Undergraduate Program — History Major CHOOSING THE HISTORY MAJOR
You are making a wise choice. History is a major that prepares
you for any of a broad spectrum of possible careers. Our majors
have graduated and found employment in areas as diverse as
education, law, museum studies, editing and publishing, archival
research, journalism, historic preservation, public service,
library science, and records management. It may surprise you
that both the communications media and firms involved in
banking, corporate finance, insurance, marketing, and public
relations also find history an attractive major for prospective
employees. Why? Because history majors have learned to look for
connections between the past and present, and they understand
cultural traditions different from their own. Most importantly,
history majors read and think critically, and they know how to
write persuasively. A report by the American Historical
Association makes this compelling argument for the study of
history: |Studying history as a dis