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What can I do with a major in History ?

Possible Employers

  • Advertising
  • Administration & Legislation
  • Broadcasting
  • Business and Industry
  • Campaigns
  • Central Intelligence Agency / Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Corrections & Court Systems
  • Consulting firms
  • Department of State
  • Education
  • Health and Human Services
  • Housing & Community Development
  • Law firms
  • Legislators
  • Library
  • Media
  • Museums & Archives
  • Paralegal Profession
  • Parks & Recreation
  • Peace Corps / Vista
  • Police & Fire Protection
  • Political Parties
  • Public Interest Groups
  • Research foundations
  • Schools and Universities
  • Social & Welfare Services
  • State and Local Governments
  • Transportation

Career Titles

Anthropologist
Archeologist
Archivist
Biographer
Clergy
Community Relations Director
Congressional Aide
Consumer Advocate
Counselor
Criminologist
Demographer
Economist
Editor
FBI / CIA Agent
Foreign News Correspondent
Foreign Service Officer
Genealogist
Gerontologist
Government Official
Historian
Historic Preservation Specialist
Historic Site Tour Guide
Historical Society Staff Member
Human Service Worker
Indicter
Insurance Agent/Broker
Intelligence Analyst
International Relations Specialist
Journalist

Judge
Lawyer
Lecturer
Legal Assistant/Paralegal
Librarian
Lobbyist
Market Research Analyst
Media Consultant
Museum Curator
Museum Technicians & Specialist
Newspaper Reporter
Paralegal Assistant
Park Ranger
Peace Corps/Vista Worker
Political Scientist
Psychologist
Public Administrator
Public Relations Specialist
Research Assistant
Research Library Assistant
Sociologist
Teacher, Social Studies
Technical Writer
Travel Agent
Urban Administrator
Urban Planner
Writer/Author
Travel and Tour Services

 

Professional Organizations


American Historical Association
400 A St., SE
Washington, DC 20003

Organization for American Historians
112 North Bryan St.
Bloomington, IN 47408

The Society of American Archivists
600 S. Federal St., Suite 504
Chicago, IL 60605

American Association for State
and Local History
530 Church St., 6th Floor
Nashville, TN 37219

Pennsylvania Historical Society
Wagner Bldg
Penn State University
University Park, PA 16802

 


 

 

Updated: April 17, 2008

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