History
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The History major at Springfield College offers undergraduates a broad, liberal arts education in a time-honored discipline. Our major provides students with the background necessary to understand the complex and rapidly changing world in which we live. The core of historical understanding allows individuals to be educated and informed citizens, ready to affect change and guide others along the way.
Executives and managers in the profit and non-profit fields value the problem-solving skills and critical thinking which historical training provides. In a time when media messages and commercial culture encourage young people to specialize for instant marketability and to seek overnight fortunes, history teaches students to consider long-term factors and perennial moral and ethical questions. Springfield College alumni from the history major recognize the faculty’s life-time impact on their careers and lives.
Experiential Learning in the History Major
Within our history major curriculum, students engage with history and develop their own digital collections.
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What job can I get with a degree in History?
Our History degree isn't just about studying the past—it's about developing versatile skills that are critical in today's complex, information-driven world. We transform historical knowledge into a powerful professional toolkit that opens doors across industries.
Data is from the 2024 Occupational Outlook Handbook from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Archivists preserve important or historically significant documents and records. They coordinate educational and public outreach programs, such as tours, lectures, and classes. They also may work with researchers on topics and items relevant to their collections.
Curators, who also may be museum directors, lead the acquisition, storage, and exhibition of collections. They negotiate and authorize the purchase, sale, exchange, and loan of collections. They also may research, authenticate, evaluate, and categorize the items in a collection.
Museum technicians, who may be known as registrars, or collections specialists, care for and safeguard objects in museum collections and exhibitions.
Conservators handle, preserve, treat, and keep records of artifacts, specimens, and works of art. They may perform substantial historical, scientific, and archeological research. They document their findings and treat items in order to minimize deterioration or restore them to their original state. Conservators usually specialize in a particular material or group of objects, such as documents and books, paintings, or textiles.
