waruikazi
Legendary
If i stick my current job out for two more years i get a paid year off for study and if i make a good enough proposal to my department they will also pay for my further study.
At the moment i have three options:
I am really keen to study something in the realms of herpetology but i have no intention of working in the sciences. Which i think is a bit of an advantage because it means i can afford to be choosey.
My question is; considering that i am not going to work (like formal employment) in the feild, is studying the sciences at the higher ed level an efficient way to learn more about herpetology? Or am i likely to learn just as much doing what i do now like feild herping, reading papers and books and rubbing shoulders with other herpers?
At the moment i have three options:
- Do a fluff course like a cooking two nights a week for a month and spend most of my year off drunk and travelling,
- go for a masters/research in my current area or
- do something completely different like a BSc, probably in animal behaviour, in the hope there would be something herpetology related that i could sink my teeth into. (Probably through Flinders)
I am really keen to study something in the realms of herpetology but i have no intention of working in the sciences. Which i think is a bit of an advantage because it means i can afford to be choosey.
My question is; considering that i am not going to work (like formal employment) in the feild, is studying the sciences at the higher ed level an efficient way to learn more about herpetology? Or am i likely to learn just as much doing what i do now like feild herping, reading papers and books and rubbing shoulders with other herpers?