Our major in provides students with the background necessary to understand the complex and rapidly changing world in which we live. The core of historical understanding allows individuals to be educated and informed citizens, ready to affect change and guide others along the way.?
Graduates have pursued careers in education, government service, law, business, diplomacy, libraries and museums, and public relations. As you can see, the history major will prepare you for what you want to do, and help you forge your path ahead.
Careers and Internships
What can you do with a bachelor?s degree in history? The truth is, anything. Our graduates have gone on to have varied experiences and found themselves on many different career paths.?
In a survey of our 2014-15 graduates, 100 percent of history majors who responded reported being employed after graduating.
Where Our Graduates Are Working
- Assistant District Attorney, Northwestern District Attorney's Office
- Assistant Principal, Agawam Junior High School
- Employee Development Specialist, The Hartford
- Project Manager, Phoenix Insurance
- Marketing Professional, Mystic Seaport
- Research Analyst, Media Research Center
- Senior Site Manager, Catapult Learning
- Teacher and Coach, Independent Day School
- Vice President of Sales, Atlanta Global
