When earning a Bachelor of Arts (Communication) degree in UWA, you have to choose a major to follow. Which is good. Because I can choose what I want to do. And it's also confusing. Because I have so much choice!
It's not as confusing as the pure Bachelor of Arts degree I suppose, where you have to choose four majors in first year and then take two of those in the second year.
Anywho, the majors I found in the prospectus (which coincide with the ones I'm considering)are as follows:
Anthropology- the study of past societies, their religion, culture, landscapes etc etc, basically their lifestyles and how they survived. A good one to take if I wanted to be very general.
Archaeology- the one I'm dying to take right now, but am not so sure if I should. Involves the study of remains, old architecture and fossils. Has a practical element to it which I like, but I guess I can't really be digging up graves for the rest of my life can I?
History- basically the study of revolutions, the fall of regimes, and is basically just modern history, something like what I do in school.
Ancient and Classical History- the study of Greek and Roman history. I am a little wary of this one, because it pretty much limits job choices to caretakers and curates.
Psychology- helping people overcome mental illness. A good one to take in case I ever decide to become a psychologist and don't want to have to repeat uni! But I'm not really as into it as say Anthropology.
Political Science and International Relations- also a good one to take, considering how important politics and international relations is.
European Studies- generally, a study of Europe. Tres importante if I want to be a journalist in Europe, but I am not so sure, and am very much torn between this, Anthropology, Archaeology and Asian Studies.
Asian Studies- generally, a study of Asia, which is also important seeing as what giants India and China are becoming. Plus as an Asian, I would probably have an upper hand in being able to operate in Asia. Again, I am torn.
There were a lot more, such as Industrial Relations, which sort of falls under Marketing and Commerce, but generally, these are the majors I am considering. Some of them I find to be a little useless in the real world, ie Classical and Ancient History, which I sort of learn in my spare time anyway without really needing to take a university course on it too. So basically, I'm really only looking at Asian Studies, European Studies, Psychology, Archaeology, Anthropology and Political & International Realtions.
Advice on any or all of these are greatly appreciated. Especially if you are out there working in the real world and should happen to know something about one, or some of these majors. =)
Mishy <3
2 comments:
Anthropology - sounds really interesting, I might take a course in this :) And I think it'd be really useful in the line of work I want to pursue.
Archaeology - also sounds really interesting and you really love it so why not? The thing is, one of these days, everything that can be dug up will have been dug up :/
Classics - apart from becoming a curator, you could always teach! And if you really liked it, it would be fun, right?
Psychology isn't a great A level subject but I hear it's a lot better at university. Oh and make sure you get the qualification so you can PRACTISE in Australia. At the U of New South Wales, there are two Psychology degrees, one is just academic, one lets you practise.
International Relations - this is my baby. I'm looking forward to it! I've seen the courses: a foreign language, electives in economics, history, area studies, etc. However, the job market for this thing is kind of limited, my art teacher already told me to either double major or make sure there are transferable skills involved in the major.
Euro/Asian studies - great if you are REALLY interested in these areas. Useful, again, for the line of work I'm considering, but really, you could just take a floater course in the Euro/Asian studies department in addition to your main major. I think you can do that in some Australian schools. The best school for flexibility is Melbourne though.
I hope my essay helps :P though I don't have first hand experience of these, I can only advise you to do what you feel is best. I didn't know what I wanted to do a year ago, but now, it gets clearer every day :)
ps. i have NO IDEA how IR falls under marketing!
LOL.
Industrial Relations is basically how to maintain relations in a business environment.
In the prospectus it says to learn how to manage employees, roles of unions, how co-operation and negotiation are developed and how conflict can emerged. It's the sort of thing you'd do if you were really interested in doing PR work for big international businesses like IFCA, the company my dad used to work for where nobody quite understands what goes on there, lol. Also good for wanting to run your own business and whatnot, and it opens doors to trade unions specifically, hence the reason it falls under marketing and commerce. :P
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