Would you say a bachelors in History-General Studies is a burger flipper degre or a ticket to a good job?

Question

Is there a lot of scholarship opportunities for Bachelors History-General Studies for Graduate school?

Answer 1

Sometimes, employers just want someone who is schooled. Any degree is better than none, and you could always teach. Besides, you've done your general education requirements, you could go on to something that you really like.

Answer 2

If you like history, study it. But know that it doesn't directly translate into a high paying job. So if you want that, you'll need more training, or you'll develop a way to use your history degree. One thing that most people with a B.A. in history can do is write. Writing skills are very marketable. Take a technical writing course while you're in school and you can have your history degree and make money afterwards, too!
Another thing most history majors can do is analyze text well. There are a lot of uses for this skill out in the real world.

And there's always grad school! Good luck to you.

Answer 3

A bachelors degree in history proves you can stick to a task for four years. It doesn't even teach you that much history! So, on the one hand, yes, it makes you very competitive for a job flipping burgers or anything that requires an employee to stick with it but no specialized knowledge.
On the other hand, studying history or any of the other liberal arts helps you understand what makes people tick and prepares you for management of other people. The specialists of the world--even the very highly paid ones--tend to need managers to organize their worlds around them.
So everybody has a place, and it doesn't matter what you major in; as long as it matches the kind of person you really are (a specialist/technician or a generalist/manager) you'll be content with your life work and that's the whole point.

Answer 4

Jobs related specifically to the field are pretty rare, unless you want to teach or go to law school My husband was a history major in college and didn't want to do either. His job right out of college was in a car rental company, where he worked up to manager. Now he sells insurance and is acutally in Hawaii for a conference /vacation for the next week (all expenses paid) because of his hard work. A lot of companies that hire students right out of college look for well rounded students with good grades. They are not always concerned about the specific major, just that you have the smarts, organization, and people skills to be successful. If you're not sure what you want to do when you're done, pick a major you enjoy studying and you can figure out the rest later. Why suffer through classes you don't like?

Answer 5

Just depends on what you want. Many junior colleges will let you teach with only a bachelors degree in History. You may also be able to work at libraries or museums or if you are lucky, work with a politician.

However, it's definitely recommended that you go to graduate school and then possibly receive a doctorate in a form of History to teach or work for a better place.

Answer 6

This is not as good a degree for a decent job as, say, electrical engineering, but any degree from a good college is a ticket to a decent job. If you look at the degrees of people high in the business world, they range all the way from History and Philosophy to Engineering and Computer Science. Where you go is up to you, not your credentials.

Answer 7

Its a ticket to going on to graduate school. Other than that you get to flip burgers or work at barnes and Noble. Only get this degree if you want to go on for more training.

Answer 8

A former Speaker of the House was a History professor- life is what you make it.