Triton College

Counseling Department

What is History?

The discipline trains both the mind and the imagination of those who study it. History imparts the vital skills of discernment and synthesis through critical thinking, reading, and writing skills. In particular, History confronts students with worlds, times, places, and cultures-including their own-in ways they never before considered.

To study history is to affirm the commitment to exploring issues of diversity within both a national and global context. To study history is to engage intellectually in the confrontation of peoples, ideas, and values in part because the past, no matter the society, is a foreign country.

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History

Related Career Titles

Some of these jobs require education beyond the bachelor's degree.

Anthropologist	FBI / CIA Agent	Journalist
Archeologist	Foreign News Corresponds .	Lawyer
Archivist	Foreign Service Officer	Lecturer
Biographer	Genealogist	Legal Assistant / Paralegal
Clergy	Government Official	Librarian
Community Relations Dir.	Historian	Lobbyist
Congressional Aide	Historic Preservationist	Market Research Analyst
Consumer Advocate	Historic Site Tour Guide	Media Consultant
Counselor	Historical Society Staff	Museum Curator
Criminologist	Indicter	Museum Tech. & Specialist
Demographer	Insurance Agent / Broker	Park Ranger
Economist	Intelligence Analyst	Peace Corps / Vista Worker
Editor	International Relations	Political Scientist
Psychologist	Teacher, Social Studies	Urban Administrator
Public Relations Specialist	Technical Writer	Urban Planner
Research Assistant	Travel Agent	Writer / Author
Sociologist

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some Employers of History Majors:

Job & Internship Search Links

MonsterTRAK http://www.monstertrak.com

Organization of American Historians http://www.oah.org/announce/jobs.html

Museum jobs http://jobsearch.about.com/cs/museumjobs/index.htm?terms=museums

Government jobs http://govtjobs.com/

Jobs in archeology http://archaeologic.com/jobs_in_archaeology.htm

Museum job resources online http://www.algonquincollege.com/museum/jobres/index.html

 

Career Planning Links

Career Voyages: http://www.careervoyages.gov/

Careers in History http://www.historians.org/pubs/free/careers/index.htm

Museum Employment Resource Center http://www.museum-employment.com/

 

Professional Associations Links

American Historical Association www.historians.org

American Association for State and Local History http://www.aaslh.org

Bureau of the Census http://libfind.unl.edu:2020/alpha/Census_Bureau_Home_Page.html

Society for American Archaeology http://www.saa.org/

Yahoo! Resources for History http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/Organizations/

Resources of Historical & Archaeological Societies* http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/history_soc.html

Resources of Anthropological Societies http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/anthrop_soc.html

 

Miscellaneous Resources:

Search any topic in history http://www.historychannel.com/

National Museum of Natural History has educational resources http://www.mnh.si.edu/

The Department of History The College of Staten Island tells you what you can do with a history major

 http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/career.html

Art History Jobs and Careers http://arthistory.about.com/cs/jobscareers/index.htm
?iam=savvy&terms=%2Bhistory+%2Bcareers

General guide to possible career paths for holders of history degrees

 http://www.ncsu.edu/chass/history/hifaqs.html

National Archives* http://www.nara.gov/

Sports History http://www.yahoo.com/Recreation/Sports/History/

Historical Text Archives http://historicaltextarchive.com/

The History Net* http://www.TheHistoryNet.com

Websites for the History Profession* http://www.oah.org/announce/links.html

The Costume Page http://members.aol.com/nebula5/costume.html

Library of Congress http://lcweb2.loc.gov/amhome.html

Library of Congress http://lcweb.loc.gov/

Related Major Skills

Explaining Ideas	Interpreting events and ideas
Writing and presenting information	Examining evidence
Analyzing ideas and information	Developing a world view
Explaining the present by referring to the past	Decision making
Seeing relationships between factors