In need of advice.

[Predator]

Hey all,
Well I want to go to uni for the experience and to get a Bachelor in something.
The problem is I have no idea what actual uni course I want to do if I did decide to go next year. I just know I will likely get bored with a year off even with a job (still need to find) so I am pretty much asking.
What would you do?

[ninwa]

Need more info.

What are your interests?
What are you good at?
How long are you willing to stay at uni for? Is further study an option you're willing to consider?
Have you done any work experience in any industry?
What VCE subjects are you doing/have you done?

[binders]

this probably isn't good advice for a school leaver, and depends on your circumstances, but if it were me...
I would enrol in a single subject or two. That way you could test the waters in an area of interest without committing to a full degree course in that area, as well as sample the university experience.
If the subjects are normally part of a course structure, they may be credited to your course when you finally do enrol in one. The downside is that they are expensive.

Another option would be to undertake some study in another vce unit or some other course out of interest. without worrying about your ATAR or uni requirements you'll probably find it less demanding and more enjoyable. Think of it as picking up more knowledge or another skill part-time while you decide on your future.

well, that's what i'd do.
good luck!

[Predator]

Need more info.

What are your interests?
What are you good at?
How long are you willing to stay at uni for? Is further study an option you're willing to consider?
Have you done any work experience in any industry?
What VCE subjects are you doing/have you done?

1) I have a wide variety of interests which doesn't help.
2) The length of a course doesn't really faze me that much. Further study is that like other VCE subjects or?
3) Nothing real spectacular as of yet.
4) In total I have done: Physical Education, Design Technology, English, Further Mathematics, Visual Communication and Design and Economics.

this probably isn't good advice for a school leaver, and depends on your circumstances, but if it were me...
I would enrol in a single subject or two. That way you could test the waters in an area of interest without committing to a full degree course in that area, as well as sample the university experience.
If the subjects are normally part of a course structure, they may be credited to your course when you finally do enrol in one. The downside is that they are expensive.

Another option would be to undertake some study in another vce unit or some other course out of interest. without worrying about your ATAR or uni requirements you'll probably find it less demanding and more enjoyable. Think of it as picking up more knowledge or another skill part-time while you decide on your future.

well, that's what i'd do.
good luck!

I have thought about that just not sure into how it fully works. Sounds like a feasable option might need to do some research now.

Thanks to both of you for your fast replies

[ninwa]

Sounds like you enjoy artsy stuff? Perhaps a bachelor of fine arts or equivalent?

Is there any university you prefer?

If you liked economics - perhaps commerce, or I think some universities offer a bachelor of economics. And you could combine it into a double degree with something different like arts or science to see if you enjoy those other areas too.

Surely you have a special interest in something. Writing? Drawing? Business studies?

Though if you like everything, then you're just as likely to do well by picking a course out of a hat

I think in your case the Melbourne Model could work really well. You still have to choose a degree, but you can take breadth subjects in pretty much any faculty and get a taste of the other faculties.

[Predator]

I don't mind arts. But I'm not fully into it and to make it fair I can't draw or anything by hand. I'm only good at the photography and half decent at the computer.

Not to fussed really. Do you know what is best?

I looked into the combined courses like a double degree. I'm just not sure where they lead to. Like a double degree in science and arts would that mean like a chance for sport science and teaching as a major?

I asked my careers about that and they pretty much said no for some reason.

[ninwa]

I don't think you can major in teaching in an arts degree, you would have to do a bachelor of education for that.

I also don't think sports science actually comes under the science faculty, but have a look at the website of the university you're interested in.

Otherwise yes you could potentially graduate with a major in maths in your science degree, combined with a major in history in your arts degree. Then you could just choose which one you wanted to continue with I suppose. Sometimes the degrees can work together, but I can't think of any examples at the moment.

Have you at least got some courses which look attractive to you in mind?

[Predator]

Late response I know >.<

Does a general degree such as arts and science open up much for future and a successful employment but?
That is the only thing I am worried about if I was to undertake one and then be stranded with a degree but no where to go.

I have looked into Forensic Science at one stage but severely limited in job oppurtunities and looking into a Sport Science course is good but also limited with jobs. I looked into teaching and also business at one stage but it is all a bit overwelming and I still don't know what to do It is probably too late to apply now too

[ninwa]

Arts - probably not so much. Perhaps if you majored in Psychology.

Science - I have no idea sorry, have a look here: http://vcenotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,29573.0.html

It seems you're interested in science / business. Why not apply for a science/commerce double degree, or maybe science/business. That gives you a wider range of knowledge which could be valuable to employers in future. If you decided later you wanted to do teaching you could just do a diploma of education.

[Predator]

Does that mean arts is more of a laid back course just to get a degree? I don't mean in that sense that people just do it for the piece of paper but I hear like you said it is limited unless combined with something such as teaching.
I thought psych would be more in the science field?

Thanks for that thread, shows to get anywhere your best doing that for a year then taking a major in one of the areas it offers.

I might look around and see what is available in those double degrees in regards to my subjects to see if they meet the prereqs.
So you would only need to go to TAFE and get a diploma and you would be able to teach?

Sorry for my noobness, and thanks for all your help it has been a great guide

[ninwa]

A lot of people who do arts choose it because they have no idea what they want to do in their lives. It is pretty limited I guess because a lot of people have it and therefore it's less valuable. I suppose you could go on to do honours then PhD and become an academic. Or a teacher. Or study languages and work as a translator / in foreign affairs. You'd have to be really brilliant but it's not impossible - Kevin Rudd only had an arts degree (with 1st class honours though).

You can major in psychology in arts, but you have to do further studies to become an accredited psychologist. Not really sure what but I have a friend in her final year of arts who wants to become a psychologist, if you are interested I can ask her any questions you may have.

I would say arts and science offer the widest range of subjects. Arts has no pre-reqs as far as I know, not sure about science I guess it depends on what you want to major in.

I don't think you get a diploma of education from TAFE, it's a university qualification. If you're interested in teaching I'd double check that.

[Predator]

Oh I see, I know a lot of my friends are doing arts since they have no idea what they want to do in the future. I contemplated it but after finding it limited, I chose not to put it down unless I majored in something in the arts branch.

Oh I never knew you could do that, are the further studies just another one to two years like honours or am I way off track?

Yeah that is a fair point. I might look at some double degrees in arts/science or arts/commerce or even some body science courses if I know there is a future in it.

Yeah I did check that out it depends and could be a yearly course pending on what university it is attended at.

Sorry for the long reply again and for making you waste your time

[Gloamglozer]

Are you planning to go to uni next year or in the near future?

[Predator]

Are you planning to go to uni next year or in the near future?

I was planning to go next year, although I think I have left it too late
Although I do plan to go either way if I do not go next year.

[Predator]

Sorry for the double post and all but I still have no idea what course to do.

- It seems I have taken sport out of the occasion due it being very very limited in employment oppurtunities although the teaching aspect seems to be the only way of getting a job afterwards, I could do that in a teaching degree to be a PE teacher. Could always study this later on if I chose to do so just to understand sport science in greater depth.

So I guess I am back to square one :/