new delhi if a student really wants to study history says shubhra sinha who teaches history at kamala nehru college he or she must have an analytical approach history is not just recounting of events the approach now is more thematic there is gender history environmental history etc adds sinha the other skill required is good language skills one of the most popular humanities subjects in delhi university historys highest cutoff was 91 to 99 range at hindu last year and admissions closed after the first list itself the lowest was 64 at college of vocational studies eligibility fortyeight colleges offer the course in du and the scores in bestfour subjects including a language are considered under fyup seven colleges launched the honours course in history this year after the ba programme was abolished also history can be studied as discipline course i major or honours subject discipline course ii minor subject to be taught from third semester or applied course from this year discipline i has a total of 20 papers including research ones topics for teaching include early india social formations and cultural patterns of the ancient and medieval world modern east asia modern europe discipline ii six papers all on indian history applied course four papers including understanding heritage art appreciation an introduction to indian art archives and museums and understanding popular culture road ahead options for history graduates are many even outside the field of academics says sinha in the civil service exams the component on general studies is largely indian history archaeology is also developing as a field in india a lot of students can find employment in the tourism industry they may find jobs in archives and museums and if theyve done art appreciation she adds