What kind of job can you get with a degree in history? The only person I know that majored in history is now painting houses.
And I bet you are outstanding in your field...
What kind of job can you get with a degree in history? The only person I know that majored in history is now painting houses.
Basically somebody with a history degree can teach, go to grad school, or go to law school. Outside of that it's not all that beneficial of a degree.
Now I just gave a real life example and I don't/didn't do any of the things you say.
hey me too! :smile:I'm currently a sophomore in history and secondary education. Study something you'll enjoy, but also make sure there are jobs in it. For example, my history degree wouldn't be very useful for anything besides grad school if I wasn't getting my teaching license with it.
Your post was terrible.
I can give real world examples of people with lots of degrees who don't have jobs in those fields. That doesn't mean it's something that will be a legitimate opportunity for everyone. Chris Berman has a history degree and Bill Simmons has a political science degree, but that doesn't mean ESPN is looking for guys with those degrees.
This sounds all too familiar. Blue Books can suck a fat one.History Major here, if writing really long papers and essay tests out of blue books are your thing, then the History major could be for you.
The best part about the history degree? NO MATH CLASSES. I had to take one summer Stats 101 course at DMACC and that requirement was filled.
Your assertion that a degree in history won't be very useful except to move on to grad school or combining it with teaching is pretty dubm. I'm not sure if the examples you provided along with my example is helping you back up your assertion.
It's not necessarily that it won't be useful, but a lot of times it would be more useful to get another degree. Some companies don't care what the degree is in, but their will be more possibilities for jobs for somebody who has a business or finance degree opposed to a history degree.
I know several officers currently serving in the military who have history degrees.
"Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
...Winston Churchill
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A. Disagree with what? I asked a question.
B. Does Melvin have a job already? I have no doubt he will because he seems like an extremely bright person but I wonder if it will have anything to do with his degree. Unless of course it's teaching.
Started off undeclared engineering, declared as a mechanical engineer spring semester of my sophomore year. I knew I wanted to be an engineer just not which kind, the broad spectrum that I could fall into as a ME was what sealed the deal.