Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History

Nipissing University

The Department of History provides a personalized student experience within a collegial learning community dedicated to creativity, innovation, and excellence in teaching, research and scholarly activities.To understand the past is to be able to place yourself in those contexts, to understand and think critically about the world, to empathize. Our program supports the formation of citizens as whole people. Indeed, this could be taken as the summation of our role. Learning in our department provides skills and a critically-informed perspective on society at large that is essential for an active and involved life in the twenty-first century.​​With your critical thinking skills and the ability to speak and write eloquently, you will have many career options to choose from. History graduates find work in a variety of sectors of the economy, including civil service, the university sector (administration, recruitment, marketing), law, business and consulting. They find jobs in these areas because they have advanced communication and literacy skills. The ability to read, synthesize and analyze a significant body of work.You may consider a career in teaching or you may want to follow your love of the subject of History to positions such as museum curator, biographer, politician, journalist, and genealogical and historical researcher.

Faculty of Arts and Science