is anyone here a history major?

[pontifex]

anyone?

 

[IronWing]

No, didn't you read the book? We've reached the end of history, no point studying it anymore.

 

[DainBramaged]

With all that I know, I am practically a history major. Does that count?

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
With all that I know, I am practically a history major. Does that count?

no, sorry

 

[Ika]

No offense, but a post like yours seems like one from a 100- post noob. What do you want to know? Is History as a major any good?

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Aflac
No offense, but a post like yours seems like one from a 100- post noob. What do you want to know? Is History as a major any good?

just wondering what jobs they planned to get once finished or what types of jobs are available.

 

[TehMac]

I'm planning on working for CA (Total War Series) with my knowledge, also hope to get a degree from GuildHall. After that, I intend to work for ensemble studios. So there you have it.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: TehMac
I'm planning on working for CA (Total War Series) with my knowledge, also hope to get a degree from GuildHall. After that, I intend to work for ensemble studios. So there you have it.

Are you serious? Not to put you down, but that seems pretty ambitious.

 

[akubi]

lots of poor people on this forum, surely one of them majored in history

 

[czech09]

Become a teacher or a lawyer those are the only options I see...

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: czech09
Become a teacher or a lawyer those are the only options I see...

lawyer? what kind of lawyer?

can you specialize in a certain area or areas of history or is it all pretty general? if you want to specialize, do you have to find a school that does that specialization?

 

[thehstrybean]

I'm a history major...

I'm also an anthropology major...

I'm looking at Cultural Resource Management and archeology with concentrations in linguistics, ancient-near east studies, and classical history...

 

[thehstrybean]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: czech09
Become a teacher or a lawyer those are the only options I see...

lawyer? what kind of lawyer?

can you specialize in a certain area or areas of history or is it all pretty general? if you want to specialize, do you have to find a school that does that specialization?

You can, and most majors do, specialize. I know a guy who is specialized in Carribean slavery, but he specialized in a ~40 time span. It's crazy. I think you have to specialize really.

Really you want to find a school with a good history program (a lot of schools in VA kick a$$ in history departments.), but you won't find a school that has a great specialized program...

 

[Cristatus]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: czech09
Become a teacher or a lawyer those are the only options I see...

lawyer? what kind of lawyer?

can you specialize in a certain area or areas of history or is it all pretty general? if you want to specialize, do you have to find a school that does that specialization?

You could specialize in the history of a specific country, or religion, or region.

 

[TehMac]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: TehMac
I'm planning on working for CA (Total War Series) with my knowledge, also hope to get a degree from GuildHall. After that, I intend to work for ensemble studios. So there you have it.

Are you serious? Not to put you down, but that seems pretty ambitious.

I'm an ambitious guy. Very flexible too.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: TehMac

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: TehMac
I'm planning on working for CA (Total War Series) with my knowledge, also hope to get a degree from GuildHall. After that, I intend to work for ensemble studios. So there you have it.

Are you serious? Not to put you down, but that seems pretty ambitious.

I'm an ambitious guy. Very flexible too.

do you have a backup plan?

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: thehstrybean

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: czech09
Become a teacher or a lawyer those are the only options I see...

lawyer? what kind of lawyer?

can you specialize in a certain area or areas of history or is it all pretty general? if you want to specialize, do you have to find a school that does that specialization?

You can, and most majors do, specialize. I know a guy who is specialized in Carribean slavery, but he specialized in a ~40 time span. It's crazy. I think you have to specialize really.

Really you want to find a school with a good history program (a lot of schools in VA kick a$$ in history departments.), but you won't find a school that has a great specialized program...

there are certain parts of history that really interest me but i have no clue what types of jobs i could get with that knowledge. i'm just trying to think of stuff i'm interested in and what i could got back to school for and get a better job.

 

[SVT Cobra]

I could teach a whole years class on Black Hawk Down.

 

[thehstrybean]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: thehstrybean

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: czech09
Become a teacher or a lawyer those are the only options I see...

lawyer? what kind of lawyer?

can you specialize in a certain area or areas of history or is it all pretty general? if you want to specialize, do you have to find a school that does that specialization?

You can, and most majors do, specialize. I know a guy who is specialized in Carribean slavery, but he specialized in a ~40 time span. It's crazy. I think you have to specialize really.

Really you want to find a school with a good history program (a lot of schools in VA kick a$$ in history departments.), but you won't find a school that has a great specialized program...

there are certain parts of history that really interest me but i have no clue what types of jobs i could get with that knowledge. i'm just trying to think of stuff i'm interested in and what i could got back to school for and get a better job.

What parts? History majors really aren't given enough credit. A lot of CEOs are history majors because we can write really well. I took 2 history APs and made 4s on both, making the highest grade possible on the DBQs. I plan on teaching archeology or doing it.

 

[veggz]

I majored in history (and economics) as an undergrad. Did a short two year investment banking stint at Goldman Sachs and just recently started in the history PhD program at Yale. Most of my friends from undergrad who majored in history went straight to grad school, others did Teach for America, and a couple ended up going into finance (hedge funds/IB's). Get a good GPA and trust me you will have many, many options regardless of your major.

 

[Chaotic42]

I have a friend who double majored in History and Geography. He's pretty much only using the Geography degree now, working in the GIS field.

 

[kmrivers]

My girlfriend has a BS in History. She wants work in a museum.

*good luck*

 

[TheWart]

I am about to finish majoring in poli-sci and history (both concentrating on the middle east). looking to go into govt/foreign affairs.

 

[gocubs2k5]

Originally posted by: kmrivers
My girlfriend has a BS in History. She wants work in a museum.

*good luck*

umm.... history? BS? you sure about that? i studied history in my undergrad...but mine was a ba....im in law school by the way so thats what i did with my degree.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: thehstrybean

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: thehstrybean

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: czech09
Become a teacher or a lawyer those are the only options I see...

lawyer? what kind of lawyer?

can you specialize in a certain area or areas of history or is it all pretty general? if you want to specialize, do you have to find a school that does that specialization?

You can, and most majors do, specialize. I know a guy who is specialized in Carribean slavery, but he specialized in a ~40 time span. It's crazy. I think you have to specialize really.

Really you want to find a school with a good history program (a lot of schools in VA kick a$$ in history departments.), but you won't find a school that has a great specialized program...

there are certain parts of history that really interest me but i have no clue what types of jobs i could get with that knowledge. i'm just trying to think of stuff i'm interested in and what i could got back to school for and get a better job.

What parts? History majors really aren't given enough credit. A lot of CEOs are history majors because we can write really well. I took 2 history APs and made 4s on both, making the highest grade possible on the DBQs. I plan on teaching archeology or doing it.

The Old West, ancient European, Chinese, and Japanese history mostly