作为犹他大学的历史系学生，您将学习过去的文化，事件和人民。但是，该计划的毕业生不仅会了解过去：在欣赏人类经验的多样性时，学生们能够了解现在并为未来做计划。历史专业帮助学生发展良好的写作能力和解释复杂信息的能力，确保他们能够提供创造性的解决方案来解决挑战性问题，处理歧义并跨文化工作。课程涵盖的主题从古代美索不达米亚，希腊和罗马到现代中东，亚洲，欧洲和美洲。尽管这不是必需的，但鼓励学生通过选择专注于学习的领域来遵循自己的爱好：例如宗教历史或中世纪历史。无论您专注于什么学习，您最终都将发展出一种认真细致的思想和
History students at the University of Utah explore the cultures, events, and peoples of the past. In doing so, students better understand the present and can plan for the future. The History major helps students to develop the ability to interpret complex information and write clearly, ensuring that they are able to offer creative solutions to challenging problems, handle ambiguity, and work across cultures. Courses cover the world from ancient Europe and Africa to modern Asia and the Pacific, and from colonial Latin America to the American West. Students are encouraged to follow their passions by selecting courses to create an area of concentration: the history of science, gender, environment, religion, colonialism and imperialism, race and ethnicity and more. Regardless of their focus of study, students will ultimately develop a capacity for careful and rigorous thought and cultural competence, abilities that promote success in careers at home or around the world.<br><br>History students are prepared to pursue careers in a variety of fields. Work in business as an executive or analyst, or join the government crafting domestic or foreign policy. Start a nonprofit organization and write grants or become a media consultant. Finally, History majors become excellent History teachersthere is an ongoing national shortage of qualified educators. With additional classwork at the graduate level, History majors become museum curators, university professors, or legal experts for social justice or corporate profit alike.