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Originally posted by Ian course it's an ambition not anything certain yet. They need to accept me first lol. I'm aiming at starting in 2010 or 2011 at the latest. Ecotourism in Napier Uni, Edinburgh. Oceans & Climate in Liverpool Oceanography/Marine Science at Plymouth.

dude, don't do the climate thing. fuck climate. just do regular oceanography

Do ecotourism - sustainable tourism initiatives in the developing world are the next big thing.

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Originally posted by Ian Ecotourism in Napier Uni, Edinburgh.

this is what i call a non-degree; it's like going to uni to be a naturopath or some bs like that. if you're going to go to uni, do an actual profession.

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Originally posted by Ian Oceans & Climate in Liverpool Oceanography/Marine Science at Plymouth.

these sound better, just make sure they are actually a "bachelor of science (majoring in xyz)" and not some random qualification that the university made up, such as "bachelor of teh oceans mang".

if you have a solid grounding in science, your qualifications will be seen as a superset of that ecotourism crap and will give you far more options for work. a similar example would be if you wanted to go into computer networking. a "bachelor of IT" is not a profession, it's a dud degree that all the retards who weren't good at mathematics do. a "bachelor of engineering (majoring in telecommunications)" is the degree you would want. makes sense?

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Another pro tip: once you have settled in, try taking some courses as an external student. If you have self-discipline, you will realise going to uni is a complete waste of time and you are better off studying at home.

I haven't been to uni since first semester, except when I had exams or mandatory attendance. I have a distinction average GPA, thus far. My grades actually went up when I started enrolling off-campus.

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Originally posted by ******** you are such a fucking troll.

yeah, but he's also right.

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Originally posted by Trance Nutter yeah, but he's also right.

Zing!

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN I have 3 hobbies: gaming, DJing & correcting maladjusted fools on the internet.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN Yeah, I’d like to know what horrible, scarring incident in your childhood turned you into such an ignorant, intellectual-hating philistine?

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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov Do ecotourism - sustainable tourism initiatives in the developing world are the next big thing.

yeah, that's something I've been thinking about.

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Originally posted by Trance Nutter yeah, but he's also right.

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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov That was actually always my ideal schedule. It makes for a painful day, but I enjoyed having the free time the rest of the week. That, and it made keeping track of due dates a lot easier.

No way, man. Not me. Two or three upper-level finance classes per day were more than enough for me. I liked my classes spread out over four days.

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Originally posted by Ian yeah, that's something I've been thinking about.

It's a rapidly growing field too - I know a lot more students in my grad program that started taking tourism management courses in conjunction with sustainable development stuff in order to be marketable. There's money to be made as environmental awareness is catching on more quickly in parts of the global south than here. I would see if the program offers coursework in the human development side as well; tourism programs that can be ecologically sound and indigenous-friendly will be major sustainable win in the next decade.

And... most of it is happening in places that fashion themselves as some version of paradise.

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