Major in sociology

[Isadora]

nothing2lose - thats good to hear! Maybe your screen name is a sign for me! Briefly, what is the course all about? Is it a stepping stone towards social work etc?

[nothing2lose]

Now you're testing the memory! I graduated almost 20 ago!!!

Basically it involves the study of society and the theories behind its evolution and operation.
A lot of people who become social workers may study sociology but it is entirely different.

What are you hoping to use your degree for?

[Isadora]

Hmmm, this may be the wrong direction then. I am currently doing an education degree but I am getting no where with it, as its on campus and its hard to actually go to uni with two little ones. I have done all the units that I can do externally. The sociology degree is done online. I was hoping it could be used towards a job in a government position like dept. for child protection or dept. for communities

[AnyDream]

Many govt departments are happy to hire graduates with pretty much any kinda-related degree. For eg, I work with people who have degrees in maths, public health, history, one guy did sociology or (?)cultural anthropology or something that I'm not very clear on. But I agree with N2L, if you are interested in particular departments, make some enquiries.

BUT - if education is still what you really want to do, why not explore what other courses are available by distance ed. It could be that you can do much more externally through a different uni. Don't just think about what's available locally because that's not the way education works now.

Some other sites that you might find helpful:
Job Guide 2011 – careers options and job requirements
Job Outlook - Make Your Career a Reality - Job Outlook – occupational information
myfuture: Australia's career information service – get the facts and personalise your careers exploration.

[Isadora]

Thanks heaps MD!!!!! xox

[surprised]

As someone with 2 useless degrees (they don't give me a trade), I would really encourage you to know where a particular degree will lead before you invest large amounts of time and money. If you want to be a social worker then sociology won't really get you any closer to that. To be useful these days, psychology graduates really need a master's degree - I don't think you can get registration as any kind of psychologist without it. As someone else said, are there other options for education by distance? The Good Guides is a good place to search for distance courses.

[*Twinkle*]

Hi Isadora

I am studying a bach of social work externally. A huge part of the degree is sociology as well. The main parts of social work degree are obviously social work subjects, psy and sociology. I think for memory there are about 4-6 sociology subjects in the degree.

I have also worked in govt (Disability) and I know of people who have degrees in all sorts of things! They are big on degrees. For me though I have to study something that interests me and the bach of social work is just awesome! yes the residentials and work placements are a pain in the butt, but overall I love it. And I LOVE the sociology subjects, they are awesome!lol