In addition to allowing a wide choice with respect to the continuation their studies and to be preparatory for 2nd cycle degree courses aiming at the qualification for teaching of History and Philosophy and Human Sciences in high schools , the job profile and training of graduates of this course will allow them to carry out activities in the traditional humanities ( publishing and journalism in their various aspects, personnel management , public relations etc.), in public administration, in jobs requiring a good knowledge of the cognition mechanisms (creative advertising, professional activities related to information processing and knowledge) and in the context of ethics advice in hospitals , in industry and business.
The degree in philosophical and historical studies may constitute, in short, a very useful intellectual training for the performance of work requiring flexibility, abstract reasoning skills and capability of identifying critical inter-relationships among different knowledge areas.
Graduates of this course are professionals capable of operating, in the fields of cultural heritage, historical heritage glamorization, conservation of sources, with mid-level positions.
Specifically, they may find professional opportunities in the following areas:
- Consulting, teaching and training in bodies and institutions in charge of the preservation of cultural heritage ( archives, libraries , museums, historical societies );
- In collaboration with research projects or initiatives for disseminating philosophy and history in the fields of publishing, electronics, exhibition;
- Cooperation in the preparation of information and teaching materials in the field of philosophy and history;
- In the service of cultural tourism, providing an historical context to the artistic, museum and environmental assets.
- Cooperation in the organization of events and shows promoting the local history or traditions and cultural identities;
- Cooperation in the creation of works of philosophical and historical disclosure or scientific research projects;
- In the creation of publications (catalogs, informational materials , guides intended for the public, the media, as well as for philosophical and historical publishing;
- Editing about philosophical and historical themes in magazines and publishing houses;
- In the activities of cataloging and filing of the documentary heritage and, of the historical, philosophical, historical and artistic heritage at large;
- in public institutions, in projects for the territorial or economic analysis of the historical past.