Which classes should I take 2 become a college proff.?

Question

Hist.

Answer 1

I am a university Professor in Literature.

There are no 'classes' that you take. Rather, you will need to get a Bachelor's degree (and a good one too from a good university). Then (ideally) a Master's degree, and then (without exception) a Doctorate.

All in all these degrees will take you about 10 years of your life and will cost you (at today's prices) around US$150,000.

When you have your Doctorate, you will join the ranks of the other 400 graduates competing for the three jobs a year available. So, what must you do? You must then publish, publish, publish. You have no chance of getting a job without doing this. When you have about 25 academically interesting articles published, a university offering work will consider you eligible to RECEIVE an application form for a job. This in no way means you will find work though. You will have to take your chances in what is an extremely competitive market.

If you have not found a permanent job by the time you are 32, then forget it. You never will. And anybody who tells you any differently either has no idea what they are talking about, or has an uncle working as a Uni Prof (it is a more nepotistic environment than Saddam Hussein's parliament.)

Answer 2

PAg2809 is correct. There are jobs, and it is possible to get one. And you can become a college teacher without a PhD although it is a lot easier with a PhD. There are a lot of Community Colleges in the USA that will hire someone who is working on a PhD if they already have a MS in a field that is not overcrowded. In history, that might not happen. If you have teaching experience as an Instructor or adjunct at the college level, then it makes it easier to find a full time job when you have finished your PhD. I dont think teaching at any other level (like HS) is useful. And you do not need a degree in Education as someone suggested.

You do need to talk to the advisor in the History grad program about this.

Answer 3

Pick the subject you're most interested in, find a good school, and aim for a PhD. Depending on the college, some may let you teach as an adjunct or assoc. professor with a Master's, but you'd have a better shot with a PhD.

Answer 4

You will need an MA in order to teach at the college level and a PhD in order to be hired for a tenure-track position. Some 4 yr schools will hire people with MAs but this work will still be temporary and part-time. During your undergrad years, take history courses in a lot of different areas (U.S., Europe, Asia, Colonial, 19th Cent., 20th Century...). At the MA/PhD level you will specialize in one of these areas, but you will be required to take courses outside of your specialization as well. This helps you, as you will be more marketable if you can teach in areas outside of your specialization as welll as in it. Talk to your department chair or graduate director about where most of the jobs are and which graduate program's recent graduates are getting jobs most easily. Its a balancing act. While these days lots of people concentrate in 20th century Am. History and there aren't that many jobs in that area, there are some jobs and you don't want to pick an area that you don't really care about... Basically, talk to your advisor, department chair, and the other history profs about their experiences, their fields, and what you want to do. You should not take all of the advice you get, but you will get some very useful information with which to make your decisions.

Contrary to some of the advice you're getting, there ARE jobs out there. As with all job hunting, you will do lots of interviewing. You won't want to teach at some schools, and some schools won't be interested in you. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, there are (finally!) more jobs out there than graduating PhDs. This won't be easy but it is possible. If this is what you are passionate about, you should do it. Good Luck!

Answer 5

It takes a long time to become a prof. You have to hold the highest degree available in your feild. And you usually have to teach at lower levels before you work up to a university. It's highly unlikely that you would graduate college in the spring and start teaching at university in the fall.
No one here can answer your question as written. You need to make an appointment with your adviser.

Answer 6

Speaking as a college professor, you'll need at least a Master's Degree. FYI, many Universities would like or actually require a Doctoral Degree.

And your degree(s) need to be in the field you'll actually be teaching, or in something closely related.

Answer 7

Have you ever heard the phrase "those who can do and those who can't teach". I don't mean this to be insulting rather this. someone who teaches wood working, has to have that skill, just like someone in who teaches science has to know science.

Get the same education for the field that you have interest in, then you can work in that field. If you find that field of work has to much stress or there is not work in the field, then you can go to teaching. Teaching is a very rewarding field, however it does not pay as much as some fields on the open market.

Answer 8

Get dual degrees in education and history. Earn at least a master's degree, and start working on your Ph.D if you want to teach at the university level.

Answer 9

well you've got to go to graduate school for that. i'm sure the college your in has a graduate program. try goin to an office for advisement.

i could be wrong, but i think you need a master's in education along with History.

Answer 10

Start out by doing your general requirements that are needed for any kind of degree.That is one college year.