The Department of History offers two undergraduate majors, namely, normal education, development and application of cultural resources, and four teaching and research sections, namely, ancient history of China, modern history of China, world history and development and application of cultural resources. It has a master's degree authorization point in the first-class discipline of ancient history in China, including two disciplines and research directions, namely, ancient history of China, specialized history, cultural exchange between China and the West, Lingnan culture, and the study of Guangzhou Thirteen Lines.

The history department is one of the earlier majors established in Guangzhou University, and its predecessor was the history department of Guangzhou Normal University established by 1958. 20 10 won the first-class master's degree in history in China. In June 2009, "Guangzhou Thirteen Lines Research Center" was approved as the key research base of humanities in Guangzhou.

In recent years, with the joint efforts of all teachers, scientific research has achieved fruitful results, and has undertaken and completed 5 national social science projects, 7 major humanities and social science projects in Guangdong Province 1, 7 provincial and ministerial projects and 27 municipal projects. He has published monographs, translated works and edited 5 1 department, and published more than 220 academic papers in academic journals such as Historical Research.

Curriculum of History Department of Guangzhou University;

This major has two major directions: teacher education and the development and application of cultural resources.

The main courses of teacher education include ancient history of China, modern history of China, ancient history of the world, modern history of the world, selected works of China history, an introduction to history, and ancient cultural history of China. Students are suitable to engage in history education in various schools after graduation. It aims to cultivate historical research-oriented talents and professionals who can engage in history teaching in various schools.

The main courses for the development and application of cultural resources include general history of China, general history of the world, general history of culture, cultural management, and cultural history of China. After graduation, students are suitable to engage in cultural propaganda and other related work in government cultural management departments, cultural institutions, cultural publishing institutions and various cultural enterprises and institutions.