Careers for History Majors [Paperback]

This booklet provides important information about studying history at colleges and universities across the United States. Through clear graphs and informal prose, readers will find hard data, practical advice, and answers to common questions about the study of history and the value it affords to individuals, their workplaces, and their communities.This booklet provides important information about studying history at colleges and universities across the United States. Through clear graphs and informal prose, readers will find hard data, practical advice, and answers to common questions about the study of history and the value it affords to individuals, their workplaces, and their communities.IntroductionSarah FentonSection One: What Can You Do with That History Degree? Exploring the DataPaul SturtevantSection Two: The Discipline CoreIntroductionAnne Hyde2016 Discipline CoreTaking Charge of Your Education: The History Discipline Core during CollegeSarah OlzawskiTalking to Employers about Your Degree: The History Discipline Core on the Job MarketLoren CollinsSection Three: Personal EssaysIntroductionSarah FentonAn Education to Last a Lifetime: Conversations with the Past, Stories for the PresentClaire PotterThe History Major: Opening Doors to Life in a Global EconomyJohn FeaThe History Student: Connecting Past to Present in Our CommunitiesJohann NeemThe Landscape after College: Putting Your History Skills to WorkSarah ShurtsWhat Employers Want: Thoughts from a History BA in BusinessJohn RoweThe Well-Rounded History Graduate: Professional, Citizen, HumanFrank ValadezIn Their Own WordsContributorsJulia Brookins is the Special Projects Coordinator at the American Historical Association, where she helps develop initiatives to advance history in education and public life. She holds a doctorate in 19th-century U.S. history from the University of Chicago.Sarah Fenton is the editor of 30-Second New York and a contributing editor at the AHA.