Department of History

West Chester University

506 Main Hall
Phone: 610-436-3220
Fax: 610-436-3069

• Department of History Home
• • Description
  • Departmental Learning Outcome Goals
  • Departmental General Education Goals
  About Us
• • Regular Faculty
  • Adjunct Faculty
  Faculty
• • B.A. in History
  • B.A. in History (with Social Studies Certification)
  • B.A. in History (with a concentration in American Studies)
  • Undergraduate Handbook for History Majors
  • Course Descriptions
  Undergraduate Programs
• • Graduate Program Overview
  • M.A. in History
  • M.Ed. in History/Social Studies with a concentration in American Studies
  • Admission Requirements
  • Graduate Assistantship Opportunities
  • Graduate Handbook for History Majors
  • Course Descriptions
  • Related Programs (Holocaust and Genocide Studies)
  Graduate Programs
• • Minor in History
  • Minor in American Studies
  • Minor in Holocaust Studies
  Minors
• • Departmental Internship Policy
  • Current Internship Opportunities
  • Career Developement Center
  Internship Opportunities
• • Drayer Scholarships
  • Helen Tapper Ivins Scholarship
  • Departmental Awards
  Scholarships and Awards
• • Career Opportunities in History
  • Advising and Finding the Right Career
  • On-line Career Resources for History Majors
  • Useful Books for Careers in History
  • Websites of Employment Opportunities in History
  • Career Development Center
  Careers in History
• • February 2013
  • Febuary 2012
  Newsletter
• Contact Us
• Alumni Survey
• Digital History Initiatives

Department of History Internship Program

Websites of Internship Opportunities

• Internships.com
• Intern Abroad
• Smithsonian Institution Career Center
• National Archives and Records Administration Jobs, Internships and Volunteers
• Public Administration Jobs and Internships
• Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance

Internship Placements
Institutions with which History and American Studies majors have held internships include:

• Academy of Natural Sciences
• Atwater Kent (Philadelphia History) Museum
• Brandywine Battlefield State Park
• Brandywine River Museum
• Chadds Ford Historical Society
• Chester County Historical Society
• Cliveden of the National Trust
• Colonial Williamsburg
• Eastern State Penitentiary
• Eckley Miner's Village
• Ephrata Cloister
• ExplorePAHistory.com
• Greater Philadelphia Film Office
• Historic Fort Mifflin
• Historical Society of Pennsylvania
• Historic Yellow Springs
• Lancaster Historical Society
• Lehigh County Historical Society
• Lightfoot Mill at Anselma
• Mid-Atlantic Air Museum
• Moravian Historical Society
• National Constitution Center
• Newlin Mill
• Pennsylvania State Archives
• Pottsgrove Manor
• Salem County Historical Society
• Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History
• Soldiers and Scholars Oral History Project

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