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A decision that could change your life
Do you remember the days when you were back in school, thinking about your future? It’s probable that you had a family member whom you’d respect the most, and he/she was an architect. Watching how a house was designed and plotted on a computer brought sparkles to your eyes. Later when the house was actually been built, dreams were becoming true in real-life.
It’s funny how kids pursue the dream of becoming this person, subsequently thinking of the job as their own fancy job. But things can get ugly when in the forthcoming years you realise that you have had much better capabilities in some other field. So, what do you think is the best way to decipher your abilities and proceed with what is best for you?
Hopefully if you’re not living in a communist society (see communist education), I’ve found something that could help you decide what university programme to do. Read the description of the following groups and see which is in your interest the most:
Group A
You are interested in:
- physical activity
- working with machines
- working with your hands
- caring for the environment
- working with plants
- caring for animals
- fixing things
Group B
You are interested in:
- numbers and figures
- running your own business
- leading a group of people
- selling products or services
- planning and organising the activities of others
- taking care of the welfare of people in the workplace
Group C
You are interested in:
- reading
- performing for an audience
- speaking to or in front of a group of people
- developing new or unusual ways of doing things
- interacting with people (in groups or individually)
- taking care of people
- teaching others
- helping people cope with their problems
- learning about different cultures
Group D
You are interested in:
- persuading people
- influencing people
- social justice
- applying rules and regulations
- solving difficult situations involving people
- power
- working with those who have lost direction
Group E
You are interested in:
- mathematics and science
- planning and problem-solving
- working with computers
- designing things
- programming computers to perform tasks
- knowing how things work
Which one did you choose? I’m sure this list doesn’t cover every academic university programme out there, but if you were lucky to fall into one of these categories press ‘read more’ to see the results.
Group A
- Agricultural Management
- Animal Health
- Horticulture
- Nature Conservation
- Environmental Management
- Consumer Science
- Human Ecology
- Hospitality
- Geography
Group B
- Accountancy
- Administrative Management
- Entrepreneurship
- Human Resource Management
- Safety Management
- Tourism Management
- Marketing Management
- Commerce
- Economics
- Financial Management
- Industrial and Organisational Psychology
- Logistics
- Law
- Informatics
- Banking
- Internal Auditing
- Operations Management
- Quality Insurance
- Business Leadership
Group C
- Education specialisation in Early Childhood
- Education specialisation in Foundation Phase
- Education specialisation in Intermediate Phase
- Education specialisation in Senior Phase
- Visual Arts
- Youth Development
- Music
- Communication Science
- Multimedia Studies
- Digital Visual Arts
- Applied Psychology
- Community and Health Psychology
- International Relations and Diplomacy
- Communication Facilitation
- Political Leadership and Citizenship
- Policy Studies
- Musicology
- Theology
- Language and Literature
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- History
- International Politics
- Applied Linguistics
- Translation Studies
- Philosophy
- Sociology
- Politics
Group D
- Criminology
- Risk Management
- Forensic Investigation
- Penology
- Banking Law
- Commercial Law
- Corporate Law
- Correctional Servicing Management
- Policing
Group E
- Civil Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Mechantronics
- Mine Surveying
- Pulp and Paper Technology
- Industrial Engineering
- Applied Mathematics
- Astronomy
- Information Systems
- Physics
- Statistics
- Data Mining
- Information Technology
- Computing
