History Majors?

[Nihil Obstat]

I would only join the Canadian police if I got to ride a horse around.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police:

 

Calgary Police:

[Luigi]

In the US, there's a distinction between a college professor and a college lecturer at least at the univeristy level.

 

A professor must have a doctorate, teaches two or three classes per semester (usually grad classes but perhaps an undergrad here or there), sits on Ph.D. committees, researches, and publishes.

 

A lecturer must have a master's, teaches probably four classes a semester (almost alwys undergrad), doesn't sit on Ph.D. committees, isn't required to do research or publish. many of these are full-time jobs, they just don't pay as well as 'professor' does.

 

To teach in high school these days, you usually have to have a master's - the federal government keeps increasing teacher qualifications in an effort to 'improve' high school retention & graduation. But I think that varies from state to state.    

[Seven77]

What is a university lecturer? To become an academic seems to me kind of late in the game, especially for something like history. I'm almost 30. Plus I'm more interested in the teaching and researching side of things, rather than devoting myself to original research in one specialized area. I read history on my own, it's he main thing I read, but I've never studied history in college. More than anything I love to understand the big picture and help others get that bigger picture of where they come from, who they are, and where they're going, so I think probably an MA would be a sufficient "passport" that would allow me to do a lot of different kinds of things. But I guess I could start getting my state teaching certification and get experience on that end, and then plan for the masters later. What do you need to teach history in high school? I guess I could teach history and English/literature.

 

 I could be wrong but I don't even think you need a BA in history to teach it in high school.

[Spem in alium]

In the US, there's a distinction between a college professor and a college lecturer at least at the univeristy level.

 

A professor must have a doctorate, teaches two or three classes per semester (usually grad classes but perhaps an undergrad here or there), sits on Ph.D. committees, researches, and publishes.

 

A lecturer must have a master's, teaches probably four classes a semester (almost alwys undergrad), doesn't sit on Ph.D. committees, isn't required to do research or publish. many of these are full-time jobs, they just don't pay as well as 'professor' does.

 

To teach in high school these days, you usually have to have a master's - the federal government keeps increasing teacher qualifications in an effort to 'improve' high school retention & graduation. But I think that varies from state to state.    

 

Wow. I had no clue there was that great a distinction!  Here, professors and associate professors are not too common and usually only given this title if they have (or are developing) a strong international profile and excellence in research and teaching. Most academics maintain a lecturer/senior lecturer rank, regardless of whether or not they have a PhD.