For high school students, college majors are popular and generally the target for continuing education for science children, usually not far from medicine and for social studies children often choose law, economics, and psychology.
Choosing a major is not as easy as imagined because it will affect your career and future. In addition to following your passion, you also need to pay attention to competitors and future job prospects. It's best not to just take a major that you don't even know the description of the job you're going to be involved in. So you need to find out first.
Well, for those of you who are still confused about choosing a college major and don't want a mainstream major and lots of competition, but still have promising job opportunities, then you can consider the following majors:
1. Shipping Engineering
The Department of Engineering is one of the favorite majors taken by the IPA students. However, not all engineering majors are often chosen and popular. One of them is shipping engineering. The shipping engineering study program at the University is one of the study programs that lacks interest in 2021.
In fact, if you choose this major and work on it, you can have a career in various national shipping industries. Given that it is an archipelagic country and rich in underwater natural resources, this course can be very promising. You can try career opportunities that are engaged in shipping and shipping.
2. Literature
One of the lonely humanities majors is literature. Both Russian literature, Dutch literature, French literature, Chinese literature have fewer fans than English literature which is always busy. However, who would have thought that this department actually has promising job prospects, you know.
For those of you who are interested in majoring in literature, you can work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as ambassadors and home staff, foreign embassies, translators, interpreters, and work in multinational companies. With your ability to master foreign languages, you will be needed in the world of work.
3. Geophysics
This one major is indeed quite foreign to be the choice of high school students. Geophysics is a science and technology department where there are few enthusiasts at UNPAD. In this study program you will learn about the physical aspects and dynamics of the earth and natural phenomena.
Therefore, geophysics graduates are needed by government institutions such as LIPI in the field of geotechnology and applied physics research centers, BMKG, and the oil and gas industry.
4. Biomedical Engineering
This one major is indeed classified as a new department in several universities . Broadly speaking, this department combines the fields of engineering and medicine.
For those of you who are interested in choosing this major, the job prospects of this graduate are very large and wide open, you can work in health laboratories, hospitals, pharmaceutical drug companies, research institutions, and become educators.
5. Social Anthropology
This one major is not very attractive to high school students. However, graduates of social anthropology are highly sought after in the world of work because this major studies culture and human relations, so it is very suitable to be involved in HRD, researchers, and anthropologists.
You're not confused anymore right? Hopefully this will provide an overview for you to make it easier for you to choose a major. I hope this helps!