Bachelor of Arts in History

Miami University

The history major provides a specialized undergraduate program that strengthens a student's ability to read critically analyze physical and written evidence and develop clear, coherent arguments. These skills allow the student to engage the past with careful and imaginative questions. As students engage in the discipline of historical inquiry, they will become adept at developing written conclusions and oral presentations based on the systematic evaluation of historical evidence. Students will grow used to considering an array of cultures, familiar and unfamiliar, in diverse historical contexts. Historians reconstruct, analyze, and interpret the human past in all its diversity and complexity. Our major introduces all periods of history across the world and allows exploration of different facets of the human experience. It develops critical skills, insights, and perspectives to help us understand the present and prepare for the future.The great majority of recent graduates have gone on to careers in business, law, government service, and journalism. Some of their titles are social studies teacher, public relations coordinator, research director, assistant bank manager, reference librarian, and legal assistant. Although most of these careers require graduate or some specialized undergraduate training, history students have the advantage of a broad, diversified undergraduate education in their applications for graduate and professional schools.

College of Arts and Science