Does a Bachelor of Arts (History) lead anywhere? (1 Viewer)

[lunaaaa4403]

grammarly keeps threatening to help me (niche unfunny joke)

 

[teaR__]

... fuck

anyone else?

(bump i guess)

History courses are interesting but unless you're doing a double degree or doing it as a free elective, there aren't that many "successful" jobs you can get into unless you become a renowned historian/academic/archaeologist/paleontologist/anthropologist. There are so many double degrees with arts that you can choose (science, law, commerce, economics, engineering, environmental management, media, medicine, comp sci, social work, etc.) if you really want to do history. imo the workload isn't that bad unless you're reaaaally falling behind and don't pay attention to anything, you just have to manage it well. you're gonna be expected to do a LOT of readings

Just do a bunch of research on degrees that you want and compare them, or if you have a careers advisor ask them for guidance. You can always transfer to another degree after a bit if it's not what you expected

 

[Socialism]

what exactly is a "reading"?

 

[teaR__]

what exactly is a "reading"?

articles, books, excerpts, etc. given by your prof that you're gonna be expected to read before your lecture and tutorials. Lectures will mention them. In tutorials you'll discuss and sometimes (depends on the course and/or your prof/tutor) get quizzed on them

 

[Socialism]

do YOU think i can do like, a phd and go into academics? or will i make like 10k a year or something

 

[Socialism]

given that you're actually doing the degree rn lol

 

[teaR__]

do YOU think i can do like, a phd and go into academics? or will i make like 10k a year or something

most history academics are teachers/professors and royalties from books and textbooks don't get you much. Some people get mixed into doing research for other industries e.g. science, film/docu, sports but otherwise the academic job market is really tight. you'll probably make like 80k+ a year?? I wanted to do a phd in anthropology or archaeology before i decided not to (its rough out here)

 

[Socialism]

most history academics are teachers/professors

hmmm i don't know... so you'd do barts hist + ... a tertiary education degree?

 

[teaR__]

hmmm i don't know... so you'd do barts hist + ... a tertiary education degree?

if you wanted to be a professor, you need a phd. you don't need an edu degree, most professors don't have them. for YOU, i'd say if you really want to pursue some sort of degree in history, that you choose a double degree. you can pursue a phd later on if you want to

 

[teaR__]

the job market is hell on earth

 

[Socialism]

YOU

um lol my emphasis on you earlier was because ive had other people tell me so i was just... delineating... idk that my question was for you
just making sure you know it wasnt an attack on you LOL

right... OMG WAIT U DID HISTORY EXT

 

[teaR__]

um lol my emphasis on you earlier was because ive had other people tell me so i was just... delineating... idk that my question was for you
just making sure you know it wasnt an attack on you LOL

right... OMG WAIT U DID HISTORY EXT

oh that was meant to be italics not caps LMAOOO and yess i did history ext, it was very fun

 

[Socialism]

what did you investigate?

 

[teaR__]

what did you investigate?

The evolving credibility and reliability of the canonical gospels in portraying the Historical Jesus

 

[Socialism]

The evolving credibility and reliability of the canonical gospels in portraying the Historical Jesus

yeah definitely something i know nothign about

cant even make conversation

 

[teaR__]

it was one hell of a topic to research but so worth it in the end bc

yeah definitely something i know nothign about

cant even make conversation

even my teacher didn't know what to do with this topic, she had to ask a facebook group of other hist ext teachers it was one hell of a topic to research but so worth it in the end bc it's one of the best essays i've ever written ngl

 

[Socialism]

the job market is hell on earth

so were you thinking of going down this path? (i.e just doing a history PhD)

 

[Socialism]

it was one hell of a topic to research

i can't even imagine

 

[teaR__]

so were you thinking of going down this path? (i.e just doing a history PhD)

yeah in like year 10-11 and decided against it bc my careers advisor told me about a secondary education scholarship from the DoE i could apply for so the benefits of that outweighed the phd imo

 

[Socialism]

so you're doing a degree to become a high school history teacher? alright... something to think about...