History degrees aim to widen the student's experience and develop qualities of perception and judgement, while fostering intellectual independence, sharpness and maturity. "Important abilities and ...

This video by the American Academy of Arts and Science explores the ongoing importance of the humanities in our world, featuring the voices of luminaries such as George Lucas, Sandra Day O'Connor, ...

To study history is to ask how and why people interacted in complex ways to shape the past. Finding the lessons of history requires moving well beyond memorizing names, dates, and places to ...

explains a number of reasons to pursue the field of history in his article “Why Study History” from the American Historical Association. History helps us understand people and societies. Understand ...

Our history majors thrive as entrepreneurs, web developers, editors of national magazines, museum curators, directors of overseas language schools, lawyers, judges, physicians, coaches, directors of ...

and in Global History, and this is reflected in our course offerings. Why Study History at Drexel? Our courses on the History of STE dovetail with Drexel’s identity as a place of applied science and ...

Philosophy was voted 1st in the Russell Group for Student Voice and History 2nd in the Russell Group for the quality of the teaching on their course. Develop the way you think and behave through the ...

University of Nevada, Reno history majors land superb jobs. Our students have become journalists, CEOs of tech startups, State Department officials, analysts for military intelligence and ...

and why, rather than merely being told about events by someone else. Real historians are united by their passion to explore the past, through the writings of other historians (secondary sources) and ...

Art history provides a means by which we can understand our human past and its relationship to our present, because the act of making art is one of humanity’s most ubiquitous activities. As an art ...