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The History
major lies at the center of the liberal arts curriculum and supports the
University goal of offering a broad university education based on the world's
arts, letters, and sciences. It offers students the opportunity to expand their
horizons around the globe and across time from the earliest human era to the
present. History students work in positions of challenge and responsibility in
nearly every field, from business to teaching to law to government service.
Many go on to earn graduate and professional degrees. They learn skills in
research, writing, critical thinking, synthesis and interdisciplinarity that
offer the best preparation for the varying challenges of work and service in
the rapidly changing world.

The major's central goal is to develop a student's ability to think
clearly, communicate effectively, learn independently and solve problems
successfully.

The skills and attitudes acquired by students of
history become valuable assets in the professional
world. With excellent writing, analytical and research skills, history majors enjoy a bright future in fields of education, government, publishing, information,
advocacy, and business. A wealth of opportunities awaits the history graduate,
including careers as teachers, writers, lawyers, archivists, politicians and
entrepreneurs. A student of history has every opportunity that thinking about
the past and the present in a multitude of ways can open up to them. The values
of curiosity and inquisitiveness make history majors people who desire to learn
more and live life as a continual education.