BA in European and American History
Suita, Japan
BA
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Apr 2027
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The BA in European and American History at Osaka University explores Western civilization and its global effects from the 16th century. Students study European, Oriental and Mediterranean influences, colonial expansion into the Americas, Asia, Africa and Oceania, and transnational topics like colonialism, migration, cultural exchange and globalization. The course promotes focused case studies and a world-history perspective.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can enter roles in museums, archives, education, research, cultural heritage, policy, journalism and public history. Common paths include museum curator, archivist, secondary-school teacher, academic researcher, policy analyst, cultural heritage manager or further study in history, international relations or education.
It is difficult to determine the geographical limits of Western history. While nobody would disagree that the history of Europe is the central component, Oriental and Mediterranean civilizations also considerably influenced Western civilization. From the 16th century, Europeans also began to advance into North and South America, Asia, Africa, and Oceania, where they either transplanted their civilizations or intensely impacted the traditional peoples of those areas, as has been well documented.
In the course of their research and education, students in this major will cover a vast range of themes rooted in the history of Western civilization acting on a global scale. This course encourages students to engage in a demonstrative study of individual issues while also considering these issues from a world-history perspective.
