Niamh - that sounds a really interesting course of study. I'm almost tempted to ask if I can join you! The very best of luck with such a well-thought-out plan of action - but then, you have some good back-up and support now!
Hurricane - don't think of 'History' as a set of information, think of it as an education and acquisition of skills: you are not only learning dates and battles and events, you are learning how to acquire knowledge, research a subject, collect and collate information, assess it, interpret it, how to analyse questions, make a persuasive argument, write succinctly etc, etc etc. Those skills are transferable - employers like those sort of skills. It will be the skills rather than the in-depth historical knowledge you sell to a prospective employer so think less 'What can I do with History?', more 'Who can use these skills I have acquired while learning History and how do I persuade them I'm just the candidate they are looking for?'
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Originally Posted by kasie
doing this degree is more for myself than for anyone else.
