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Title: I Want To Pick A Humanities Subject But I'm Torn
Post by: da_coolest1 on October 13, 2019, 05:19:26 pm

For context, I'm gonna be Year 11 next year. I have no clue what I want to do after school and all I know is that I want to go to uni. Because of that, I picked Bio, Chem, Methods 3/4 and English to get into basically anything. I also picked Indo SL because I thought I do pretty well in it. I want a bit of variety in my subjects so I'd really like a humanities subject and I can only do it through VSV. The ones that I'm interested in are:



• Philosophy
• Legal Studies
• Aus+Global Pol
• Psychology (i know it's more of a science but whatever)
• Sociology

I read the study designs and they all sound really interesting but I am sooo torn. So if you have any experiences with these subjects, please share. Thanks.

Title: Re: I Want To Pick A Humanities Subject But I'm Torn
Post by: Bri MT on October 13, 2019, 05:40:12 pm

Since you don't know what you're interested in for after highschool, I'd recommend either not picking psych or swapping it with bio or chem (last I checked chem opens more doors than bio) so that you can experience a wider range of fields than just science. 

Have you read any subject reviews?

Title: Re: I Want To Pick A Humanities Subject But I'm Torn
Post by: hums_student on October 13, 2019, 06:06:04 pm

I did global politics in VCE and I think that was the most useful subject I did. In particular, 1/2 is has a lot of focus on real life application which I think is really important to everyone. I highly recommend taking global.

I am also a 1/2 psychology drop out and my advice is that if you’re looking for a good bludge subject which isn’t very difficult to score well in, do not do psych. Also I would definitely say it is more of a science than humanities. Adding on to that, as Bri said, if you’re trying to explore different options and study a broad range of subjects, psych won’t be the best option when you already have chem and bio. 

Title: Re: I Want To Pick A Humanities Subject But I'm Torn
Post by: da_coolest1 on October 13, 2019, 10:31:06 pm

Quote from: hums_student on October 13, 2019, 06:06:04 pm

I did global politics in VCE and I think that was the most useful subject I did. In particular, 1/2 is has a lot of focus on real life application which I think is really important to everyone. I highly recommend taking global.

I am also a 1/2 psychology drop out and my advice is that if you’re looking for a good bludge subject which isn’t very difficult to score well in, do not do psych. Also I would definitely say it is more of a science than humanities. Adding on to that, as Bri said, if you’re trying to explore different options and study a broad range of subjects, psych won’t be the best option when you already have chem and bio.

Ah thanks. I didn't know there was a term for it but yeah that's basically what I'm looking for. A bludge subject purely just for fun. You're right. I reread the psych study design and the 3/4 bits seem really science-y and kinda boring. I might get rid of legal from the race too. Soooo we're down to three.

Quote from: Bri MT on October 13, 2019, 05:40:12 pm

Since you don't know what you're interested in for after highschool, I'd recommend either not picking psych or swapping it with bio or chem (last I checked chem opens more doors than bio) so that you can experience a wider range of fields than just science. 

Have you read any subject reviews?

Actually, no I haven't. Where do you find them?


Mod edit: merged double post.  You can quote multiple people in the same post rather than creating two posts and this keeps the forums neater

Title: Re: I Want To Pick A Humanities Subject But I'm Torn
Post by: Bri MT on October 14, 2019, 08:41:13 am

Quote from: da_coolest1 on October 13, 2019, 10:42:04 pm

Actually, no I haven't. Where do you find them?

here in Vic Education Discussion