Career Opportunities

Career Paths & Opportunities with A.B.A.

Teaching and Education

• Primary and secondary education (history and social studies)
• Education Agencies and Foundations
• Adult Education and Corporate Training Programs

Private NonProfit Organization

• Historical Associations and Societies
• Historical Projects
• Museums
• Research Institutions
• Service Institutions

Public Agencies

• Executive Branch
• Legislative Bodies
• Judicial Branch and Regulatory Agencies
• Heritage and Cultural Agencies
• International and Multinational Agencies
• Military Services
• Planning Agencies
• Public Archives and Libraries
• National Park Service

Private Secor Corporations

• Banking
• Communications Media
• Insurance
• Investment Services
• Journalism
• Law
• Marketing and Advertising
• Publishing
• Public Relations

Private Individual of Small Firms

• Consulting: Cultural Resource Management
• Consulting: Research and Writing
• Genealogical Services
• Preservation and Restoration

Graduate Educational Opportunities with A.B.A. in History

Academic History Programs ((offering the M.A., D.A., and Ph.D.)

Pubic and Applied History Programs

• Archives, Manuscripts and Records Management
• Business and Corporate History
• Community History
• Cultural Resource Management
• Editing
• Genealogy and Family History
• Historic Preservation
• Historic Site Archaeology
• Historical Administration
• History and Law
• Industrial and Technological History
• Library Science
• Museum Operations
• Oral History
• Policy History

Programs in Fields Allies to Public History

• Archival Management
• Historic Preservation
• Historical Archaeology
• Historical Editing
• Information and Library Sciences
• Museum Studies
• Policy Studies
• Public Administration
• Publishing

Professional Degrees

• Business
• Communications and Journalism
• Economics
• Law
• Public Administration
• Policy Studies

With a graduate degree, career options include all of the above, plus teaching at the community college or university level.

For additional information about these and other career opportunities for history majors, stop by the department in St. John Hall, Room 244, or visit the web site of the Organization of American Historians

General Information
Location: St. John Hall, Room 244
Phone: 718-990-6229
E-mail: coppaf@stjohns.edu