Study or not? (1 Viewer)

[jchannn]

I want to do an arts/international course at UOW and I'm really interested in what it can offer. But I live about 2-3 hours away so travel will be a hassle and I can't afford to live on campus or around that area.
So my options are:

1. Take a gap year, earn some money and take the course the next year
2. Or do arts at unsw for 3 yrs and then do international studies degree for 4 yrs

arts/international at uow will take 4.5yrs and arts (not including the gap year)+ international at unsw will take 7 years.
I'm not sure what I should do.

 

[Omnipotence]

Isn't international studies just a glorified arts degree with a compulsory overseas study program? Option 1) Will gap year cover 4.5 years of rent? Don't think so. I'm pretty sure you can apply for accommodation scholarships. Option 2) It won't be 7 years, it's not 2 undergraduate degrees (arts + international studies). Why not do arts and do a masters in IR (which is an additional 1 year over an arts degree)?

 

[brent012]

Isn't international studies just a glorified arts degree with a compulsory overseas study program?

Can't speak for UNSW but at UTS international studies can be added to pretty much any degree and adds one year - which is the year overseas (but afaik your electives are then used for the language subjects and what not).

Doing a seperate arts and IS course sounds like a bad idea. Do UNSW definitely not have a combined course? Also, have you looked into Arts in Communication/Arts in International Studies at UTS?

 

[Riproot]

Can't speak for UNSW but at UTS international studies can be added to pretty much any degree and adds one year - which is the year overseas (but afaik your electives are then used for the language subjects and what not).

Doing a seperate arts and IS course sounds like a bad idea. Do UNSW definitely not have a combined course? Also, have you looked into Arts in Communication/Arts in International Studies at UTS?

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Have you looked into anything?