Guest Minnesotan Posted May 7, 2006 Share Posted May 7, 2006 Because history is not a social science. =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
History_Nerd Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Numbers are lame. LAME! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnesotan Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Statistics are for math geeks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historylover Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 I'm sure you guys know that there is the whole field of quanitative history. Math isn't sooo bad. I agree though history is and will always be a humanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnesotan Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Resurrected! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternallyviolet Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 My undergrad department was History as Social Science and my grad was History as Humanities. I prefer the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rising_star Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 History as humanities means an 800 pg book and doing 2000+ pages of reading a week for seminars. History as social science means doing 1200+ pages of reading per week. I'd prefer the latter but then I'm not even a historian. If I were, I'd do 20th century environmental history, comparing environmental thought and practices around sustainability in the US and Latin America. Hmm... maybe it's not too late for me to find a history MA program. Any suggestions from the peanut gallery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternallyviolet Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 MAs in History are useless. Trust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaw17 Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 They're not useless if you didn't major in history undergrad but belatedly realize your calling as a history professor - in that scenario, they're supposed to be a great way to improve your standing as a PhD candidate. If you're at all serious about it, check out Georgetown's Master of Arts in Global, International & Comparative History. (Yes, that's right - the MAGIC degree.) It's a 3-semester, semi-funded program in DC, and I gather that they're really looking to build up their environmental history component with a new professor and a full fellowship for PhDs in that area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnesotan Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 the MAGIC degree My SO officially thinks I'm insane, now, as this statement caused violent laughter to echo through the apartment. On a nerdy tangent, how cool would it be to tell your high school buddies you're earning a degree in MAGIC?>! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rising_star Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 They're not useless if you didn't major in history undergrad but belatedly realize your calling as a history professor - in that scenario, they're supposed to be a great way to improve your standing as a PhD candidate. If you're at all serious about it, check out Georgetown's Master of Arts in Global, International & Comparative History. (Yes, that's right - the MAGIC degree.) It's a 3-semester, semi-funded program in DC, and I gather that they're really looking to build up their environmental history component with a new professor and a full fellowship for PhDs in that area. I've actually looked at this program. But now I have a fab acceptance to a PhD program so I'll stop questioning myself, at least for a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rising_star Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Oh, you guys will love this. I actually locked a "History Admissions 2008" post over in the social sciences forum and told the poster to look for the active history threads in the humanities! You can still click over to the locked post if you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnesotan Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 A decisive victory for the Humanities, I say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amanda1655 Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 I agree... If I wasn't going to be a historian, I would be an English professor with an emphasis in Irish literature. For some reason, I find the social sciences slightly disquieting and well, icky. Maybe it's all of those numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnesotan Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 They carry calculators, by Jove! That, in itself, is a bit unsettling to a student of the humanities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rising_star Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 They carry calculators, by Jove! That, in itself, is a bit unsettling to a student of the humanities. The only calculators I carry are the built into my laptop and cellphone. I don't do numbers. I interview people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornell07 Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Call me a crazy historian, but I actually really like math. I never cared for hard to visualize math like calculus, but I dug statistics. Heck, my quantitative score beat my verbal score by 140 points! What can I say, both of my parents and grandfathers earned undergraduate degrees in engineering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmh26 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 I really like Math also. I mean I am an engineer drop out turned historian, but I tutored high school kids in math and physics throughout college..lol And I LOVE my TI-83 Plus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnesotan Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 I LOVE my TI-83 Plus! I sold that S.O.B. the very next day, when I was done with my required "lib. eds." in math. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmh26 Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 No no no! You shouldn't have sold it. There is a wonderful drawing application. You simply clear the grid and go crazy. It's like your own portable etch-a-sketch, how can you beat that? 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnesotan Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Ooh! That sounds like yet one more way to ignore my thesis work. Maybe I'll buy a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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