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What can you do with a history degree? What careers do history majors pursue? What skills do you learn when you study history? If you’re considering pursuing a history degree, check out these resources curated especially for students
What do students learn in history?
- 2016 History Discipline Core
- Taking Charge of Your Education: The History Discipline Core during College by Sarah Olzawski
- The Well-Rounded History Graduate: Professional, Citizen, Human by Frank Valadez
- Why Study History?
What can a student do with a history degree?
- History Is Not a Useless Major: Fighting Myths with Data by Paul B. Sturtevant
- What Can You Do With That History Degree? by Paul B. Sturtevant
- Talking to Employers about Your Degree: The History Discipline Core on the Job Market by Loren Collins
- An Education to Last a Lifetime: Conversations with the Past, Stories for the Present by Claire Bond Potter
- The History Major: Opening Doors to Life in a Global Economy by John Fea
- What Employers Want: Thoughts from a History BA in Business by John Rowe
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