I'm a history major freshmen looking to become a world history teacher, although another job I was looking to get if I'm not a teacher is an archeologist. I read that I could be an archeologist with a history degree, but how hard would it be to get a job in that field and how many jobs are in colder climates ( I really want to work on the Franklin Expedition sites in the arctic)?
What other jobs are there in the history field are like teaching and archeology? (Sorry for the stupid question)
One thing I would caution against is going into teaching just because you’re a history major. I went a similar route and I found out the hard way that in order to survive as a teacher, you have to want to be a teacher first and a history teacher second. It’s a ton of work that often isn’t about the content so your heart has to really be in it. This was just my personal experience in becoming a public school teacher.
If you want to be an archeologist, what you’re really talking about is being a professor. There isn’t really just some job out there called archeologist that you can apply for and get, though there are some firms that do some kind of required archeological testing on construction sites before they can build on them, but I doubt that’s what you’re interested in.
So, to be an archeologist, you have to get a PhD, during which time you will be an archeologist doing your research and then writing your thesis. Then you would try to get a job as a professor and continue doing research and writing articles and books and teaching.