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Opportunities for Students Outside the Classroom

Internships

Students have the opportunity to enhance their classroom experience by participating in internships in such organizations as the Maryland Historical Society and the Maryland State Archives in Annapolis, the Baltimore Museum of Industry, and other museums, Archives, and historical societies in the region. One agency wrote to "thank UMBC's History Department for the wonderful employees and interns you have been sending us....To say we are satisfied with the quality of the people would be an understatement."

Undergraduate and graduate students may earn academic credit for history-focused internships through HIST 391. Internship credits are supervised by Fulltime Faculty Advisors.

For further information about internship opportunities, contact the Department of History. In addition to winning prestigious national fellowships and prizes, UMBC historians have served as scholars-in-residence at the National Security Agency and the National Foreign Affairs Training Center of the U.S. Department of State and have worked with state and county officials in designing history curricula in the public schools.

Student Organizations 

History Student Council (undergraduates)
HSC sponsors field trips, speakers, and other events for all students interested in history. Students from all academic majors are welcome. For more information, contact the Department of History.

Phi Alpha Theta (undergraduates)
Qualified history majors may apply to join Phi Alpha Theta, the history honor society. To qualify: 12 hours of history at UMBC, 3.5 GPA in history and 3.2 GPA overall. The one time fee is $30.00, which includes a subscription to the Historian. Students may participate in the annual conference at an area university to read papers and receive prizes. Information on the society is available in the history department.

Graduate Student Association