Im doing my a levels and im going to do Geography with spanish at Swansea, geography is a great subject to do because it is so diverse, as you can study both physical and human geography...i think saying it is a mickey mouse subject is very narrow minded....the only jobs that you probably can not get in to from doing a geography at uni are say science based jobs etc. From doing geography you can go into tourism to management and even politics. Geography provides a very wide and diverse base for all students in there first year and then you can narrow down and concenration on specific areas in your 2nd and 3rd year. I think that doing a good solid humanity or science subject with a language is the best way to go.
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- 24-06-2004 14:21
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- 24-06-2004 21:51
I still maintain that the geography department at Oxford is a dump. The entrance hall may be gorgeous with oak panelling etc. but the actual classrooms are tiny, the lecture theatres are falling apart and the people I saw wouldn't give me the time of day - and that's on an open day fer crying out loud. If you can't pretend to be friendly then, when can you?
Bristol aren't ******s eitherI found the department very welcoming, great courses on offer - especially their unique, first-in-the-country MSci course - and challenging. Just because they appear to be discriminatory doesn't mean they're bad - everyone discriminates, simply because they want the best candidates, and the government pressurises them into widening access to include thickos.
As to "Only a small proportion land jobs at top companies" - ever thought that a tiny proportion of graduate students land jobs at top companies straight off in all subjects? It should be taken into consideration that the numbers of people now going to university has risen hugely - with the advent of Mickey Mouse subjects - so the proportion will be tiny!
Geography is a very academic subject, it is ridiculed simply because of the diversity of it - it covers near enough everything somewhere, eventually. Personally, I love it's diversity, it's one of the things that attracted me to it throughout my school life. It's opened my eyes to the world and many more issues than I would have ever encountered elsewhere in my studies. I don't think it can be called vocational at all... -
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- 24-06-2004 22:59
(Original post by Susi)
Im doing my a levels and im going to do Geography with spanish at Swansea, geography is a great subject to do because it is so diverse, as you can study both physical and human geography...i think saying it is a mickey mouse subject is very narrow minded....the only jobs that you probably can not get in to from doing a geography at uni are say science based jobs etc. From doing geography you can go into tourism to management and even politics. Geography provides a very wide and diverse base for all students etc etc
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As to "Only a small proportion land jobs at top companies" - ever thought that a tiny proportion of graduate students land jobs at top companies straight off in all subjects? It should be taken into consideration that the numbers of people now going to university has risen hugely - with the advent of Mickey Mouse subjects - so the proportion will be tiny! -
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- 25-06-2004 18:12
if they wanted to do law say, wouldnt they just go onto do the law conversion, not temping?
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- 09-07-2004 11:45
(Original post by emzie)
if they wanted to do law say, wouldnt they just go onto do the law conversion, not temping?
Emzie - Law's one of few disciplines where it doesn't matter what subject you did, S&M was full of Classicists, Arch&Anth etc. You should have no problems getting a training contract with BA Geog (Oxon), but to hit the magic circle you'll really need to stand out. -
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- 14-07-2004 11:04
(Original post by Sophetta)
I'm not actually doing geography at uni purely so I am able to get a good job at the end of it- i'm doing it because its the subject i'm most interested in. I think when people **** off your subject as being mickey mouse they have to realise that there is more to life than your career prospects at the end of university.
But with competition for jobs getting fiercer and fiercer year on year, especially with a growing influx of highly ambitious and more qualified candidates from overseas, I'd now say that it's not a big sacrifice to spend three years doing an 'employable', respected subject you can tolerate rather than a 'worthless' one you enjoy the most, if you consider the long term benefits. -
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- 14-07-2004 11:07
im not doing geography now, or even a joint geography and economics course, now i know many people are unemployed or go into teaching after geography graduation,--yea i know you can go into management ..etc but id rather do something more employable atm
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- 14-07-2004 11:13
You may assume that graduating from Oxford would be a passport to employability. However the alumni directory of Geographers, as advertised on the website, is quite worrying: http://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/students/un...alumni2003.pdf
Whilst one's landed Deutsche, a lot seem to be travelling aimlessly with no idea what they want to go into, or are temping. -
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- 14-07-2004 14:31
I think it's just everyone who responded to a "what are you up to now?" mass email, so the 30/90 respondees should be a fairly accurate reflection of destinations. In fact you'd expect people to be more likely to respond if they've landed a prestigious job rather than temping/bar work.
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- 14-07-2004 15:01
It seems like most Oxford Geog grads become drifters.
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- 15-07-2004 13:56
All this talk of geography graduates struggling in the jobs market is quite worrying for me as i was planning on applying to study geography. Do you think joint honours would be better? I really do want to do geography.
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- 15-07-2004 14:02
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All this talk of geography graduates struggling in the jobs market is quite worrying for me as i was planning on applying to study geography. Do you think joint honours would be better? I really do want to do geography. -
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- 15-07-2004 14:09
(Original post by SiAnY)
All this talk of geography graduates struggling in the jobs market is quite worrying for me as i was planning on applying to study geography. Do you think joint honours would be better? I really do want to do geography. -
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- 15-07-2004 14:12
(Original post by Jools)
Yes. Economics & Geography or something. Then you get the best of both worlds - greater employability + studying what you enjoy. Re TheWolf saying to do a Masters, you can save a year or two of that if you make the right choice now. -
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- 15-07-2004 14:23
(Original post by SiAnY)
Economics & Geog is something i have thought about but i've never studied Econ before and i have very little knowledge of it, although it does look interesting. Also, i do not have AL maths.
I must warn you that from my experience, A level maths is required to do this combination at any of the top 10/15 unis
maybe you should try geography with another of your a level subjects - you can always choose which one to focus on in the second or third years, and this may result in greater employability -
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- 15-07-2004 14:30
(Original post by Quiksilver)
maybe you should try geography with another of your a level subjects - you can always choose which one to focus on in the second or third years, and this may result in greater employability -
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- 15-07-2004 14:32
(Original post by Quiksilver)
Im going to study Economics and Geography at UCL this september!!!
I must warn you that from my experience, A level maths is required to do this combination at any of the top 10/15 unis
maybe you should try geography with another of your a level subjects - you can always choose which one to focus on in the second or third years, and this may result in greater employability -
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- 15-07-2004 14:35
(Original post by SiAnY)
Well geography and sociology wouldn't really boost employment prospects would it? Or would it? I do enjoy sociology but it is regarded as even more "mickey mouse" than geography. And English Language and geography don't really make a good combo for a degree. -
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- 15-07-2004 14:36
(Original post by TheWolf)
hey what gcse/as grades did you get? im pretty interested in the economicsc and geography at ucl myself
AS - 3A, 1B
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- 15-07-2004 14:38
(Original post by Quiksilver)
GCSE - 3 A*, 7A
AS - 3A, 1B
offer AAB with an A in maths, A/B in Economics or geography (any combination)
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