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29 Feb 2008, 12:51 pm

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Ahhh...the social sciences. Critique everything in terms of race, class, and gender. :wink: Maybe, one day, we can critique history from a neurodiversity standpoint. Many more situations would make sense, I think.


Well, I've applied for a summer research grant at my college to do something along those lines. I really want to get it, but I don't want to get my hopes up.



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29 Feb 2008, 1:52 pm

That is sooo cool! I hope you get the grant, too.



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29 Feb 2008, 8:50 pm

Funny this was mentioned. History is a strong interest of mine from European (Fun times for AP European) American (Civil War) and World (Religion comes into play here). However, I didn't major in history because I don't think I would've had great job prospects.



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29 Feb 2008, 9:01 pm

I'm a history major. I guess people are right about the poor job prospects, but I needed to decide and most of my other interests are about as narrow. I probably will go on to get another degree in the future once I'm done getting this BA.



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29 Feb 2008, 9:07 pm

mirandao wrote:
I'm a history major. I guess people are right about the poor job prospects, but I needed to decide and most of my other interests are about as narrow. I probably will go on to get another degree in the future once I'm done getting this BA.


Maybe and maybe not, it depends on the person's view.


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01 Mar 2008, 1:04 am

UnderThere wrote:
Ahhh...the social sciences. Critique everything in terms of race, class, and gender. :wink: Maybe, one day, we can critique history from a neurodiversity standpoint. Many more situations would make sense, I think.

Hey, that's not all social sciences! There is also economics where things are critiqued using graphs and simplified mathematical models.



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01 Mar 2008, 1:10 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_sciences

For those wondering what the social sciences are.


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02 Mar 2008, 12:50 am

I'm probably going to minor in History. It's one of my favorite subjects.



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04 Mar 2008, 2:42 pm

I thought I'd revive this thread to say that I did get a summer research grant to do a project about the social history and construction of autism spectrum disorders. Needless to say, I'm very excited about this. If any History majors have any thoughts about the project, I'd be glad to hear them.



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04 Mar 2008, 4:35 pm

srriv345 wrote:
I thought I'd revive this thread to say that I did get a summer research grant to do a project about the social history and construction of autism spectrum disorders. Needless to say, I'm very excited about this. If any History majors have any thoughts about the project, I'd be glad to hear them.


Thats tight to do way to go. 8)


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04 Mar 2008, 5:25 pm

srriv345 wrote:
I thought I'd revive this thread to say that I did get a summer research grant to do a project about the social history and construction of autism spectrum disorders. Needless to say, I'm very excited about this. If any History majors have any thoughts about the project, I'd be glad to hear them.


that's awesome! you'll have to post a summary on your report or whatever your work takes you through.

im sure many would be interested on this topic here!


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05 Mar 2008, 2:02 am

I graduated from college in December with a Bachelor of Arts in History with a minor in Political Science.



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05 Mar 2008, 3:27 pm

tlcoopi7 wrote:
I graduated from college in December with a Bachelor of Arts in History with a minor in Political Science.


Nice 8)


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