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Uni Stuff => Universities - Victoria => University of Melbourne => Topic started by: kaipingpong on January 24, 2012, 10:43:33 pm

Title: Commerce + Language Breadth?
Post by: kaipingpong on January 24, 2012, 10:43:33 pm

I'm doing commerce at UoM and i was wondering if studying japanese as breadth will help me in the future in jobs etc.
The thing is i cannot major in Japanese unless i'm doing Bachelor of arts, the only thing is a diploma of languages which adds another year to my course :|

Title: Re: Commerce + Language Breadth?
Post by: aes_999 on January 24, 2012, 10:47:22 pm

Sure, if you want to go overseas to Japan doing commerce in the future. But if you really want to study a language to improve international relationships, take Mandarin, since China's going to become a global power. That being said, I don't think studying a foreign language is necessary to get a job in commerce in Australia.

Title: Re: Commerce + Language Breadth?
Post by: xdecay on January 25, 2012, 06:33:46 am

it's recommended for students to apply for diplang after a year of uni. does that mean we are meant to take the language as breadth in our first year? if not, are the credits transferrable even if we do?