All About Overseas Education

[doodbug]

Singaporeans tend to choose Econs over Business because of familiarity and exposure at A levels, and the perception that an MBA can be pursued subsequently. At the end of A levels, we just don’t really know what Business, Accountancy or Engineering are - but we clearly know what Econs, Physics, Maths, Chemistry, Biology (Life Sciences) are like.

[sharonkhoo]

MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2132738\" time=\"1713228582\" user_id=\"43981:

So many of you. And think slmkhoo's dd too. Didn't know the course is so popular.

No degree course automatically leads to success! Not even Medicine or Law. My younger girl took Econs after a great deal of discussion, at school, at home, etc. She ruled out pure sciences and pure humanities as she just wasn't interested enough in any one of them, and was considering various courses and combinations in the social science areas. In the end, after discussing with us, she decided on Econs which covered all the bases - it's a social science which delves into a range of \"real life\" areas dealing with human behaviour and choices, social wellbeing, political issues, etc. It makes use of both \"humanities\" thinking and skills as well as strong mathematical ability. While being fairly broad, it requires a good amount of intellectual rigour. It doesn't pigeonhole a student into any specific job or sector. It was idea for an 18yo who had no idea what she wanted to work in later in life, but wanted to go deep into something which could be useful in many areas.

Her Econs degree is a BA, but that's just a name. The content of the course was pretty much like any other Econs course, without the distractions of \"general core courses\" and \"cross-disciplinary courses\" or whatever they are called in universities that are more modular. However, she has curiosity about many things, and reads widely and discusses with others what they are studying or interested in. I would say that she has a lot of breadth, more than some who have gone through the \"broad\" type of university courses.

[zac's mum]

Thx for sharing, slmkhoo. I understand a bit better now.

[lee_yl]

doodbug\" post_id=\"2132736\" time=\"1713228217\" user_id=\"13281:

Chew Shou Zi also Econs grad

Just googled about Chew Shou Zi.
His is Bachelor of Economics from UCL.
Not B Sc or B So Sc. Lol

Minister’s CCS’s degree is Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Cambridge, I guess same as Slmkhoo’s daughter?

So Econs degree titles can be B Arts, B Sc, B So Sc, B Econs, guess it doesn’t really matter…

[doodbug]

Harvard and Stanford can call their degrees anything and people will flock there regardless.

[sharonkhoo]

lee_yl\" post_id=\"2132746\" time=\"1713230268\" user_id=\"17023:

Minister’s CCS’s degree is Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Cambridge...
So Econs degree titles can be B Arts, B Sc, B So Sc, B Econs, guess it doesn’t really matter…

All bachelor's degrees (first degrees) from Oxbridge are BA - the course doesn't matter. BA Maths, BA Physics, BA Jurisprudence/Law...

[MrsKiasu]

slmkhoo\" post_id=\"2132743\" time=\"1713229970\" user_id=\"28674:

No degree course automatically leads to success! Not even Medicine or Law. My younger girl took Econs after a great deal of discussion, at school, at home, etc. She ruled out pure sciences and pure humanities as she just wasn't interested enough in any one of them, and was considering various courses and combinations in the social science areas. In the end, after discussing with us, she decided on Econs which covered all the bases - it's a social science which delves into a range of \"real life\" areas dealing with human behaviour and choices, social wellbeing, political issues, etc. It makes use of both \"humanities\" thinking and skills as well as strong mathematical ability. While being fairly broad, it requires a good amount of intellectual rigour. It doesn't pigeonhole a student into any specific job or sector. It was idea for an 18yo who had no idea what she wanted to work in later in life, but wanted to go deep into something which could be useful in many areas.

Her Econs degree is a BA, but that's just a name. The content of the course was pretty much like any other Econs course, without the distractions of \"general core courses\" and \"cross-disciplinary courses\" or whatever they are called in universities that are more modular. However, she has curiosity about many things, and reads widely and discusses with others what they are studying or interested in. I would say that she has a lot of breadth, more than some who have gone through the \"broad\" type of university courses.

I feel Econs is very specialised. Personally I would prefer Econs than Bz for the deeper understanding of our surroundings.

[lee_yl]

slmkhoo\" post_id=\"2132748\" time=\"1713231306\" user_id=\"28674:

All bachelor's degrees (first degrees) from Oxbridge are BA - the course doesn't matter. BA Maths, BA Physics, BA Jurisprudence/Law...

Thanks. So B Sc Econs vs B So Sc Econs, does it matter?

[sharonkhoo]

MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2132749\" time=\"1713231472\" user_id=\"43981:

I feel Econs is very specialised. Personally I would prefer Econs than Bz for the deeper understanding of our surroundings.

My feeling too.

[sharonkhoo]

lee_yl\" post_id=\"2132750\" time=\"1713231604\" user_id=\"17023:

Thanks. So B Sc Econs vs B So Sc Econs, does it matter?

Rather than look at the degree name, it's more important to look into the courses and the overall \"leaning\" of the course in each university. Besides looking at the course structure (compulsory and elective courses), there are probably comments and reviews online. Some courses will involve more maths and stats, others more politics, other more social sciences. Some have a larger compulsory core and fewer electives, others may be the other way round. Employers are discerning - they will ask for full transcripts to see what exactly the student has studied and whether that fits with what they are looking for. A weak student may cruise through by taking more \"easy\" courses, while another may choose more challenging ones. The degree will be the same, even the GPA may be the same, but the transcript will indicate which student is more interested and able.