Why Study History?

by Peter N. Stearns, Marcus Collins

Overview

Studying any subject at degree level is an investment in the future that involves significant cost. Now more than ever, students and their parents need to weigh up the potential benefits of university courses. That’s where the Why Study series comes in. This series of books, aimed at students, parents and teachers, explains in practical terms the range and scope of an academic subject at university level and where it can lead in terms of careers or further study. Each book tries to both enthuse the reader about its subject and answer the crucial questions that a college prospectus does not.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781913019044
Publisher:	London Publishing Partnership
Publication date:	06/22/2020
Pages:	1
Product dimensions:	5.63(w) x 8.55(h) x 0.57(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix

Chapter 1 Getting started: making the most of history 1

Part I Skills and Jobs: The Results of Historical Study

Chapter 2 Meeting needs: the reasons to study history 15

Chapter 3 Careers for history graduates 41

Part II How History is Structured

Chapter 4 History in time and place: the common units of historical study 63

Chapter 5 Ihe history advantage: the dynamic range of historical study 75

Part III Studying History at College and University

Chapter 6 Evaluating history programmes 111

Chapter 7 Learning history as an undergraduate 133

Part IV History as a Public Good

Chapter 8 In public service: why society needs history and historians 161

Conclusion 175

Appendix How students experience UK history degrees 181

Endnotes 189