<p>...I don't want to be unemployed after college and have limited options for employment. I plan on majoring in History though I have heard teaching is as far as it will take you.
My question to you all is what could I do with as a future History major? I was thinking of a double major in Economics?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance</p>
<p>There really isn’t much you can do with History other than go into education or law. My advice would be to double major in something more practical (such as economics, business, computer science, etc).</p>
<p>Know that you could major in History and if you plan on going further with your education, you can do anything! For example, I am a Psychology major, and I plan on going to med school, while many people might think that they are only limited to becoming a Psychologist, etc. One of my friends is majoring in Music and is also planning on going to med school. She’s just taking the required pre-reqs for med school, and voila!</p>
<p>I hope this helped =/</p>
<p>You can do anything you want unless it calls for skills you will not learn such as quantitative analysis. It all depends on how well you can sell yourself.</p>
<p>You need to think about what you want to be doing with your life, not just what you want to major in. It’s easy, for instance, to combine a history major with the premed requirements, but obviously this only makes sense if you want to end up as a doctor. Likewise history can lead to a teaching credential or a law degree, but that’s only a good thing if you want to be a teacher or a lawyer of some kind. If you are interested in, e.g., museum work, you will probably need specialized postgraduate training. If you are interested in business, then economics/accounting/finance courses would be a good option. Sometimes your best career-related experience won’t be in your courses–many future journalists, for instance, get very involved in their college newspapers. Remember that a liberal-arts major like history is not very constraining and gives you plenty of time to pursue various interests.</p>
<p>If you are already a college student, make an appointment at the career counseling center to talk about your options. They will be able to show you how to build on your strengths–not just your academic strengths, but your personality and preferences–to choose a career path and plan ahead for it.</p>
<p>Don’t bother studying what you enjoy. If you wanted to have fun, you could study for free in a library. You went to college to help your future, if you’re anything like most people.</p>
<p>That said, don’t take something you can’t handle or will hate-- you’ll end up doing poorly. </p>
<p>In short, you don’t need to love it, but you shouldn’t hate it.</p>
<p>A common misconception is that studying what you enjoy will not help your future. Another one is that studying what you enjoy is equivalent to having fun.</p>
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Eh maybe, but I think the more pervasive reason is that you go to college because that’s the next step in your life/education and it’s what almost everybody else in your situation does.</p>
<p>And it’s quite rare for someone to actually know what they want to study, so if you’ve got something you enjoy, why not do it? Figure out what you’d like to do after school as well and take necessary steps to set yourself up for it.</p>