Scrap value

Wright State alum Sheila Skimmerhorn remembers the university’s beginnings
Sheila Skimmerhorn, the first student to register and complete her degree at what would become Wright State, kept a scrapbook of the university's early days.