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SCIENCES AND APPLIED SCIENCES
Engineering
and
Technology
Business,
Commerce and
Management
Studies
Agri-
cultural
Science
Engineering (e.g. civil, mechanical, electrical, industrial, electronic, metallurgical), manufacturing
technology (e.g. textile, pulp and paper, food), mining, telecommunications, computer engi-
neering and programming, transport and logistics, geographic information systems, informa-
tion and data management, urban and regional planning, surveying, architecture, construction
Accountancy, taxation, insurance, auditing, financial planning, actuarial science,
information systems, banking, business, imports and exports, marketing and sales, office
management and technology, administration, organisational psychology, commercial law
Agricultural management and extension, farming, animal husbandry, crop
production, nature conservation, forestry, environmental management,
horticulture
Health professions related to wide fields of medicine, psychiatry, dentistry, veterinary science,
pharmacy, nursing; and health and rehabilitation sciences, e.g. physiotherapy, radiography,
occupational therapy, audiology, dietetics and nutrition, primary health care, community health,
maternal and child health, forensic science, speech therapy, chiropractic, homeopathy, healthcare
technology, occupational health, palliative medicine, sports medicine, emergency medical care
Various science and computer science related fields, e.g. archaeology, astronomy,
bioinformatics, biotechnology, botany, zoology, chemistry, physics, demography, ecology,
geology, hydrology, information technology, statistics, soil science, environmental
science, marine biology, ocean and atmosphere science, biochemistry, biotechnology,
human biosciences, microbiology, entomology, ichthyology
Bachelor of Commerce
A range of diplomas, e.g. National
Diploma in Financial Management
Bachelor of Agriculture
A range of diplomas, e.g.National
Diploma in Agricultural Management
Bachelor of Science in Engineering
A range of diplomas, e.g. National
Diploma in Engineering
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor
of Surgery, Bachelor of Pharmacy,
Bachelor of Dental Science, Bachelor
of Nursing, a range of diplomas, e.g.
National Diploma in Biotechnology
Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of
Architectural Studies (this degree straddles
the humanities and the sciences. It requires
strong performance in Mathematics and
Visual Arts.) A range of diplomas, e.g.
National Diploma in InformationTechnology
This table is adapted from a NiSHE publication,
Into Higher Education – A Guide for Schools
(2nd edition, HESA, 2006:71-73).
Possible Career Directions
Learning Fields
Most Common Undergraduate Qualifications
Physical,
Mathematical,
Computer
and Life
Sciences
2. Relating Learning Fields to Careers
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