As a history major, you explore the intricacies of the past to better understand the present. You collaborate with faculty known for their extensive work in specialty areas covering medieval history, Latin American history, Native American history, Tudor and Stuart England, and Asian American history. You also have the flexibility to choose courses that match your interests and professional aspirations.
The skills you build—critical thinking, clear writing, public speaking, and problem solving—will be useful no matter what career path you follow.
The broad training you receive as a history major opens up numerous career options. Our history graduates are working in business, education, law, libraries, museums, and other diverse fields. You can find our graduates working for:
Our Bachelor’s degree in history provides excellent preparation for graduate studies. Our graduates have a successful record of gaining access to a variety of graduate and professional programs:
History Students
As a history major, you become confident applying your skills through internship experiences. Popular internship destinations for history students include the Judicial Archives Project, Harry S. Truman Presidential Museum and Library, National WWI Museum, and Missouri History Museum.
The Historic Deerfield Summer Fellowship Program is one of the summer fellowship opportunities for history students at Truman.
An engaged and dynamic learning community, the supportive faculty members in the Social Sciences and Human Inquiry Department encourage you to explore topics that fit your interests and goals.
This capstone experience provides an opportunity for you to take the insights you gained from your previous courses and apply those insights to the production of a polished and sophisticated independent research project.
Join history faculty members on study abroad trips to China or Cuba, or pursue one of the 500 programs offered through Truman's Center for International Study.
Pre-Law Studies
History Minor