POST 6 - POSTGRADUATE STUDIES

POST 6 - POSTGRADUATE STUDIES 

Write about a postgraduate course that you would consider taking in the future.
Include:

- Reasons to do the course
- Subject(s) you would like to study
- Where you would like to study (Chile or abroad)
- How you would like to study (distance learning, blended system, part-time course, etc)
- Any other relevant ideas

- Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts.

- Word Count: 220 words

I believe the main reason to study a postgraduate degree is to further one’s skills and knowledge in a particular field. At the same time, someone becomes more employable in some fields as well as value and trust after has taken postgraduate studies. Postgraduate qualifications is the only way into certain stages of a career, especially so in academia.

In the private sector, postgraduate qualifications are equally valuable. An MBA, for example, may advance your career in business in ways that nothing else can.
Once one chose a career the prospects of postgraduate qualifications are great benefits. For instance, a postgraduate may begin on a higher starting salary and advance more quickly for some line of work, but for other careers work experience is valued over postgraduate study.
Knowing all of the above, in my case, I went to Hunter College in New York to get my postgraduate degree as a social worker, MSW. This master degree was two year long. I decided to study abroad because I wanted to learn another language at the same time. I also wanted to learn about the services provided to low-income people in a developed country.
After ending my studies I worked and lived in NYC. I worked in foster care, school district for special education to mention some of the fields I worked in.

Post 5: My Future Job

Post 5: My Future Job

- What kind of job would you like to have? How do you imagine it?

- Outdoors /indoors?

- Would you like to travel a lot in your job?

- What about the salary?

- What major are you studying / are you thinking of taking?    Explain why

- Add any other related ideas.

- Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts + a comment on your teacher's post.

When I think of a job in the future, I think of a job that can give me a lot of time to spend with my family and friends. A job in which pays enough money to travel and allow me to go to different places around the world. Then I can learn about the different people and their culture as well as their history. 

I think of a job that I can make my own schedule where I do not need to go everyday for eight or more hours. I imagine this job in an office where I also have a nice view and good lighting. I imagine an office with brilliant light that illuminates my entire space and makes cheerful too.  

If this job gives the opportunity to travel, it will be even better for me. I would visit some countries abroad, and hopefully some that I have never visited before. I will meet new people and maybe make new and good friends as well.

It would be ideal if this job is related to my studies. I am thinking to a minor in social psychology next semester. This minor will allow me to work in human resource area. I have always wanted to work in the hiring process for a big company, and, or, multinational one.

Post 4 Free/Themed Post 2

Post 4  Free/Themed Post 2

- Comments: Ask students to leave a comment on your post + 3 of their classmates posts.
- Word Count for post 4: 200 words



What is your favorite subject at the university?

• name of the subject
• who teaches it,
• why you like it,
• mention anything else you think is important about this subject.

Post 3 Free/Themed Post 1

Post 3  Free/Themed Post 1 

Example 

•  Why did I choose to study ____?

• What did I know about this career that attracted me?

• Why Universidad de Chile?

- Word Count for post 3: 180 words

 - Comments: Ask students to leave a comment on your post + 3 of their classmates posts.


My Career

I chose to study sociology because I thought I would change the society where I lived. This was my dream. This was many years ago. Today, I know it was just a dream. Even though, many things have changed in our society, these changes have not been what I dreamt. My dream was to live a more fair society where everyone had the same opportunities, not only few. A society where people were treated as equals, no matter from where they came from, where they study, what color was their skin, what religion they practiced, what sexual preference they have, etc.

Sociology had a very interesting curricula, I learned many interesting things about society, about many different social scientists and some economic concepts that allowed me to understand the kind of world we lived at that time and today.

I studied in Universidad de Chile, but the coup came and I had to leave this wonderful career. I chose this university because it had the best professors at that time. A group of intellectual professors who wrote many and interesting books. The relationship with them was very close with us, the students. We spent many hours talking about the Chilean and worldwide social situation. This was a very nice time at this university for me.