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History

B.A. Degree with a major in History

Unlock the Past: History Comes Alive at UMF

UMF’s History significant challenges you to explore past events from new viewpoints, showing how history shapes today and tomorrow.

At UMF, you’ll engage closely with your History professors in small classes that foster meaningful discussions where your voice truly matters. Beyond traditional lectures and seminars, you’ll be encouraged to explore human history through diverse sources like film, literature, art, museums, and local historical societies, making your learning experience rich and immersive.

The History faculty also supports interdisciplinary connections, encouraging you to link history with fields such as geography, anthropology, political science, and international and global studies. This approach broadens your perspective and deepens your understanding of how historical events influence and intersect with various disciplines and contemporary issues.

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One Major — Two Concentrations

In addition to a wide variety of history coursework, you’ll get to choose from two history concentrations:

  • United States Concentration
  • Global Concentration

As a History student at UMF, you’ll be encouraged to participate in several outside-the-classroom, hands-on activities closely related to your major: collecting oral histories, assisting local historical societies, traveling to historical sites, and participating in internships in Maine and elsewhere. You’ll also have the opportunity to take advantage of overseas travel courses in History.

Internships – Real-World Experience

At UMF, you can find out, first-hand, what it’s like to work in the History field while you learn valuable career skills and develop a strong network of professional contacts.

Here’s a short list of where our History students have recently interned:

  • Maine State Archives
  • Washburn-Norlands Living History Center
  • Farmington Historical Society
  • Moosehead Historical Society and Museums, Greenville

Many History students also participate in history-related, student-run organizations such as The History Club and Phi Alpha Theta (a National Honor Society devoted to promoting the study of History).

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