Well, I did it! After three years of
homework, papers, and exams, I finally graduated with my Bachelor of Arts in
History from Boise State University a couple weeks ago. It feels good to
finally be done with my degree. After all, I probably did more reading and
writing in my history classes than I did the whole rest of my life! However,
now that I have my degree, the question remains: what do I do now?
Throughout my coursework, I have had
many people offer me their opinions on what I should do with my history degree.
Some automatically assume I want to teach history, while others have no clue
whatsoever what jobs are out there for history majors. They want to know
exactly what positions history majors can fill in a depressed economy.
In my last couple of semesters, I
have gotten to do some career exploration and here are some of the career
fields that I've found for history majors:
- Research - history majors are some of the most adept at
research, no matter if it's legal, corporate, historical, or personal
research. History majors must be good at research to do well in their
coursework and that could open up a lot of doors in terms of potential
careers.
- Writing
or Editing –I don’t know of any other
college degree, other than English or journalism, which requires students
to be such good writers than history. History majors are usually famous
for their aptitude and skill with the written word. It is difficult to
pass classes without being a good, if not great, writer. Therefore,
history majors are ideal candidates for writing or editorial careers.
- Education – history majors often serve as teachers at the
secondary or postsecondary level. Those serving at the secondary level,
however, spend the majority of their coursework in education classes in
the last two years. History majors pursuing education careers must have a
passion for teaching in order to survive the unrewarding, often
underfunded life in a school.
- Museum
Curators – history majors have the
option of sharing their passion with the public by working at museums
leading tours, setting up displays, working with archives and historical
documents, and answering questions from visitors.
- Librarians – grads with history degrees are usually adept at finding information and this is an excellent skill to have working in a library to help others find information or categorizing historical documents and books, magazines, and articles.
With a little creativity, I’m
confident I can find a career path out there using the skills I honed as a
history major!
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