Students who graduate from our department regularly meet the admission requirements of the best graduate and professional schools in the country. History graduates also find careers in the health sciences, journalism, the law, the ministry, and public service, including politics and philanthropic foundations. While only a small number of history majors become history professors themselves, many become history teachers in elementary and secondary schools. In fact, undergraduate majors can complete the requirements for licensure in the state of Iowa as teachers of history and social studies through the Teaching Education Program. Because history students acquire generically useful skills like close reading, the interpretation of evidence, and clear expository writing, and because they learn how to make persuasive arguments, history graduates are always in demand by commercial, financial, educational, and governmental employers.

A guide, Careers for Students of History, by Barbara J. Howe, published by the American Historical Association and the National Council on Public History (1989) is available for check out in the department office 280 Schaeffer Hall for your review.