What do you study in history? What subjects does the history major include?

1. The major of history is history, which requires students to learn the basic knowledge of world history, understand the general development of human civilization and the basic methods of world history research, and receive basic training in historical theory, historical materials, historical geography, international politics, international economy, international relations, foreign languages, cultural anthropology and so on.

2. History majors mainly include China history, world history and archaeology, as well as museums, ethnology and cultural relics.

3. History originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Confucius began history education long ago, and wrote works in the Spring and Autumn Period. By the time Sima Qian and his son established a relatively perfect historical system and creative form in the Han Dynasty, historiography had begun to become the focus of official research. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ban Gu studied history in Lantai (Yushitai), specially preserved books, began to control history officially, and prohibited private study of history.

4. Historiography got rid of the dependence on Confucian classics and became a completely independent department in official studies, which is of great significance in the development of ancient historiography in China. Later, there was the content of compilation and philology; By the time of Ganjia in Qing Dynasty, historiography was endowed with historical narrative skills and historical understanding methods.

5. In the history of the development of ancient historiography in China, the "history" as the objective existence of human society in the past and the "historiography" as the activities and results of people's understanding and description of it as a kind of specialized knowledge finally achieved a preliminary separation. This is the result of thousands of years of exploration by ancient historians, and it is also one of their greatest achievements in historical understanding.