The Department of History makes full use of the humanistic and historical background and resources of Shaanxi province. It has formed special teaching characteristics which are combination of the traditional historiography and the modern archaeology as well as solid professional foundation and broad knowledge and perspective. The Department of History pays a lot of attention to the training of senior professional talents who have high professional quality and innovative spirit, engaging in the history teaching and research.

Main courses: Ancient Chinese History, Modern Chinese History, ContemporaryChineseHistory, Ancient World History, Early Ancient and Medieval World History, Modern World History, Contemporary World History, Selections of History, Introduction to Historiography, History of Chinese Historiography, History of Foreign Historiography.
 
Ancient Chinese literature Search Course

Studies of Chinese Culture, short for Chinese Traditional Culture and Academic Research, also include researches which have drawn on the achievements of western academic studies since modern China. The main purpose of Chinese Culture Education is to guide the student to study and inherit the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation and to improve their comprehensive quality so that they can become the new generation of Chinese Culture Research and Practice. The students are required to have broad and solid professional and cultural foundation, to be well developed morally, intellectually, and physically, and to be capable for the teaching and research work in Scientific Research Institute, government, colleges and universities.

Main courses: Introduction to Historiography, Introduction to Studies of Chinese Culture, Chinese Civilization History, World Civilization History, Chinese Ideology History, Chinese Confucian Classics History, Chinese Art and Literature History, Chinese Religious History, Research of Chinese Bibliography, Chinese Confucianism and Taoism History, Chinese Etiquette History, Research of Pre-Qin Classics, Qin and Han Dynasties Classics, Tang and Song Dynasties Classics, Ancient Greek and Roman Civilization, World Modern and Contemporary Civilization, and World Religious History, etc.