History

History is studied for a variety of reasons—to understand people who thought and acted differently than we do in our own time, to seek self knowledge, to make sense of a time radically different from our own time, to find a sense of distance from the present to aid us in placing our own times in perspective, to help us understand how we got to where we are now, and many other reasons.  
 
One of the many things we learn about the human condition through the study of the past is the very contingency of human society – how little human life is predetermined and how much people actively have shaped times passed. Some would find this frightening to contemplate in the modern world; others find it consoling. The question has intrigued philosophers of history for eons. History is a process that is very much alive.  
 
History courses are offered on the Prescott, Prescott Valley and Verde Valley campuses and online.