Bachelor of Arts in History

University of Akron

Gain practical professional experience through UA's optional cooperative education program. Through co-op, you’ll alternate semesters of work and school while earning a competitive salary.History offers us the way to understand and recapture the past as we strive to shape the present and the future.Courses provide the fundamentals of historical training and help develop critical thinking skills.Employment within the field of history is growing. Job prospects are especially good for those with advanced degrees.The Department of History is a community of students and faculty with a shared commitment to exploring the past. Faculty members are dedicated to student success and are active in advising, teaching, mentoring, and supervising research projects. Students in the Department of History build analytical skills, learning to weigh and interpret evidence and present their findings in writing. Career paths ranging from law and business to government and education demand the skills that history students gain.

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