History helps you discover how your world evolved.

 
History helps you develop the skills to look beyond the headlines, to ask questions properly, and to express your own opinions.

 
History trains your mind and teaches you how to think and process information.

 
History students are rounded individuals who develop an understanding of both past and present.

 
The pursuit of historical events and people is fun - a form of time travel.

 
A lack of historical knowledge prevents people from truly understanding the world they live in.

 
History lets you learn how and why people behaved as they did, whether they are Elizabeth I, Hitler or John Lennon...

 
History makes you appreciate that people in the past were not just 'good' or 'bad', but motivated in complex and inconsistent ways, just like us.

 
History provides you with the skills employers are looking for.