History majors cultivate historical professionals with certain basic Marxist theoretical literacy and systematic professional basic knowledge, and have further training potential, as well as applied and compound senior professionals who can engage in practical work in state organs, cultural and educational undertakings, press and publication, cultural archives and various intermediary institutions.
The process of Chinese and western understanding of historiography is basically the same. The concept of "historiography" in ancient China also developed from the understanding of "history", or it was originally included in "history". According to Qu's research, the meaning of "history" in ancient China has experienced the development process of historians, history books, historical events and historiography.
Students in this major mainly study the basic theories and knowledge of historical science, and are trained in the basic historical facts and historical research of China's history and world history development, so they have the basic ability to engage in professional work.