Program Overview: Why 历史?
我们所做的
The 历史 Department offers undergraduate programs leading to a Bachelor of Arts 和 a minor. The department also offers a graduate program leading to the Master of Arts degree in 历史.
开发技能
历史 isn't just memorizing dates 和 events; it's a way of learning. Until someone invents a time machine, historians must work from evidence left over from the time period they're studying. This makes studying history challenging, but it makes it fun, too! And it means that the skills historians acquire can be used in many different careers. Many history graduates become teachers, but you can use historical skills for many different careers.
了解过去
We need to know history to underst和 the world we live in. In the history department at 加州大学洛杉矶分校, you can study every kind of history from the ancient world to contemporary society, 文化, 和政治. In addition to our strengths in U.S. 和 Latin American 历史, we offer courses in Africa, 亚洲, 中东, 和欧洲, as well as World 历史 courses that examine these regions all at once.
What can you do with a history degree?
Historians study all aspects of the human experience, 和 the skills they learn apply to a wide range of professions. Here are some of the positions held by graduates of our department:
老师/教授
律师
Magazine/Newspaper Editor
中情局分析师
Entrepreneur/Business Owner
业务人员
Nonprofit Founder/Director
劳工组织者
市场营销/广告
Public Health Professional
警察侦探
图书管理员/档案管理员
应用程序
Join our program by applying to 加州大学洛杉矶分校 directly through 加州申请.
Details about our outst和ing programs are on the 研究生 和 本科 页面.
Start planning to apply by reviewing Application Dates 和 Deadlines.
专业领域
At the 加州大学洛杉矶分校 历史 department, you can study any region of the world for any time period. Here are a few of the many unique opportunities available to majors. 看到 工作人员页面 for detailed information on each faculty member's specialties.
Opportunities for Original Research: All our history majors conduct original research on important historical questions. 学生 may study their own families or the communities around 加州大学洛杉矶分校, sometimes working with the library's Special Collections Department. And the department offers research seminars on subjects as varied as Medieval witchcraft, 墨西哥革命, 和电影史, to name a few recent examples.
公共历史项目: 历史 isn't only done in the classroom. 足彩外围网站, students take courses exploring the many ways history reaches the public--museums, 纪录片, 口述历史项目, 在线展览, 和 historical conservation efforts. 每年, students in various classes help to curate--that is, to assemble 和 design--exhibits that appear on campus or at off-campus venues like the Autry Center.
编辑出版: The award-winning student journal Perspectives is produced every year by students in HIST 4970. The class gives students a unique opportunity to develop a wide variety of skills, 和 to work with other students to create path-breaking research articles, 书评, 以及在线展览.
实习: Internships add exciting 和 valuable experiences to course work. 近年来, our students have interned at the Wende Museum, the Museum of Social Justice,the Autry National Center, 史密森尼博物馆, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The East Side Heritage Consortium, 以及盖蒂博物馆, 等. The department offers the opportunity for students to receive course credit for internship work.
奖学金及奖项: 每年 the department gives awards 和 scholarships--some offered through the university, some through Phi Alpha Theta, the student Honors Society. For the latest awardees, see our newsletters.
拉丁美洲: A strong contingent of our faculty specializes in the history of Latin America. Drs. 福特, 李, 奥乔亚, 和 Vergara work with other departments around campus to create a broad 和 unique set of opportunities for students to study this crucial part of the world.