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Majoring in history is excellent preparation for students interested in a teaching career, the legal profession, or advanced work in the discipline. Students wishing to become business executives, administrators, and public servants profit immensely by gaining the methodological skills of the historian. Historians learn to gather, synthesize, analyze, and interpret evidence; they become skilled in presenting their conclusions to a general audience in a lucid and logical manner.

The study of history and its method prepares students for a wide range of careers while also sensitizing them to the complexity and diversity of the past and the present. History is an excellent foundation for a broadly based education in the liberal arts.

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Job Search Links
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History and Social Science Job Listing Links

Career Planning
What Can I do with a Degree in History? University of Tennessee
What Can I do with a Degree in History? Ashland University

Career Resource Center (Bldg. 124-Room 117) Bibliography

Specific titles of interest, available in the Career Resource Center (there are many not included on this list)
    
"Careers in Nonprofits & Government Agencies".  2005, WetFeet, Inc.
"Human Rights Organizations & Periodicals Directory 2003-2004".  2003, Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute
"Opportunities in Social Science Careers".  Marek, Rosanne J., 2004 VGM
"Career Opportunities in Education". Echaore-McDavid, Susan, 2007, Checkmark Books
"Promoting Community Change - Making it Happen in the Real World".  Homan, Mark S., 2004, Brooks/Cole - Thomson Learning
"Career Opportunities in Politics, Government, and Activism.  Axelrod-Contrada, Joan, 2003, Ferguson
"Great Jobs for History Majors". DeGalan, Julie, and Stephen Lambert, 2001, VGM
"Great Jobs for Liberal Arts Majors". Camenson, Blythe, 2002, VGM
"Opportunities in Social Science Careers".  Marek, Rosanne J., 2004 VGM
"Top Careers for History Graduates". 2004, Checkmark Books
"The WetFeet Insider Guide to Careers in Non-Profits and Government Agencies 2004 Edition".  2003, WetFeet Inc.
"Alternatives to the Peace Corps. A Directory of Third World & U.S. Volunteer Opportunities". Gilpe, Filomena, Editor, 1999, Institute for Food First
"Internships", 2005, Thomson Peterson's

Alumni Network Binders
...over 30 books on the graduate school search and application process

Cal Poly Graduate Status Report: History by year

Further Education
Colleges and Graduate Schools: Links to Help with Selection/Application Process

Internships
Mustang Jobs

History/Museum/Social Sciences
    
Fellowships
Links for fellowships representing all academic/social interests

Career Services Events Calendar - Updated quarterly
    

 
   
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