Skills for your CV

A degree in history develops your:

• critical reasoning and analytic skills, including the capacity for solving problems and thinking creatively;
• intellectual rigor and independence, including the ability to conduct detailed research;
• ability to construct an argument and communicate findings in a clear and persuasive manner, both orally and in writing;
• ability to work without direct supervision and manage time and priorities effectively;
• ability to discuss ideas in groups, and to negotiate, question and summarize;
• capacity to think objectively and approach problems and new situations with an open mind;
• appreciation of the different factors that influence the activities of groups and individuals in society.

Job Opportunities for History Graduates

History is a branch of knowledge that fulfills the desire of man to know the past.It becomes the collective memory of human society

Scope of History

1-Study of history develops the capacity to inspire the youth to attain higher pursuits of life and to endure the inevitable.

2-It helps man to develop his own self knowledge and his position in the society in which he lives.

3-Historical lessons becomes the sources of inspiration to the people of contemporary period.

4-History is the best descipline through which one can impart value orientation to the children.

5-History helps to develop the spirit of enquiry,memory,reasoning power and capacity for analysis.

6-Several problems of the present day,like that of communalism,ethnicity,casteism etc can only be solved on the basis of correct understanding of the past.

7-Historians have the opportunity to get very good jobs with firms not only in our country but also abroad.

8-Once student have finished their graduate studies, they can do their postgraduation in History (MA History).