Thursday, June 26, 2008

Where is my guiding light?

Everyone has their guiding light of hope and future towards where they want to do but I do not see mine, needless to say feel mine. I have no idea if I want to be a journalist or a tour leader or a cultural person. I will wish to get into Monash and get my Degree of something.

* Bachelor of Arts
The Bachelor of Arts is a flexible degree that allows students to match their academic interests with their career goals to create the ideal course. Arts provides a set of general, portable and lasting skills vital to any career, such as the ability to research an issue, present an argument, analyse information, communicate clearly and relate well to people. There are no compulsory units. Students choose from a wide selection of studies and complete at least one major, one minor and a first-year sequence in arts. Elective units, or a second major, may be chosen from arts or an approved area taught by another faculty.

The subjects students choose in their arts degree may guide them towards a particular career. For example, a student interested in being an archaeologist might choose to study archaeology and classics and complement those studies with anthropology and a language. Monash arts graduates are working in fields such as:

• journalism, publishing, editing, writing, electronic media, public relations, corporate communications
• marketing, advertising, business research and analysis
• management consulting, international trade, human resources, training and development, management and administration
• diplomacy, foreign affairs, politics
• urban and environmental research and planning
• social and community services, counselling, social welfare, social research, policy and planning
• teaching (with additional qualification), education administration
• tourism, hospitality, entertainment and leisure industries
• performing arts (music or drama), production, direction, management and administration, film, television and video
• library services, museum and gallery administration arts management, event coordination
• translating, interpreting, voice recognition services.

* Bachelor of Arts (English)

The degree will give the student a deeper understanding of the English language and how English works from a structural, historical, socio-cultural, development and pedagogical perspective. The student will also be able to analyze the English language structure and be able to do critical analysis as well. Moreover, they will develop an understanding of the problems encountered in inter-cultural communications. Students will develop sophisticated skills in professional writing and oral communication.

{Me talking: I guess my career will most probably an English Teacher? Or perhaps a writer in some newspaper.}

*Bachelor of Arts (Language)
The program is designed for those who wish to develop a thorough knowledge of languages and their structures and the social and cultural aspects of the countries from which the language comes.

There are three ways to complete the degree:

(i) an extensive major in one language consisting of all major study requirements plus further units providing social and cultural insights into the countries where the language is spoken; a minor in linguistics; and a minor in a second language, or in European or Asian studies

(ii) majors in two languages and a minor in linguistics

(iii) a major in a language, a major in linguistics and a minor in a second language, or in European or Asian studies.

Monash offers Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and Ukrainian.

Career outlook

Graduates with second-language skills are highly sought after in fields including diplomacy, foreign affairs, politics, tourism and hospitality, and translating and interpreting.

I WANT TO TAKE ONE OF THESE!!!!!!