Degree Outcomes
The study of history at Saint Michael's draws on both the arts and the sciences, giving meaning to human experience.
As a history major/minor, you will develop skills in investigation and analysis, weaving together ideas from other disciplines, which will prepare you for a number of career and graduate school options.
Career Opportunities
A degree in history is inportant for a variety of careers and workplaces, including:
- Law
- Marketing/Public Relations
- Insurance
- Teaching
- Business
- Banking
- Education agencies and foundations
- Private non-profit organizations
- Museums
- State or federal government historical programs
- Libraries
- Research institutions
- Public research agencies
- University research agencies
- Foundations or philanthropic organizations
- State councils on the humanities
- Private individual or small firms
- Historic preservation
- Restoration programs
- Consulting for business or public agencies
- Public agencies
- Planning agencies
- Libraries and archives
- State and federal departments of archaeology
- Resident historians in state or national parks
- Government service
Graduate School
Our students have pursued advanced degrees in history, law, education and business at such schools as:
- Notre Dame
- Harvard
- The London School of Economics
- SUNY-Buffalo
- The University of Arizona
- Emory University
- Columbia University