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Cool - thanks! I'm too old to be interested in pursuing a degree and I've accepted many years ago I will never be able to earn money doing what I love - genealogical and historical research. But I would love to be better informed on certain historical periods and learn better research methods for genealogy. It irks me to no end that, over the past 50 years or so, the focus of attending college has shifted away from gaining a basic, all round education and toward becoming employable. It, to me, defeats the very definition of "education".
My school offers a fully online Master of Archival Studies degree, if interested here's the link. I was told that if you were able to come to the campus, then there is a good chance that you would be able to get an internship at the Federal Southeast Archives located on the campus.
Cool - thanks! I'm too old to be interested in pursuing a degree and I've accepted many years ago I will never be able to earn money doing what I love - genealogical and historical research. But I would love to be better informed on certain historical periods and learn better research methods for genealogy. It irks me to no end that, over the past 50 years or so, the focus of attending college has shifted away from gaining a basic, all round education and toward becoming employable. It, to me, defeats the very definition of "education".
You can start a genealogical search firm. A lot of people want the info but don't know how or don't want to spend the time doing it themselves.
Cool - thanks! I'm too old to be interested in pursuing a degree and I've accepted many years ago I will never be able to earn money doing what I love - genealogical and historical research. But I would love to be better informed on certain historical periods and learn better research methods for genealogy. It irks me to no end that, over the past 50 years or so, the focus of attending college has shifted away from gaining a basic, all round education and toward becoming employable. It, to me, defeats the very definition of "education".
I agree. I'm between middle-age and senior, and I'm in school (online) to learn with the added benefit of earning a piece of paper to put on my wall to look at. My goal is not to add a line to my resume, print out fistfuls and hit the sidewalk. I work as a volunteer caring for wildlife, and my current educational path is in human behavior science. That has been helpful to what I love to do, but once I'm done with that (in three days actually, and yes I'm counting the hours), I'm switching to animal behavior. Perhaps I have to start from scratch, but that doesn't matter.
Another of my passions is genealogy. If I had the time I would probably double-major in behavior science and history. And I would do it all online because that fits my lifestyle. I am enjoying earning the degree, but it's not a mandatory "reward" for me. Over the years I've taken a number of online courses for enrichment in a variety of topics from astronomy to interior design to the study of Tolkien.
I have chosen a degree path only because I don't know the future, and should I need or want to go out and pursue employment, I will have a piece of paper saying I'm degreed. But in the meantime I'm thrilled to be expanding the gray matter in my head.
Also look at their regular online class catalog--they have a huge variety of classes--I'm planning to take a history class and a German class in the hopefully near future. Online Course Catalog - BYU Independent Study
Edit to add: They have a number of genealogy-related classes in their fee classes--a good number in History, Latin for Genealogists, in English--Writing your Family Story.
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