I am considering changing my LLB to a BA with majors in Ancient History and English. This is a scary idea because there is a lot of stigma surrounding jobs with a BA, and if I do this I will be graduating extremely late and it may further hamper future job applications. The LLB is a 4 year honours degree and I am barely halfway through. However it has taken me six years (I was registered at university for four of them) to reach this point. I have enough credits from the law modules to transfer to shorten my BA by 6 months or a year at minimum, but this still means that I will have been at university for the better part of a decade.
I find ancient history and English interesting enough that I would happily make a career out if it. I do not feel the same way about the law degree that I am currently doing. However I am unaware of what sort of job I can do with a BA with these majors. I know that academics is an option. So my actual question is a bit long;
What are your qualifications and was it difficult to find a job with them?
What sort of career can I expect from this change?
I have an MA in history and I'm a network engineer right now somehow, which is weird.
The job market where I live is pretty garbage, so I haven't had much luck since the economy went out in 2008. The situation seems to be improving though.
I have a B.S.(not a B.A.) in history and I work for a credit union now. I work in an office and do account maintenance stuff and whatnot. Nothing to do with history but I do enjoy it. History has become more of a passion and a hobby for me after graduating than a career, but I don't regret finishing the degree at all. Good luck to you!
MA in Anthropology (was an archaeologist for awhile). I'm a software engineer and server admin now.
I have an MA in History and work as a Project Manager. My MA prepared me for this job by honing my analytical skills - that said, I don't use the degree itself.
The job market for BA History is tough especially since there's a glut of history degree holders and you learn very few hard skills. If you're going to go this route then I'd urge you to have a hard skill degree like computer science or other STEM degree.
I have an BA (Hons.) in history from Queen's University. Very proud of it, and don't regret taking it at all. But I am back in school now for animation, my other passion. Hope to combine these at some point in my life.
I really think the way to go is to get a degree in something else, but take plenty of history classes. That is what I did. I received an economics degree. But I also learned quite a lot about the history and the study of history.
I have a BA in War Studies and I work as a carpenter now, not all that useful to me really other than for discussion with other equally learned contractors.
I took my degree in history and moved to Korea to work for awhile. It's not been super useful, but then other history grads I know are working in some pretty interesting positions. One does research for a reservation on the west coast, another works for CSIS as an analyst (Russia, specifically) and yet others are enmeshed in academic world. What I'm learning is that a history degree can prove totally worthwhile if you're a) willing to go pretty much anywhere to work in your field, and b) able and qualified to pursue history further than a BA.
For me, my history degree isn't really suitable to my goals anymore so I'm entering medicine. Still, it was totally worthwhile and I regret nothing.