History
What
Skills Can I Learn From Taking History?
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Critical thinking
- Investigative
- Ability to research
- Library skills
- Web research skills and tools
- Ability to evaluate and analyze sources
- Understand
chronology, cause and effect,
and cultural diversity
- Organizational skills
- Presentation skills
- Writing for general audiences
Do
History Classes Address Any of Shoreline's
General Education Outcomes?
Yes, history courses address the
following General Education Outcomes:
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Communication
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Information Literacy
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General Intellectual
Abilities
- Global Awareness
Do
History Courses Meet AA Degree Distribution
Requirements?
Yes, history is a social science
and all history courses fulfill the social
science distribution requirement. Some history
courses may also meet additional requirements.
Do Shoreline History Courses Transfer to
Four-Year Schools?
Check with your advisor.
Generally, all history courses taught at
Shoreline transfer to four-year institutions for
social science credit. Most history courses
also meet degree, major, and minor requirements
at transfer institutions.
What Kinds Of Jobs Can Historians Get?
A background in history can be a
great platform for many careers, including law,
the foreign service, politics, intelligence,
non-profits, publishing, consulting,
journalism, business, and, of course, teaching
and research. You can find more information
about careers for historians at these sites:
American Historical Association
http://www.historians.org/index.cfm
Why Become an Historian?
http://www.historians.org/pubs/Free/why/blackeyintro.htm
Why Study History?
http://www.historians.org/pubs/Free/WhyStudyHistory.htm
Sure,
But Can You Give Me Any Examples of Famous
Historians?
U.S.
Presidents:
Richard
Nixon, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson
Government:
Henry
Cabot Lodge (Senator), George McGovern
(Senator), George J. Mitchell (Senator, Antonin
Scalia (Supreme Court Justice)
Athletes:
Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar (NBA), Andrew DeClercq (NBA), Grant
Hill (NBA), Jackie Joyner-Kersee (Olympian)
Entertainers:
Sean
Astin (Actor), Ellen Barkin (Actress), Lauryn
Hill (Singer), Conan O'Brien (Comedian/TV Host),
Michael Palin (Monty Python)
Journalists:
Chris Berman (ESPN Sportscaster), Wolf Blitzer
(CNN Reporter)
Entrepreneurs:
Carly Fiorina (CEO Hewlett Packard), Lee Iacocca
(Automobile Executive)
As a
student at SCC, you will have the opportunity
interact directly with our outstanding,
award-winning faculty who are interested in your
education goals.
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