What could i do with a BA in History

Question

career wise besides being a HISTORY TEACHER

Answer 1

Museum work, national or state parks services (especially military parks), law school, the travel industry, foreign service, civil service, human services, communications and public relations, advertising, business/industry, financial service, publishing, and journalism.

Answer 2

There are many state and gov. jobs that go well with a BA in history. Historic sites are a great work place. Also businesses will hire at a lower pay scale but you will get raises faster. Mainly because you have critical thinking skills. You could get your masters of library science and work at a library. or work in a law office doing research, many lawyers have a history degree as well as a law degree.

Answer 3

Well, being a teacher is really what most do. But you could look into working at places like the Smithsonian, or other museums. There's also.....um......well really.....yea, sorry you'll teach.  

Answer 4

New World Man and June make excellent points, though you never know about art historians. There is a very real difference there in the strictest sense.

You're best options with a BA in History (Museum, Library, Law School, etc) all require some sort of additional training/school. Clearly, law school speaks for itself. And there's also necessary experience/certification before you can work as a curator or librarian.

To put it simply, you're not gonna go into history as a profession unless you're willing to take on a career that is fulfilling but not necessarily financial rewarding. You'll make money, sure, but you'll never have that vacation home or the three car garage. You do history because its what you want to do, not because it'll make you rich.

That being said, i fully recommend going on,getting higher degrees in history, and teaching at a university. History Professors do more than just teach, research is probably the biggest part of their job. You get to travel and study original documents. Its not always mind blowing or s**y, but it will be what interests you. I, for example, specialize in the Byzantine Empire. My wife could care less about it, but i lay awake at night thinking about the book i just read and where i can improve on their points or deconstruct the paradigms those authors have built up.

Just don't go into it with any delusions. A professor of mine when i was an undergrad told me time and again to change majors right away to something with the money. Business, finance, or applied science. It was something of a vetting process to make sure i'd be willing to endure the low pay and long hours. But its what i want to do. So if its what you want to do, then go for it.

Answer 5

Take a look at this site

http://www.historians.org/pubs/careers/

Answer 6

A degree in history trains you for many possible careers. Most of all, you should have acquired a more developed sense of how events are connected, which prepares you for some of the more exciting if not lucrative careers in the world:

Marketing Analyst, CIA/FBI forensic investigator (with additional training in a specific area like linguistics, anthropology, criminal justice), political advisor, city planning, event planner (for organizations that have historical significance or that want to be historically significant), researcher (for a variety of disciplines, mostly in the humanities fields and social sciences)...the list does go on.