Jobs for History Majors . . . . . Leigh Ann Wilson, M.S.



		Jobs for History Majors source: unknown. If this is your work, please notify me here.

	The study of history is not designed simply to teach us quaint and interesting facts about the past, or even explain how our present world emerged from its murky origins in other times or places.It is a useful subject in ways that students may not always anticipate, but which employers often understand. There is not single path that carries history undergraduates directly to one chosen career, but many ways in which skills learned in the study of the past can be translated into the enterprises of the present. History is also very much about the use of language -- whether we are writing our own or reading others' -- and skills of intelligent reading and lucid writing remain in demand throughout our society. Historians have to learn how to write narratives that others can follow; they not only have to know why something happened, but to be able to describe it plainly and clearly. And they have to read critically, not only to follow arguments but to measure the distance between the purposes of an author and the meaning of his text. Some careers that history majors have traditionally been interested in include: Law Military Government Journalism Public Administration Social Work Sociology Psychology Science Public Relations . . . . . and the list goes on.

Hosted by www.Geocities.ws