The history department has two majors: history and world history. According to the data of official website from School of History, Culture and Social Development of Shandong Normal University, there are full professors 18, national teachers 1 person, and provincial teachers 1 person. History is the first-class master's degree authorization point. World history has the right to confer doctoral degrees and is a provincial key discipline. The Department of History has four master's degree authorization points: world history, modern history of China, ancient history of China and special history. There are China Historical Reference Room and World Historical Reference Room, which are rich in books.
In the process of running a school, the Department of History highlights the characteristics of normal education, history and world history, emphasizes practical application, and unifies knowledge and practice to serve the construction of "two civilizations"; Broaden the professional caliber, deepen the teaching reform, and cultivate talents with strong sense of responsibility to the country and society, excellent quality and diverse abilities. History teachers attach importance to morality and music, are diligent and rigorous in their studies, and have achieved fruitful results in teaching and educating people and scientific research. According to the data of official website, School of History, Culture and Social Development of Shandong Normal University, the Institute has undertaken 5 national social science fund projects, 8 scientific research and teaching reform projects of the Ministry of Education, 9 provincial social science key projects and more than 20 scientific research projects of the Provincial Education Department. Won the first prize of the national humanities and social sciences 1 item, 7 first prizes of provincial social science achievements, 2 nd prizes1item, and dozens of scientific research awards of the provincial education department. It has a national "excellent course" construction project 1 item, won the first prize of national teaching achievement 1 item, won three second prizes and three first prizes of Shandong Excellent Teaching Award. He has published more than 200 monographs and teaching materials and more than 700 academic papers. Among the textbooks edited by history teachers, Modern History of the World, Modern History of China, Modern History of the World, A Brief History of China and A Concise History of the World are listed as general textbooks for liberal arts in colleges and universities in China by the State Education Commission. Modern Volume of World General History Course and Modern Volume of China General History Course are listed as general textbooks in the province by the Provincial Education Commission. Professor An was elected as the representative of the 13th National Congress of communist party, China, Professor Liu Youchang was elected as the representative of the 6th and 7th National People's Congress, and Professor Wang Chunliang was elected as the representative of the 8th National People's Congress. Both professors won the Teacher Award of Ceng Xianzi Education Foundation. The department has a social work major, which is a non-normal major. According to the data of "School of History, Culture and Social Development of Shandong Normal University" in official website, there are 16 teachers. Among them, there are 5 associate professors, 2 doctors, and master 13. In order to improve the teaching quality, most teachers of this major have gone to relevant institutions for professional training and participated in many seminars at home and abroad. Teachers of both majors attach great importance to the quality of teaching, and five of them were rated as "excellent teachers of Shandong Normal University".
According to incomplete statistics, the Institute has published 5 monographs and more than 30 academic papers in the past three years, and won many awards. Teachers of this major have successively undertaken a number of scientific research projects of ministries, provinces and universities, and made certain contributions to the development of social work specialty in theory.
In order to promote the development of teaching and scientific research, a professional reference room has been established, with more than 0/0000 volumes of professional books, some of which are books from Hong Kong, Taiwan and foreign languages. The teaching and research section and teachers are equipped with computers, and they can learn about the development of this major and collect relevant information through the Internet.
This major attaches great importance to academic exchanges with universities at home and abroad. Teachers have visited Peking University, China Youth University for Politics, Hong Kong University and Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and invited scholars from Shandong University, Peking University, Jinan University in Taiwan Province Province and University of California for academic exchanges.
Under the leadership of department leaders and teachers, students study hard, have a rigorous style of study, and actively carry out various academic activities. The magazine Social Work Forum, founded by students, has had a certain response in colleges and universities. Some students also published articles in relevant newspapers and periodicals. In order to apply the theory to practice, students actively went out of school to participate in social practice activities and conducted many investigations and studies on social problems. Some students are employed as assistants by the community. In order to publicize the theory of social work and expand the influence of social workers, the "social work online" website created by social work students has been opened. Because of their good quality, the students not only achieved excellent academic results, but also won many awards in lectures, cultural performances, debates, sports competitions and other activities held by the school. This major trains senior professionals who have the basic theory and knowledge of social work, can master the skills and methods of social investigation and research, and can engage in civil affairs, labor, health, trade unions, youth, women and social security, social policy research, social administration, community development and management, social development, evaluation and operation. The graduates of this major have broad employment prospects and recruit full-time college students for the society.