For Students
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?
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2016 History Discipline Core
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Taking Charge of Your Education: The History Discipline Core during College
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The Well-Rounded History Graduate: Professional, Citizen, Human
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Why Study History?
What can a student do with a history degree?
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History is Not a Useless Major
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What Can You Do With That History Degree?
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Talking to Employers about Your Degree: The History Discipline Core on the Job Market
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An Education to Last a Lifetime: Conversations with the Past, Stories for the Present
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The History Major: Opening Doors to Life in a Global Economy
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What Employers Want: Thoughts from a History BA in Business
Other Resources:
Why Study History?
Interested in learning more? Check out the AHA's "Why Study History?" page.
Careers for History Majors Booklet
You can purchase this booklet online at Oxford University Press. For questions about the booklet, please contact Karen Lou (klou@historians.org). For bulk orders contact OUP directly.
Famous History Majors
Did you know that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Sonia Sotomayor were history majors? This list offers an entertaining glimpse into the unusual careers some well-known history majors have pursued after their undergraduate studies.
External Resources
A list of tools, essays, and editorials from other organizations and individuals that can help advocate for history and the humanities.
Everything has a History Poster
Those interested in ordering an Everything has a History poster can contact Matthew Keough (mkeough@historians.org) for more information while supplies last.