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What should I choose for my 3rd A Level option?

Hi, I'm unsure of what I want to do in the future but so far, the closest thing I can get to describing it is York's Interactive Media and Leeds' Digital Media undergraduate courses (both of which have no subject requirements). I'm doing Sociology and Graphic Communications A Level for definite, it's just the third option I'm unsure of. I want to do more creative activities but not so much that I want to do Fine Art. I kind of want to do a bit of game design, web design, graphic design etc. I would be open to coding so I was thinking of Computer Science but I'm not great at maths and I know I'd find the subject as a whole difficult. I figured I could maybe learn how to code in my own time and I think that wouldn't put me off programming than if I were to do CS at A Level. I also don't want to the subjects I did in GSCE such as English, Geography, Sciences etc. because I don't find them interesting.

I was thinking of doing BTEC ICT but my college isn't offering it this year. Then I thought Psychology may be relevant and could work. I had my enrolment for college today and a teacher suggested Film Studies but I'm not interested at all in doing film. I ended up sticking with Psychology for enrolment but today my sister suggested Media Studies which would be relevant to what I want to do. My question is would it matter if I do Psychology or Media Studies - is one better than the other for my situation? Are there any other subjects you think would be more relevant that I'm not thinking about?

I can still change my A Level choices within the first few weeks of college so I could see if I end up liking Psychology and want to keep doing it. But yeah, what are people's thoughts?
Original post by skuler
Hi, I'm unsure of what I want to do in the future but so far, the closest thing I can get to describing it is York's Interactive Media and Leeds' Digital Media undergraduate courses (both of which have no subject requirements). I'm doing Sociology and Graphic Communications A Level for definite, it's just the third option I'm unsure of. I want to do more creative activities but not so much that I want to do Fine Art. I kind of want to do a bit of game design, web design, graphic design etc. I would be open to coding so I was thinking of Computer Science but I'm not great at maths and I know I'd find the subject as a whole difficult. I figured I could maybe learn how to code in my own time and I think that wouldn't put me off programming than if I were to do CS at A Level. I also don't want to the subjects I did in GSCE such as English, Geography, Sciences etc. because I don't find them interesting.
I was thinking of doing BTEC ICT but my college isn't offering it this year. Then I thought Psychology may be relevant and could work. I had my enrolment for college today and a teacher suggested Film Studies but I'm not interested at all in doing film. I ended up sticking with Psychology for enrolment but today my sister suggested Media Studies which would be relevant to what I want to do. My question is would it matter if I do Psychology or Media Studies - is one better than the other for my situation? Are there any other subjects you think would be more relevant that I'm not thinking about?
I can still change my A Level choices within the first few weeks of college so I could see if I end up liking Psychology and want to keep doing it. But yeah, what are people's thoughts?

My question is would it matter if I do Psychology or Media Studies - is one better than the other for my situation?
Your choice of degrees don't require any specific subjects, so it doesn't matter.

Are there any other subjects you think would be more relevant that I'm not thinking about?
Your choice of degrees don't require any specific subjects, so picking "relevant" subjects at A Level is redundant.
If you're not sure, I'd just pick subjects that you know you would get high grades in.

The full list of A Level subjects available (depending on your individual college of course) are in the following:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Advanced_Level_subjects

Whilst I can say the following would help, if your college doesn't offer it then it's redundant to mention them:

Business

Digital Media

Digital Technology

Film Studies

Journalism

Media Studies

Politics

Sociology

Statistics


A better question is why a degree in media. You won't need a degree to go into media, and having one won't help with jobs in industry. Unless you want to go into media related research, no one is really going to ask for a degree in media. However, you can still apply for jobs that ask for degrees in any subjects though.

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