The History Major

What can you do with a major in History? You can be an educator, researcher, communicator or editor, information manager, advocate, or even a businessperson.

Historians as Educators Elementary Schools Secondary Schools Postsecondary Education Historic Sites and Museums	Historians as Researchers Museums and Historical Organizations Cultural Resources Management  Historic Preservation Think Tanks
Historians As Communicators Writers and Editors Journalists Documentary Editors Producers of Multimedia Material	Historians As Information Managers Archivists Records Managers Librarians Information Managers
Historians As Advocates Lawyers and Paralegals Litigation Support Legislative Staff Work Foundations

Career Services Library Resources:
Over 1,200 books, pamphlets, and periodicals are available to help you with self-assessment, career exploration, the job search, and graduate school planning.
Suggested Titles:

Careers for History Buffs & Others Who Learn from the Past College Majors and Careers College Majors Handbook Great Jobs for History Majors Great Jobs for Liberal Arts Majors The History Internship Book

Career Services
Visit the Careers Office early and often, and talk to professors in your major and related fields. They can help:
1) Locate Davidson alums in career fields that interest you and set up informational interviews.
2) Identify professional associations as a source of career and employment information.
3) Identify websites, including colleges and universities as many of these sites include career and employment information.

Transferable Skills:
In addition to the specific subject matter that History majors learn, they acquire many ‘transferable skills’, applicable to any subject matter.

Explaining ideas	Examining evidence
Writing and Presenting Information	Developing a worldview
Utilizing evidence to make clear judgments	Synthesizing Information
Explaining the present by referring to the past	Thinking on one’s feet
Understanding change in the context of time	Analyzing ideas and information
Drawing theoretical Conclusions	Planning and conducting research