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Department Programs
The Department of History offers several programs to connect our students with their community, improve their writing skills, and support their educational goals both financially and academically.
Michael Patterson Writing Center
The Michael Patterson HISTORY DEPARTMENT WRITING CENTER is open for appointments. Our friendly tutors are eager to help with your history writing assignment.
Need assistance organizing your paper, clarifying your thesis statement, refining your argument, proofreading your prose, citing sources, or formatting a bibliography? We can help with that! We love to read drafts! Perhaps you just don’t know where to begin? DON’T PANIC!
We can help with brainstorming, outlining, deciphering paper prompts, and time management.
Book an hour long session with one of our HISTORY writing tutors. Call the History Office at 818-677-3566, or stop by 610 Sierra Tower (History Office).
Not a fan of planning ahead? We have walk-in hours on Thursday afternoons! All you need to do is show up at the writing center, and we’ll take it from there.
Annual Scholarships and Awards
Through the generosity of donors, the History Department is very pleased to be able to give out a number of scholarships and awards to outstanding students every spring. Applicants must have declared a major in History, or be enrolled in the M.A. program. In Spring 2013 the Department awarded students over $50,000 worth of scholarships and awards.
Students may apply for the following scholarships and awards each Spring. Information and deadlines will be posted by February 1.
Click here to see a list of available scholarships
Teaching Credential/The Social Science Subject Matter Program/SSSMP waiver
The Social Science Subject Matter Program (SSSMP) is available to current and former CSUN students who are interested in pursuing a credential to teach social studies at the high school level in the California public school system. This program offers students an alternative to passing the California Subject Exam for Teachers (CSET), and it consists of a sequence of fifteen courses, many of which overlap with the history major and general education requirements. Once a student has successfully completed the program, he or she will have demonstrated subject matter competency in the social sciences. To learn more about the program requirements and how best to complete them, please call the history department office (818-677-3566) and ask to schedule an appointment with the SSSMP adviser, Dr. Patricia Juarez-Dappe. detailed listing of courses and requirements is available for download (.pdf).