THE HISTORY DEGREE
History Major Degree Requirements: Note, these are the NEW degree requirements as of Fall 2023 which incorporate the 4-credit hour courses. If you declared a History major before F23, you are still under the previous degree requirements, and you should ask your advisor how to switch to the new requirements.
HISTORY STUDENT PROJECTS, PRIZES, & ENGAGEMENT
Essay Prize: 2025 Submission Guidelines (deadline for entries is May 9, 2025)
Winner: Fallon McCue, "Lesbianism, Love, and the Lavender Scare"
Honorable Mention: Casey Cooper, "The Caped Defenders of American Ideals"
Honorable Mention: Leslie Arena, "Truman and Korea: Analyzing the Administration's Policies in South Korea, 1947-1949"
Digital Presentation Prize: 2025 Submission Guidelines (deadline for entries is May 9, 2025)
POST-GRADUATION: CAREERS AND GRADUATE SCHOOLS
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
On Campus: Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
Presenting Your Work at a Conference
Great Lakes History Conference
Submitting Your Work for Publication
INTERNSHIPS
CASL Internships Office (make an appointment with an internship staff member!)
History majors participate in a wide range of internships. Recent placements include:
Archives (Voice/Vision Holocaust Archive)
Businesses and Business Organizations (Dumouchelle Art Galleries and Auction, Arab American Chamber of Commerce)
Cultural Organizations (ACCESS, Detroit Symphony Orchestra)
Local Historical Societies and Museums (Detroit Historical Museum, Dearborn Historical Museum, Plymouth Historical Museum, Grosse Isle Historical Society)
Libraries (Dearborn Heights)
Museums (Detroit Institute of Art, Henry Ford Museum/Greenfield Village, Museum of African American History)
Political Campaigns (Debbie Dingell)
Research and Policy Centers (PIAST Institute, Holocaust Memorial Center, U of M Armenian Research Center)
Law offices
Local government
STUDY ABROAD OPPORTUNITIES
UM-DEARBORN PROGRAMS OF INTEREST TO HISTORY MAJORS