Major in a Minute: History

Jared: An understanding of history is a way for people to enter the broader discussions about what type of world do they want to live in.

Michael: The power that someone has in writing history can really effect today.

Jared: There's all sorts of cultural knowledge that a history degree gives you.

Michael: Whether it's religion, economics, you can study that from a historical point of view.

Jared: History majors have a wide open field.

Michael: Learning how to read and write well, critical thinking, research, does I think, carry over.

Jared: You could be a copywriter, you could work in an archive, you could work in a bank.

Michael: I'm a history major with a pre-education track but they have a pre-law track and they have a world history concentration. In high school you get a very surface level teaching of history and in college you're able to go more in depth. Why did this event happen? Why did the people that were involved, why were they involved?

Jared: History is a constant rediscovery of things that people thought were said and done.