What better place to study history than a place where history was made?
Students who major in History at Marietta College have endless opportunities to learn in a city that is home to ancient Adena Native American ceremonial mounds, museums, historical sites and rare documents.
The city itself is the first permanent settlement of the Northwest Territory. In fact, the deeds to the Northwest Territory are housed in Marietta College's Special Collections Department, which is located in Legacy Library.
What You'll Learn While Majoring in History
Talented and dedicated faculty are respected historians who are authorities in their fields. Students benefit from small class sizes and close-knit relationships with their professors. In addition to an in-depth study of American, European, and non-Western histories, majors can also take courses such as Geographical Information Systems to learn how to capture, store, analyze, and share spatial and geographic data — technology that is deemed a high-growth industry by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Serious
Research
History majors also conduct serious research on campus — and they are not the only ones. Historians, including Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough, have relied on the College's Special Collections Department to research various subjects from the nation's past.
Stand Out
from the Crowd
Marietta College History graduates stand out among their peers because they understand how to research, analyze data, problem-solve, and communicate information effectively. Graduates have excelled as teachers, attorneys, museum curators, law enforcement agents, entrepreneurs, and government officials.
History majors can also pursue a Secondary Education Social Studies Certificate, qualifying them to teach this subject at the high school level.
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Earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in History gives you plenty of flexibility to discover a career that aligns perfectly with your passion. Our graduates have experienced great success as teachers, attorneys, park rangers, and much more.
Students interested in further graduate study will find they have the course requirements and faculty support necessary to pursue master's and Ph.D. degrees in history, as well as other graduate programs in business, law, and the humanities.
- What You Can Do With a History Degree
Earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in History gives you plenty of flexibility to discover a career that aligns perfectly with your passion. Our graduates have experienced great success as teachers, attorneys, park rangers and much more.
Students interested in further graduate study will find they have the course requirements and faculty support necessary to pursue master's and Ph.D. degrees in history, as well as other graduate programs in business, law, and the humanities.
Careers You Can Expect
- Archivist
- Attorney
- Librarian
- Documentary Editor
- Educator
- Journalist
- Information Manager
- Foreign Service Officer
- Outcomes — Recent Student Research Projects
- Women in Combat in WWII
- Gamer-Geek Culture in South Korea and the US
- Children’s Experiences in the Civil War
- War Crime Prosecutions in Post-War Japan
- The My-Lai Massacre in Context
- How Game of Thrones Interprets the War of the Roses
- Race and Gender in 1970s Punk Music
- Marietta: A Union City in the Civil War
- Reinterpreting the Magna Carta in the Reign of Charles I
- Nationalistic Fashions in WWII
- Thomas Ayers Church (MC 1890): African-American Lawyer During Reconstruction
- Outcomes — Internships
- Naval History and Heritage Command
(Underwater Archaeology Department, Washington, D.C.) - The Hermitage: Andrew Jackson Home (Nashville)
- Campus Martius
- The Castle Museum
- Blennerhassett Island
- Steele Roberts Aotearoa Publishing (New Zealand)
- Buckeye Hills Regional Development Corporation
- Naval History and Heritage Command
- Outcomes — Graduate Programs
- Indiana University — Law School
- Purdue University — Ph.D. in History
- Texas A & M University — Ph.D.
- Kent State University — Master of Library and Information Science
- Roger Williams University — M.A. in Historical Preservation
- Seton Hall University — M.A. in Public History
- West Virginia University — M.A. in Public History
- Wright State — M.A. in Public History
- Outcomes — Professions
- Disney
- GEO Group
- Expediters International
- Wexner Center for the Arts
- Cleveland Restoration Society
- Cathedral Energy Services
- Federal Bureau of Investigations
- Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
- Marietta City Schools
- West Virginia State University Library
- National Parks Service
FAQs
- Does the department accept AP credit toward the major?
The department recognizes the accomplishments of students who have AP credit in history. Any student who scores a 4 in AP United States History will get credit for HIST 101 and 102. Any student who scores a 4 in AP World History will get credit for HIST 120 and 121.
- Will I be required to complete an internship to graduate?
No. However, many of our students have enjoyed internships in the Marietta area and around the U.S. You must complete a Capstone project.