<p>I'm thinking about double-majoring in history and music. Music has been very time intensive this semester, and I don't want to kill myself, but I am interested in history. How time consuming is it?</p>
<p>(not a history major)...I have taken a history class, and it involved a lot of reading. I read about 7 hours a week on average, i'd say.</p>
<p>Depends what you make of the major. It can be reading intensive and the research for the papers can be heavy at times.</p>
<p>I'm a History major, and the reading load can be pretty high at times. It's not rare to have several hundred pages of reading (a few times I've gone over a thousand pages) in a single weekend. However if you enjoy history, go for it!</p>
<p>It seems like history classes require a lot of reading. Whether or not it is feasible or wise for you to double major or minor with History would likely depend on the history department at your school and what they expect of history majors. Although I'm not a history major, my history major friends have illustrated that it can be quite time consuming.</p>
<p>If you're willing to sacrifice to "free classes" to fulfill requirements within a general field, then go for the major or minor. If you'd rather just take what interests you, that's good, too, and one might be better for you than the other. Look into the requirements at your school to see if you like them.</p>
<p>I would love to have a minor in history. But I am already a double major. Sighs. It wouldn't make sense either to get a second bachelors or a masters in history either.</p>
<p>I have taken several 300 level history courses, including a 500 level graduate course in African Intellectual History that deals with the history of African political philosophy and the psychology of colonialism. I absolutely love History! It is time consuming, but it's extremely rewarding. If you can handle both History and Music, I would say go for it.</p>
<p>Why would it not make sense for you to get a masters in history?</p>
<p>DRab, I heard the rewards with master's degrees in the liberal arts are zero.</p>
<p>Most of the top schools in the country only offer PhD programs in history.</p>
<p>thanks everyone for the thoughts on history. if anyone else has anything to add, feel free!</p>
<p>Oh, well, happiness or a good step to a top PhD program might be reasons to do a masters. Different strokes for different folks.</p>