Bachelor of Arts in History-Public History

There are many career options for historians and the Public History specialization of the History BA prepares students for many of these: work in parks, museums, archives, education, in documentary film and television, in local, state, and federal government, and in non-profit and corporate settings. Students in Public History will learn how to take the professional practice of history from traditional academic settings into the public sphere for diverse audiences. Students in the program combine the study of history with coursework in allied skill sets, such as in digital history, exhibit curation, museum-based education, and documentary film production. In addition to coursework, students will have opportunities for hands-on professional training through internships and other forms of community engagement. The degree will prepare students to employ historical skills and analytical thinking to write for professional or institutional audiences, to interpret history for public audiences, to develop histories for specific clients, to research and testify in court trials, even to aid in the production of historical film and theater.

Careers with a degree in history
Historians can have many backgrounds, ranging from economic historians to those who study the historical contexts of environmental change. Historians may also specialize in social, political, intellectual, diplomatic and cultural experiences. Our history graduates have found jobs in teaching, city government, entertainment, finance, libraries, museums, NGOs, the military and the media. Some of them have used the history degree as a pre-law program in order to get into law school. Others have applied to graduate school in a range of fields, aiming to get M.A. and Ph.D. degrees to allow them to go into research and teaching. As one of our graduates put it, history majors, train not for their first job out of college, but develop a set of skills that serve them for a lifetime, as employees and as citizens.

To be admitted to an undergraduate degree program as a regular freshman student, you must be a graduate from an approved or accredited high school (GED certificate may not be used for admission) and satisfy the below requirements:
You must have a 3.0 weighted GPA in the academic core courses in order to be admitted to the University of Nevada, Reno. The academic courses include: English, math, social sciences and natural sciences. A weighted GPA takes into account the extra difficulty of honors, AP or IB classes.
You must submit your final, official high school transcripts to support your application for admission.
SAT/ACT scores: We do not require SAT or ACT scores for admission or scholarship consideration
IELTS (must be academic version) with a score of 6.0 plus
TOEFL score 61 plus