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In addition to teaching at all levels, graduates with history specialties
have found employment in journalism, archives, government service and
private sector business. Undergraduate preparation in history provides
the kind of broad education and ability to think that leads to success
in many fields of endeavor. M.A. graduates have been placed in such
diverse fields as publishing, museum work, insurance, research and teaching.
For further information on career opportunities, the following charts
prepared under the auspices of the National Center for the Study of
History can be obtained from the department of history:
"Careers for Graduates in History"
"Careers in Information Management"
"Business and History"
American Historical Association miniguide to Careers for History Majors
Jobs Outside Academia
(Taken from Perspectives, September 2003 issue)
Perspectives occasionally publishes ads for public history
positions. A range of other resources listing job opportunities outside
the academy are available:
Museum jobs: The American Association
of Museums, Aviso, http://www.aam-us.org
Jobs at historical societies: The American
Association for State and Local History, Dispatch, http://www.aaslh.org
Jobs in the federal government: Office
of Personnel Management, http://www.usajobs.opm.gov. This web site lists
all available federal jobs, so job seekers will have to do a subject
search to find relevant listings. Many (but not all) history positions
are classified under the "G5-170 Historian" job classification.
Jobs in state and local government: Check
the web sites of individual states and cities. A list of links can be
found at http://www.statejobs.com.
Archives jobs: Society of American Archivists,
Employment Bulletin, http://www.archivists.org.
The National Council on Public History (NCPH), http://www.ncph.org,
and the Society for History in the Federal Government, http://www.shfg.org,
also post employment advertisements.
For further information about public history employment,
see "The Humanities at Work," the Woodrow Wilson National
Fellowship Foundation, http://www.woodrow.org/phd and "Careers
for Students of History,"* a joint publication of the AHA, the
NCPH, and the faculty and students of the Public History Program at
the University of South Carolina. See http://www.historians.org/pubs/Free/WhyStudyHistory.htm for ordering
information.
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*The “Careers for Students of History” pamphlets are available
in the Department of History, Central Washington University, Language
& Literature Building, Room 100T.
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All student writers are invited to meet with consultants at the University Writing Center. Sessions typically last from 30 to 50 minutes and can include brainstorming ideas, developing research skills, organizing an essay, revising, and discussing writing and rhetoric in any discipline. The format is two writers talking about writing. It is helpful if the student brings the course syllabus, the assignment sheet, and related materials.
The center has two locations. The Hertz 103 center is open 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The satellite center, in the Library's second-floor Fish Bowl, is open 2-7 p.m. Sunday.
Students may drop by and take a chance there is an opening, or they may call
963-1296 and make an appointment.For those who wish assistance with class papers check into the Writing Center
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Here is a web site to help students understand and avoid scholarship scams: http://www.scholarshiphelp.org.
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For those students who wish to apply for a master's program check out the following site:
GRE Practice Test Information
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