1 credit
Fall 2025 Lecture Lower Division
Students will learn how history majors' distinctive skills and expertise can help them achieve success in many different careers. Participants will explore the value of historical thinking in daily life, including causality, contingency, and contextualization, and will refine practical reading, thinking, and communication skills crucial to career success. Permission of department required.
Learning Outcomes1Summarize the arguments of a historical journal article (secondary source) and apply their understanding of how historical research is produced and evaluated to an analysis of that source's significance to the discipline.
2Identify professional opportunities such as jobs, internships, and calls for conferences, prizes, and article proposals.
3Create CVs/resumes and cover letters/personal statements that highlight their skills and accomplishments, and that are tailored to the professional opportunities for which they are applying.
4Investigate different career paths available to history majors, and assess their own strengths and interests in relation to those career options.
5Discuss and advocate for the importance of historical thinking in the workplace and in daily life.
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