History Major - How difficult is it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, just wondering what type of job he is looking towards.

She actually wants to go to med school and currently signed up as a Bio major/premed track. She wants to double major Bio and History b/c... Well, she likes History. I am thinking it may be too much to handle.

Her secret plan is to drop the hard one (bio/premed) and stick with the easy one (history).

[Anonymous]

I was a double major in history and Political science with a minor in Asian studies.
Frankly, I loved it. I love reading and writing doesn't come hard to me. I graduated in 2 1/2 years.
Ended up self teaching myself computers and I'm an IT project manager now.

[Anonymous]

Whether or not a major is difficult depends upon where your talents lie. Any major will be difficult if you are not well-suited for it. A major that fits your skills, abilities, and interests will be very doable, even if time-consuming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD is interested in History but not sure about the workload. I suspect a lot of reading and writing involved. Any insights? TIA

OP, history minor here (state university, took both regular and honors courses). I found a biggest jump in workload (reading load and the level of analysis and writing required) to be between the 200 and 300 level courses. Maybe at some colleges the jump occurs between the 100 and the 200 levels. Your daughter should decide after taking some courses. History might provide a nice balance to her science courses. I hope she enjoys history as much as I did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Whether or not a major is difficult depends upon where your talents lie. Any major will be difficult if you are not well-suited for it. A major that fits your skills, abilities, and interests will be very doable, even if time-consuming.

This. While it is possible that your DD will excel at Bio and History, she's probably going to be much better at one than the other, and thus enjoy one more. Bio/History is a tough combo to do well unless she's really, really, really bright.

Let her try a few classes of each and then decide. Yes, the market for undergrad degrees in history is abysmal, but so is the market for C-average Bio students, if that's not her passion.

[Anonymous]

I was a history major. Yes it was a lot of work and I found out later that my department was anti grade inflation so that kinda sucked. But it was a good fit for my brain.

I don't see why someone who is premed would bother to major in history. Why not just take the classes but not worry about taking so many to fulfill the major requirements. Unless she wants to get a phd in history or teach high school history there's really no reason to get a history major.

[Anonymous]

Don't even waste your college money on a history degree.

[Anonymous]

I was a double major in history and another humanities field. Lots of reading and writing, which served to prepare me well for law school.