History is a means of understanding the relationship between the past and the present.
It is a rich and stimulating discipline, with its interest in the range of human societies through time and across cultures. An historical perspective offers important insights into contemporary society and debates. Virtually all jobs stress the need to study, assess and analyse, to communicate, to write reports and to make presentations. The study of history provides the opportunity to acquire these skills. In the modern work force, education does not end upon graduation.