Subject and Their Career Links

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There are no ideal

careers, only idealchoices

SUBJECTS AND THEIR CAREER LINKS

Most careers can be accessed from any subject combination

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SUBJECT SEECTI!"

The right subject combination serves as a vital foundation stone forbuilding a successful career in life. The subject selection processinvolves awareness of aptitudes and interests, classperformance and elii!ilit" re#uirements for courses andcareers. While making informed choices it is also important to beaware of various misconceptions and facts regarding subjects andtheir career links. • $isconception

T%ere is not muc% scope for students &%o opt for Humanities'

As a result, regardless of a student’s aptitude and interests

he/she is encouraged to take either the science or commercesubjects. This trend is highly detrimental for the intellectualdevelopment of the students who have a humanities bent of mind and infact retards their progress.

• (act$ost careers are open to students from all su!)ectstreams.t is only the !ngineering and "edical related #elds that re$uire

a student to take up %hysics, &hemistry and "aths or %hysics,&hemistry and 'iology respectively. $oreo*er+ it is essentialto emp%asise t%at su!)ects li,e Histor" %elp to de*elop%i%er order t%in,in s,ills &%ic% are a critical successfactor for most careers'

• $isconceptionTa,in up -%"sics+ C%emistr"+ $at%s and Biolo" opens up &ider career options in !ot% t%e Enineerin and $edical.elds+ increasin t%e c%ances of success' &onse$uently, students take up these subjects whether they cancope with them or not and appear for both the engineering andmedical e(ams without considering their aptitudes for thesecareers.

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• (actWhereas the engineering and medical entrance e(aminationsare an e(tension of the subjects students have studied in school,the careers they lead to re$uire di)erent skill sets and attitudes.

n !ngineering you deal with machines while in medicine youdeal with human beings. *ou see patients at their worst andhave to give of your best+ Lea*in t%e career entr" to c%ancecan )eopardi/e "our future'

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• $isconceptionHi% mar,s are t%e onl" indicator of future success.&onse$uently, students are compelled to take up tuitions at thecost of cocurricular activities.

• (actThe emphasis is on the knowledge ac$uired and not merelymarks. n addition, hobbies like reading, painting, music andparticipation in e(tra curricular activities are essential as theydevelop employability skills like leadership, e)ectivecommunication, and creative ability etc.

• $isconception

2nce "ou em!ar, on a career "ou cannot c%ane trac,sand certain careers don’t go together e.g. medicine and music.

• (act A multi disciplinar" approac% is ideal for a multi3s,illedperson' The #lm 2och’ has been produced by 3r. 4arim who isa successful surgeon. 4eki 3aruwala former 3irector 5eneral of %olice is a renowned writer.

Hugh Prather has expressed this conceptsuccinctly in the following words “There isa part of me that wants to write, a part thatwants to theorise, a part that wants tosculpt, a part that wants to teach. To forcemyself into a single role, to decide to be just one thing in life, would kill o large

parts of me.

Dr' Amrita Dass

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(ounder Director Institute for Career Studies

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A !rief description of su!)ects and t%eir

career lin,sBI2L245 AND CHE$ISTR5

Biolo" is the study of the structure, function,behaviour and evolution of cells, organisms andecosystems.

C%emistr" is the science of the structure, propertiesand reactions of matter. &hemists analy6e, synthesi6e,$uantify and design materials.

Careers6 speciali/ations• Agriculture and allied #elds like orestry, 1orticulture, Animal

1usbandry etc.• 'iochemistry• 'iomedical 2ciences• 'iomimetics• 'iometrics• 'iotechnology• 'ioinformatics• &heminformatics• !ngineering 7%hysics, &hemistry, "aths8• !nvironmental 2cience• orensic 2cience• "etallurgy• 5enetics

• 5enetics 0aw• 5eology• 1ospital / 1ealth "anagement• ndian orest 2ervices• "edical and %aramedical #elds like %hysiotherapy, 9ptometrics,

Audiology etc. 7%hysics, &hemistry and 'iology8• :eurosciences

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• 9ceanography

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• %harmacy and 3rug 3esign 7%hysics, &hemistry and "aths or%hysics, &hemistry and 'iology8

• %ublic 1ealth specialist•

2cientist• Teaching and


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• !diting; Advertising and %


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• -ournalism 7%rint and !lectronic8

• 0inguistics

• %ublic


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Careers6 specialisations• &ulinary Arts• &hild 3evelopment; Advertising and %


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• &osmetology• 3ietetics• abric and Te(tile 3esign•

ood and :utrition• 1ealth care related #elds• nterior 3ecoration•


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-2LITICAL SCIENCE 7CI9ICS8

%olotical 2cience is a branch of knowledge that dealswith the state and system of 5overnment. te(amines social and political behaviour and

practices, the varied conte(ts in which they occur,and the ideas and ideals which motivate people in public life.

Careers6 specialisations• 1uman


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• orensic %sychology; Advertising and %


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• 2ocial Work / :59s• Teaching and


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;A fe& enineerin collees accept -%"sics+ C%emistr"

and Biolo" &it%out $at%s• ALL ot%er careers can !e accessed from an" su!)ectcom!ination

Dr' Amrita Dassounder 3irectornstitute for &areer 2tudies

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