parochial boy
parochial_boy
Junior Chimp
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« on: June 21, 2017, 01:03:19 AM » |
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A friend of mine did International Relations at the University of Sydney, and is now perfectly gainfully employed.
My understanding of the Australian university system as that it is like the UK where, unless you want to go into a specific career (engineering or the like), then it is pretty much irrelevant what subject you do - what is important is demonstrating that you have learned key "employable" skills; like problem solving, team work, communication, being able to manage yourself more than being able to go into an entry level job with a specific technical skillset.
So the choice between economics and PoliSci doesn't matter at the end of the day, as a good PoliSci course will include a fair bit of data analyisis and an ability to show a basic level of numeracy.
Do what you find most interesting, and to echo Foucaulf, make sure that you have a good number of side projects that you can talk about on your CV and you'll be fine.
That said, going to a "good" university probably counts for a bit - think Uni of Sydney rather than Kuring-gai technical college or whatever.
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