Foreign Perspectives

I’ve been plugging away at a modern languages degree part-time for what seems like a lifetime sometimes but now that I’m getting to the end of it, I’m looking beyond it to what I might do next.

Since the final course of the degree is an English language one, I’ll be left with effectively half of a Diploma in English so I’ve been toying with the idea of doing the other half to tidy up that loose end but I’m going to wait ’til I see what next years course is like before I commit myself to that.

I’d also quite like to do a creative writing course at some point. However, to do that there’s a sort-of prerequisite consisting of a humanities course therefore I’ve bought the recommended texts for that one and have been working through them over the last few weeks. English literature isn’t really my thing if those particular books are anything to go by! That of itself has put me off considering seriously the full blown degree in English that I’d be almost half-way to achieving if I do the creative writing course.

On a separate tack I quite fancy doing the chemistry degree that I was toying with many years ago and bought one of the recommended books for that. Although it’s been getting on for 30 years since I did that subject, I’m finding the book a relatively easy read, especially considering that it’s a second year university text.

Anyway, if you’re thinking of doing a particular course, why not buy one or two of the recommended texts before you get to the point of commiting yourself to the course. You might find, as I did, that the “harder” course is more appealing and that of itself will almost certainly make it feel easier to you.