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Course summary
The study of history offers the liberal arts student a fundamental cultural background that is essential in today's global world. The History Department is committed to expanding the intellectual and cultural dimensions of concentrators as well as non-concentrators. Every student benefits from understanding the analysis of history and culture through insightful inquiry and critical analysis.
Program modules
The core modules include the following: one course from 101, 122, 133, one course from 151, 152, or 153, six other courses: two courses in European history, two courses in American history, one course in African, Asian or Latin American history. The sixth course is the student's choice. At least two of these six courses should be at the 300-level. Two senior seminars, 493 and 494, three related courses or three more history courses are required. Students select these three courses based upon individual needs and interest and in consultation with department advisers. Courses in art history, education, economics, political science, philosophy, sociology or religious studies are examples of related disciplines.
Entry requirement for international students
Students whose native language is not English are required to submit results of TOEFL/SAT or IELTS (6.0 band score) as part of the admissions process. The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the American College Test (ACT) are not required of international students. Applicants who have taken the exam(s) should include a copy of their test scores with their application.
Albright College accepts IELTS*
* Please check with your chosen school for the exact entry requirements for your programme.
Qualification
Bachelor degree
Awarding body
Albright College
Department name
Albright College
Institution name
Albright College
Total number of students
1667
Contact address for international enquiries
13th and Bern Streets
PO Box 15234
READING
19612
Telephone
+1 610 921 7856
Venue / office name
Albright College
Address
13th and Bern Streets
PO Box 15234
READING
Pennsylvania
19612
Venue description
Albright College traces its origin to 1856. Affiliated with the United Methodist Church, Albright was formed through the mergers of three separate Pennsylvania institutions: Union Seminary of New Berlin; Schuylkill Seminary (later called Schuylkill College), Reading; and Albright Collegiate Institute (later called Albright College), Myerstown. The final merger occurred in 1929, when Schuylkill College and Albright College became Albright College at its current location in Reading. Albright College is the oldest institution of higher learning in Berks County and is located on a 118-acre suburban campus nestled at the foot of Mount Penn in Reading, Pa., a city of 80,000. The College is named for preacher Jacob Albright (1759-1808), founder of the Evangelical Association, a German-speaking denomination with beliefs similar to those of the Methodist Church. The College’s rigorous liberal arts curriculum has an interdisciplinary focus. Albright’s hallmarks are connecting fields of learning, collaborative teaching and learning, and a flexible curriculum that allows students to create an individualized education. Fully half of Albright students have concentrations that combine two or three fields of learning.
Telephone number
+1 610 921 2381
Is accommodation available at this venue?
Yes
Accommodation details
Freshman and sophomore year students are required to live in campus housing. First-year students, assuming availability, may reside in the same residences as upper-class students. Albright also has three coed first-year experience residence halls: Crowell, Smith and Walton Halls. There are six traditional residence halls. Albright Court, Mohn, Krause, Crowell, Smith, and Walton Halls all offer coed living. Mohn and Walton Halls also have all female floors. Mohn Hall is also the academic honors residence hall, provides break housing accommodations for international students, and is available to students of all class years. There are two residence hall facilities designated as special interest housing - North Hall suites, and Albright Woods apartments. The apartments are intended mainly for juniors and seniors, and the suites are intended mainly for sophomores and juniors. Basic cable television and internet services are available in each room. Students are responsible for providing their own television, TV cable cord, and Ethernet cable. They may upgrade their cable services, at additional cost to students, through Comcast Cable upon their arrival to campus. All residence hall rooms on campus have air conditioning. The residence halls have study areas, television lounges and free laundry rooms. Custodial services clean common areas. Students are responsible for the cleanliness of their own rooms. There is 24-hour security on campus. Residence halls are always locked. Students are issued swipe cards when they arrive. Each student also receives either a key or combination for the assigned room. There are courtesy/emergency telephones at each residence hall entrance so visitors can call residents for access and residents can call the Department of Public Safety. Housing staff and Public Safety Officers also make regular rounds in the residence halls for safety and security purposes.
While Hotcourses makes every effort to ensure course information is correct at time it is submitted, all information is indicative only and course details are subject to change. Please check all details with Albright College
