The Mission of the Department of History at ETSU is to provide its students with a superior education, one which will serve their intellectual growth as professionals, provide them with a solid foundation in knowledge and the use of reason, develop in them high ethical standards, and enable them to be leaders in their communities. The Department of History aspires as well to advance the frontiers of knowledge, to contribute to the general body of scholarship, and to promote a commitment to learning and the dispassionate search for truth.