Bachelor in History (Bachelor's)

Siena’s Franciscan roots shape its emphasis on kindness, community, and responsibility. The college offers undergraduate majors, minors, dual majors, certificates, and graduate programs across liberal arts, business, science, education, nursing, social work, and related fields. Its history program combines research, internships, study abroad, and a required experiential component, with a capstone course focused on original historical research.

Learning is closely connected to professional practice. Accounting students can undertake paid internships from their first year, work on simulated audit projects, study forensic accounting and fraud examination, and use data analytics in coursework. History students conduct original research, work with historical sources, present findings, and participate in community projects. Small classes and faculty attention support mentoring and individualized academic guidance.

The campus is located at 515 Loudon Road in Loudonville, in Upstate New York. International students interested in business can add the international business concentration to any major. It covers international studies, comparative economics, money and banking, international marketing, and other subjects related to global business and cultural awareness. Students selecting the business major choose two concentrations. Study-abroad opportunities also appear within the curriculum, including international accounting study involving travel to London and Amsterdam.

Students study the past and how to interpret it. They learn historiography, historical research methods, and evidence about specific periods, issues, and cultures.

They may apply this work to historic preservation, public policy, and records administration. It also supports gathering, recording, synthesizing, and criticizing historical evidence and theories.

For international students, tuition is above the median for US programmes. The institution admits about 71% of applicants.