Law schools do not care what your major is as long as you re good at it and you score well on the LSAT, and history courses are among the best preparation you can have for tackling that test. In addition, law school courses presuppose a certain knowledge of the past, since our law codes are based upon the legal tradition in the west. And our history is a continuing thread whose latest strands appear in the morning news. A Liberal Studies or History degree is also good preparation for a career in journalism or television news . English or mass communications are also good choices for this field, but journalism and television news has always included a good deal more than reporting.
All news organizations have back-up staffs devoted entirely to research.
Especially when the news is history-making, news organizations are always concerned with the historical background of these events. They need writers and reporters who possess a fairly deep acquaintance with one or another facet of history or are trained to acquire such knowledge, whether about the origins of the American Supreme Court or the roots of the mid-east tensions. For news organizations such as these, training in historical methodology and research techniques are impressive and highly valued assets. In addition, documentaries are an important part of educational channels programs, and history majors are particularly well-suited to producing such programs. A History or Liberal Studies degree may be adapted in any number of ways to make you an attractive employee to major corporations.