Bachelor of Arts, History Major - Learning outcomes

By the end of the program, students will be able to:

• Interpret past and contemporary events in broader historical contexts to explain the complex processes by which societies have evolved.
• Identify patterns of continuities and change over time to reveal structures within which human societies operate.
• Investigate the ways in which knowledge is created, deployed, enforced, and reinforced, as well as how it is resisted.
• Employ and contextualize a wide variety of historical sources to make sense of complex, richly textured, diverse, and sometimes disparate materials, and to identify biases, ambiguities, and uncertainties in primary and secondary historical sources.
• Conduct research that is accurate, critically analytical, comprehensible, and thorough to efficiently and effectively produce historical research.
• Communicate research results cogently, clearly, and logically in written form that correspond to professional standards of doing history.

Possible career options

• Historic Interpreter
• National/Provincial Park Interpreter
• Parks Canada Service Supervisor
• Researcher
• Probation Officer
• Museum Technician/Assistant
• Museum Interpreter
• Volunteer Co-ordinator
• Travel Agent
• Employment Recruiter
• Management Trainee
• Customer Service Agent
• Heritage Assistant
• Preservation/Restoration Assistant
• Immigration Officer
• Foreign Service Officer
• Events Co-ordinator
• Writer
• English as a Second Language (ESL) Teacher
• Lobbyist
• Collections Manager