Major in History at UNL

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Majoring in History at University of Nebraska-Lincoln means you'll get close faculty relationships and skills to embark on a surprising variety of careers. http://history.unl.edu

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[00:00:03.205]A lot of people hear "history" and they think
[00:00:04.653]"oh, just dates and boring stuff, you know reading books about old presidents and whatever…"
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[00:00:10.665]But it definitely opens up your mind.
[00:00:13.495]From studying about the past, studying mistakes that have already been made.
[00:00:17.139]It deals with the life that we're living right now.
[00:00:20.555]I think it's just important to know not only the history of this country,
[00:00:23.894]but the history of the world, to really understand where things are at these days.
[00:00:27.415]And we need to understand history in order to fix what current problems
[00:00:32.496]are happening in the world and so we don't make past mistakes.
[00:00:36.707]What's up? Nothing, how you doing today?
[00:00:39.590]My advisor has been I mean just really awesome since day one,
[00:00:43.340]since I decided to come into the history program.
[00:00:46.522]She wants to see you do well in every field of life.
[00:00:48.917]And just maybe the compromise...
[00:00:51.019]The constitution contains…
[00:00:52.534]They're really caring and very understanding.
[00:00:55.440]Don't worry about it…
[00:00:57.377]My advisor is Dr. Gorman and she's also my faculty mentor.
[00:01:02.641]And she is my idol, I want to be her essentially when I grow up.
[00:01:08.018]I also do research with Dr. Gerald Steinacher, and he hired me freshman year as his research assistant,
[00:01:16.081]through UCARE, which is a paid undergraduate research program that we have here at UNL.
[00:01:21.912]It's been great, I've gotten published twice.
[00:01:24.166]And that's been probably my most valuable experience.
[00:01:27.732]I've had numerous opportunities to learn and grow outside of the classroom.
[00:01:32.253]I went on a study abroad to Greece this summer.
[00:01:34.840]I went to Uganda, Rwanda and Turkey.
[00:01:37.570]Having that global experience really just adds so much to your academic experience.
[00:01:43.221]I'm pre-law right now.
[00:01:45.049]So I'm hoping to go to law school once I graduate.
[00:01:47.407]I'm going to use my History degree and hopefully get certified to
[00:01:50.863]teach high school and secondary education.
[00:01:53.690]Being a History major is amazing and you can be a History major
[00:01:56.926]and you don't have to just teach, you can go into politics,
[00:02:00.323]there's a lot of people who are going into law school.
[00:02:02.331]And just having those boundless options is incredibly freeing and important.
[00:02:09.817]I would recommend Nebraska because it helps you become a better individual.
[00:02:14.361]I came to Nebraska because there's so many options, so many great professors,
[00:02:17.824]so many different fields of history, I could just get a taste for all of them.
[00:02:22.542]History is by far the best major.
[00:02:26.466]Not just because I'm a history major.
[00:02:28.436]It's made me a much better writer.
[00:02:29.890]It's made me a much better speaker.
[00:02:32.114]It's got me more involved in campus and I think mostly it's been fun.
[00:02:36.909]Limitless possibilities of where you can go, what you can do.
[00:02:39.881]I'm really just excited to see what I end up doing.
[00:02:43.430]I think history is the perfect major.

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