Internships and Careers
Internships
The Department of History provides our students with a unique set of skills that ensure success across a wide range of professional careers, including law, education, private enterprise, and government service.
To this end, history majors and history minors have completed internships with private companies and public sector organizations in the New York City region that have provided both cutting-edge experience and credit toward the history major.
Recent internships include:
- Office of the Attorney General, State of New York
- National Coalition of Concerned Legal Professionals
- Law firms in the New York City metropolitan area
- Hudson River Museum
- New York Historical Society
- American Irish Historical Society
- Sisters of Charity of New York Archives
- Red Cross Society of Greater New York
- United Nations Non-Governmental Organizations
- Political campaigns in the New York City region
- Offices of local congressmen and state legislators
Careers
Students who complete an undergraduate degree in history can pursue a wide range of exciting career opportunities.
Below is a brief list of some of the career opportunities available to the undergraduate history major. This list is based on a very useful pamphlet, Careers for Students of History, written by Barbara J. Howe and jointly published by the American Historical Association and the National Council on Public History.
Historians as Educators
- Elementary Schools
- Secondary Schools
- College Professor
- Historic Sites and Museums
Historians as Researchers
- Museums Historical Societies
- Historic Preservation
- Think Tanks/Foundations
Historians as Communicators
- Writers and Editors
- Journalists
- Documentary Editors
- Producers of Multimedia Material
Historians as Archivists
- Record Managers
- Librarians
- Information Systems Managers
Historians as Advocates
- Lawyers
- Paralegals
- Litigation Support
- Legislative Staff Work
Historians in Business
- Advertising Executive
- Human Resources
- Project Manager
