About the program
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities
Department: Department of History and Tourism
Program: “History”
The program provides extended humanitarian training. Students study theory and methodology of history, history of Belarus and world history from antiquity to modern times, archeology, ethnology and anthropology. Much attention is paid to the ability of working with historical sources, including chronicles. Students acquire practical skills in looking for the necessary information and analyzing it; conducting field ethnographic research; participating in archaeological excavations; undertaking research in various areas of historical science; preparation of necessary information for government body decision-making.
Moreover, students receive special pedagogical training: they study pedagogy, psychology, methodology of teaching history, and acquire practical skills during pedagogical training at school (4thyear).
Our graduates have profound professional knowledge and a broad outlook; they are also well versed in socio-political processes and able to work with large amounts of information. These valuable qualities make it possible for our students to work in institutions of various types.
Get a Bachelor’s Degree in history in the most ancient city of Belarus!
What are the advantages of studying in Polotsk State University to become a historian?
- Individual approach to each student
- Qualified teachers - historians, ethnologists, archaeologists, anthropologists
- All nonresident students are given a place in the hall of residence
- 15 students were offered a tuition-free education in 2017
- Relatively low tuition fee
- Study in the buildings of the Collegium and Academy of the XVIII-XIX centuries.
- Training and participating in archaeological excavations in Polack, the city with a rich historical heritage
- Ethnographic and archeological expeditions to the picturesque places of the BelarusianDvina
- Possibility to continue studying for a Master's degree
Assigned qualification: Historian. Teacher of history and humanities.
Study period:
- full-time - 4 years
