Careers available through Arts

death wish

Hi,

I'm starting an arts degree next week in Maynooth and I have decided to study History, Sociology and Anthropology.
I was just wondering if anyone has any info on what careers are on offer or are in demand if I qualified with any of the above?

I would much appreciate your help!

chillian17

Teaching is always a possibility. I'm not 100% certain on this but I think I heard if you study, say history for example, for one year in college you can teach up to junior cert in that subject.

Wendero

To be honest, it's extremely hard to get a job with those subjects. It's pretty much research or teaching.

banquo

You also need to go on and do a h. Dip after your degree, including for teaching subjects up to junior cert.

death wish

cool teaching sounds good. would this degree restrict you to teaching or working in ireland?

Bhoy_

A lot of jobs don't exactly require a specific course, but require a college degree. Don't worry about it now, you don't have to take a job in those subjects.

BookBunny

any degree you get within the EU allows you to work in the EU, so you wouldnt be restricted to working only in Ireland

CnaG

With History, Sociology and Anthropology you can do a multi-tude of jobs, but will generally need a further qualification like masters first. You could do teaching (History - Sociology and Anthropology aren't taught in schools...), then you'd need a PGCE, but a lot of teachers return to do a masters in college as well, and you'll almost certainly need a master in education or similar if you have aspirations to become a headteacher.

All three of those subjects teach good research skills, so you could go for many types of jobs which require humanities type research like journalism, but not just journalism. You could working for an NGO perhaps, doing research. Again, you'll probably need to specialise with a masters first.

Beyond that, if you're willing and able to do a PhD, you could opt for a career in Academia.

Ostrom

Wendero wrote: »

To be honest, it's extremely hard to get a job with those subjects.

None of my immediate circle of graduating classmates are currently unemployed (I took sociology and geography)

Wendero wrote: »

It's pretty much research or teaching.

That combination leaves you in a good position to branch out through graduate work. Friends who have graduated (I went into research), are working in marketing, strategic planning for energy companies, public service, private research, NGO/semi-state repersentative body administration, and teaching. One ended up in documentary work after an anthropology masters.

Sociology leaves you open for social work (with add-on requirements), speicalised research methods masters (offered by Trinity and UL) or community development work - similarly with anthropology. If you do well, you will have no trouble finding work, regardless of subject.

rcaz

Don't just go into a degree with the specific idea of going straight into a job afterwards! You get a lot more out of three years in college than your piece of paper at the end

readystudypass

Sociology will entitle you to teach CSPE in schools, but the Teaching Council require that you take Sociology to final year.

On the other hand many schools give CSPE to teachers as a filler subject as long as they are fully qualified in another subject e.g history. Bit of a grey area.