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The study of history examines how men and women throughout the world lived in the past. When students pay special attention to continuities and changes in human communities over time and to interactions among people from different cultures they are able to understand their own life experiences as part of an historical process. History students also learn to read critically, manage and analyze information, build logical arguments, and write persuasively.

Students can major and minor in history either through the College of Education and Human Sciences or in the College of Arts and Sciences. History majors in the College of Education and Human Sciences prepare to teach history in secondary schools. History majors in the College of Arts and Sciences typically pursue careers in fields such as law, government, journalism, business, and information management. Some continue academic study and obtain graduate degrees so that they can work in museums and archives or teach at the university level.