part three - Department of Immigration & Citizenship
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Table 4.5 Main fields <strong>of</strong> study <strong>of</strong> 1998 graduates employed overseas<br />
Pass Hons Grad. PG GD Masters Masters PhD UG Assoc. Cert. Total<br />
Bach. Bach. Cert. Dip. Bach. –Res. –other Dip. Dip.<br />
Agriculture, Animal<br />
Husbandry<br />
Architecture, Building, Urban<br />
and Regional Planning<br />
Arts, Humanities and Social<br />
Sciences ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔<br />
Language, Visual and<br />
Performing Arts ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔<br />
Business, Administration ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔<br />
Economics<br />
Education ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔<br />
Engineering, Surveying ✔ ✔ ✔<br />
Health ✔ ✔ ✔<br />
Law, Legal Studies<br />
Science<br />
Computing Science,<br />
Information Systems<br />
Life, General Science ✔ ✔<br />
Mathematics<br />
Physical Sciences<br />
Veterinary Science<br />
Note: ✔ denotes 10 per cent or more <strong>of</strong> all graduates in qualification level, and 20 per cent or more for Masters by Research (due to low numbers – 16). Undergraduate<br />
Diploma, Associate Degree/Diploma and Certificate excluded from analysis due to low numbers.<br />
Source: GDS 1999<br />
For 1995 graduates, the<br />
dominant field <strong>of</strong> study<br />
for those with no<br />
previous post-school<br />
qualification was<br />
Business and<br />
Administration (20.9 per<br />
cent); Arts, Humanities<br />
and Social Sciences (12.9<br />
per cent); Engineering<br />
and Surveying (12.6 per<br />
cent); and Language<br />
Studies, Visual and<br />
Performing Arts (11.2 per<br />
cent).<br />
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Overall, high proportions <strong>of</strong> graduates were prepared in Arts, Humanities and<br />
Social Sciences; Language and Visual and Perf o rming Arts; Business and<br />
Administration (including Accounting); Education and Life and General Science.<br />
For 1995 graduates, the dominant field <strong>of</strong> study for those with no previous postschool<br />
qualification was Business and Administration (20.9 per cent); Art s ,<br />
Humanities and Social Sciences (12.9 per cent); Engineering and Surveying (12.6 per<br />
cent); and Language Studies, Visual and Performing Arts (11.2 per cent). For<br />
graduates who had a previous post-school qualification, the major fields <strong>of</strong> study were<br />
Business Administration (22.3 per cent), Education (18.6 per cent), Humanities and<br />
Social Sciences (10.9 per cent), and Health (10.6 per cent). The main areas <strong>of</strong> study <strong>of</strong><br />
the 1996 graduates overseas are shown in Table 4.4. Among all graduates from 1995<br />
who were working overseas in 1996, 56.2 per cent studied in one <strong>of</strong> four main fields<br />
<strong>of</strong> study: Business and Administration (21.6 per cent), Education (12.3 per cent),<br />
Humanities and Social Sciences (11.9 per cent), and Engineering and Surveying (10.4<br />
per cent).<br />
Among all students from 1998 who were working overseas in 1999, 66.8 per cent<br />
studied in one <strong>of</strong> <strong>three</strong> main fields <strong>of</strong> study: Business and Administration (24.9 per<br />
cent); Education (15.2 per cent); and Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (26.7 per<br />
cent). Table 4.5 shows the predominant fields <strong>of</strong> study within each level <strong>of</strong> qualification<br />
possessed by 1998 graduates who were working overseas at 30 April 1999.<br />
The main patterns are as follows:<br />
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Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Language Studies; Visual and Performing<br />
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