Economins/sociology + public admin info needed

cocomk1

ok im thinking of doing either public administration or economics and sociology in ul next year...can anyone tell me wat the courses are like and more importantly wat the job prospects of the courses are like...tanx.:)

klong

Two years ago, when I was finishing my undergrad, out of all the humanities courses Public Admin had the least favourable job prospects (yes, even worse than HPSS!). I think its more suited, from what I've heard, to people already in the civil or public service and want to further their careers.

The people I know who did Economics and Sociology are doing postgrads in Law.

In either case, proper spelling, grammar and punctuation will help any forays into employment! :-)

J.S. Pill

I graduated top of Public admin a few years ago* and, in real terms, I'm actually earning less than what I earned on my work experience!!

'least I have a job of course...



*more than I care to admit

cocomk1

klong wrote: »

Two years ago, when I was finishing my undergrad, out of all the humanities courses Public Admin had the least favourable job prospects (yes, even worse than HPSS!). I think its more suited, from what I've heard, to people already in the civil or public service and want to further their careers.

The people I know who did Economics and Sociology are doing postgrads in Law.

In either case, proper spelling, grammar and punctuation will help any forays into employment! :-)

..can you study a postgrad in law at ul or do you go elsewhere...

cocomk1

J.S. Pill wrote: »

I graduated top of Public admin a few years ago* and, in real terms, I'm actually earning less than what I earned on my work experience!!

'least I have a job of course...



*more than I care to admit

serious!!...i dont mean to be noisy but what job are you doing....like if you chose to continue in further studies in ul maybe a masters or phd would it be worth it money wise

english4490

cocomk1 wrote: »

ok im thinking of doing either public administration or economics and sociology in ul next year...can anyone tell me wat the courses are like and more importantly wat the job prospects of the courses are like...tanx.:)

check out this 3 threads they have some info on economics and sociology!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055515067&highlight=economics+sociology

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055470912&highlight=economics+sociology


http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055138081&highlight=economics+sociology

klong

cocomk1 wrote: »

..can you study a postgrad in law at ul or do you go elsewhere...

Yes, can be done here.

1huge1

klong wrote: »

Two years ago, when I was finishing my undergrad, out of all the humanities courses Public Admin had the least favourable job prospects (yes, even worse than HPSS!). I think its more suited, from what I've heard, to people already in the civil or public service and want to further their careers.

The people I know who did Economics and Sociology are doing postgrads in Law.

In either case, proper spelling, grammar and punctuation will help any forays into employment! :-)

So would that also say that economics and finance (from bbs) has poor job prospects?

J.S. Pill

cocomk1 wrote: »

serious!!...i dont mean to be noisy but what job are you doing....like if you chose to continue in further studies in ul maybe a masters or phd would it be worth it money wise

Did masters already. made the mistake of doing it in something I liked. Work in insurance now. That's life...

shabby

I'm currently doing public admin and wondering if anybody knows if it could get me into a Msc Finance post-grad since i have picked the economics and management strain?!

For the Op, well the course is 15 hours a week (10 hrs of lectures, 5 of tutorials)....just finishing first year now and the course is really general.....havent learnt anything significant, just a general overview of stuff really. Glorified secretaries could be a description of job opportunities...