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SCIENCES AND APPLIED SCIENCES
Learning Fields Most Common Undergraduate Qualifications Possible Career Directions
6.3. RELATING LEARNING FIELDS TO CAREERS
        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
 BUSINESS, COMMERCE AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES
Bachelor of Commerce
A range of diplomas, e.g. National Diploma in Financial Management
    Agricultural management and extension, farming, animal husbandry, crop production, nature conservation, forestry, environmental management, horticulture
 AGRI- CULTURAL SCIENCE
Bachelor of Agriculture
A range of diplomas, e.g. National Diploma in Agricultural Management
    Engineering (e.g. civil, mechanical, electrical, industrial, electronic, metallurgical), manufacturing technology (e.g. textile, pulp and paper, food), mining, telecommunications, computer engineering and programming, transport and logistics, geographic information systems, information and data management, urban and regional planning, surveying, architecture, construction
 ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
Bachelor of Science in Engineering A range of diplomas, e.g. National Diploma in Engineering
    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 healthcare, community health, maternal and child health, forensic science, speech therapy, chiropractic, homeopathy, healthcare technology, occupational health, palliative medicine, sports medicine, emergency medical care
 PHYSICAL, MATHEMATICAL, COMPUTER AND LIFE SCIENCES
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 Information Technology
  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
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This table is adapted from a NiSHE publication, Into Higher Education – A Guide for Schools (2nd edition, HESA, 2006:71-73).














































































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