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10-16-2009, 07:15 PM
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| The Pop-Tart Whisperer   Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States
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| The Professor! I've always been curious as to what you need to do to become a "Historian"? I watch and read alot and I know you have to go to college to gain the proper backing but does anyone klnow what exactly you study? How does one become a historian for, say, the Zulu Wars or on Revolvers. I don't know of any specific classes for these subjects. Just asking.
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10-16-2009, 07:30 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: May 2009 Location: Denmark.
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| College first, work to get some darned good grades - then it's off to the university to study history. After that, you can specialize in your particular field of interest. 
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10-16-2009, 07:47 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Vojvodina, Serbia
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| What's the difference between college and university? I thought its the same thing. In my country educational system consists of elementary schools (8 years), high schools (3 or 4 years) and university education (bachelor degree, master of science and doctor of science)...
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10-16-2009, 09:23 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Denmark.
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| And here it's ordinary school for 9 or 10 years, then gymnasium ("high school" in english), then uni. EDIT: Oh okay, I missed out on the high school part in my first post. Sorry!  *palmface*
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10-16-2009, 09:35 PM
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| aka Dickcheese   Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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| Njaco here's my take from my 7yr (entirely too long) experience. You go to college usually as an undeclared major. Some folks know what they want upfront. College is usually divided into "departments" or "schools". Electrical engineering. Liberal Arts (waste of money). Business. Nursing. Medical. Computer science (IT). Etc. First two years are mostly general requirements such as english lit, philosophy, foreign language, basic sciences (for non-science majors) and basic math (for non-math/science majors). Years 2-4 are department/school specialized. This is when you get into the more advanced classes that are associated with your declared major. Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering. Bachelor of Arts English, etc Years 5-6 are typically in pursuit of a Master or Doctorate. Master being a 6yr degree. Lots of folks get a Master to distinguish themselves from those with a Bachelor degree. A Masters degree usually culminates with a thesis that is presented to peer faculty for review. Years 7-8 are reserved for a Doctorate degree with extreme specialty. Typically these years are spent in very focused and small classes, research under professorial tutelage, TA'ing a class (teaching under-classmen), or working for direct credits. The culmination is typically a unique leading edge thesis paper/presentation that is peer/professor reviewed. This is the SIMPLE explanation. You must remember that their are as many nuances and differences as their are colleges, schools, departments and degrees.
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10-16-2009, 09:37 PM
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| aka Dickcheese Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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| Ohh the horror. The memories. My brain hurts...
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10-16-2009, 09:40 PM
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| aka Dickcheese Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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| Hey if you are looking for the titular title your only qualification is to be knowledgeable. Titular. Easy. Look it up B-17.
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10-16-2009, 10:21 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: London, England.
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Or four years of heavy drinking and casual sex as we call it in England.
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10-16-2009, 11:18 PM
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| aka Dickcheese Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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| I was in the engineering department. Casual sex with other students in my department would either have made me gay or a man of very poor choice. Things that make you go "Blaughhhhh"  Thank God I married before I graduated.
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10-16-2009, 11:26 PM
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10-16-2009, 11:32 PM
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| aka Dickcheese Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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| Nope. Nothing but titles with no real meaning. Carry on.
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10-16-2009, 11:43 PM
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10-16-2009, 11:54 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Carolina
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  | Nice Matt!
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10-17-2009, 08:08 AM
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10-17-2009, 10:03 AM
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| The Pop-Tart Whisperer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States
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| but what about those that have the skill but don't have the papers? I've known about Majors and such - thanks Matt - I was just wondering what exactly you need to have the title of 'Historian". It seems superfluous. (Check that one out, B-17!  )
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