Careers
History & Career Preparation
Are you ready for a pop quiz! In the left hand column you will find jobs that five recent UST graduates secured within six months after graduation. See if you can match the job with their UST major.
| 1) Proposal Editor for a Communications Company | a) Communicatioins |
| 2) Marketing Specialist for an Engineering Firm | b) Psychology |
| 3) Construction Assistant at Habitat for Humanity | c) History |
| 4) Document Specialist for Government Agency | d) General Business Management |
| 5) High School Teacher | e) Sociology |
Answer Key: 1-c; 2-c; 3-c; 4-c; 5-c.
If I want to teach History in high school or at the college level, then a major in History is an obvious choice. But what if I want to go into business? Do I have to sacrifice a rich and broad liberal arts education? No, and the data that we have confirms this. About half of our graduates go on to graduate school (mostly Law school, a few go on to graduate studies in History) and about half enter the private or public sectors (most in communications and business, a few in Human Services, Teaching, and Government Agencies).
The History Department takes the matter of career preparation very seriously, integrating the expertise of the Career Development Center into advising and course work in order to help our majors map out a program of study that builds bridges to other disciplines within the university as a way to effectively prepare for a career. For example, many students combine History with another field of study, such as Political Science, Philosophy, or English to prepare for Law School. Other students have taken advantage of UST's Renaissance Program to major in History and minor in Business in preparation for a career in the business world.
