Second Bachelors or Masters?

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Hi everyone, I’m currently in my final year of IT, but during my second semester of my first year, I realised that I wanted to also pursue Sports Science.

I’m majoring in cybersecurity and software development as those two are sought after, and I still plan to finish my degree this year, but I also work within the sports/coaching industry, and would like to continue working within it and maybe potentially open up my own school, and I’ve always been interested in science and would like to learn more about the body and how it works.

I’ve been looking at the bachelors degree for sport science ever since the realisation, but it never occurred to me that I could get a Masters in the field too. However, I don’t have any prior knowledge within the field, which raises the question; should I go for a bachelors or a masters degree?

“But OP, why didn’t you transfer into sports science if you already knew you wanted to do it?” I transferred out of a double degree of science and IT, and decided to solely focus on IT, as there’s more career paths to it. I didn’t want to switch to another course, let alone another university, and waste more money down the line. I also genuinely have an interest in IT, and i’ve had some industry experience already and it seems interesting, but I feel as if I’d be more happier within the sports field.

Additional: if you’re in Australia, even better in VIC, do you think it’s better to do a Cert IV in sports coaching/sports science instead of a bachelors/masters?

Any advice is appreciated and welcome. Thanks!

Comments

  1. hotakaPAD Avatar
    1. choose your career path first. I’m still confused whether you want to be in sports or IT
    2. Compared to a masters, two bachelors is really a waste of time. It looks bad in your resume, but the worse part is that your peers will be lower level than you. They will be a bad influence, compared to masters students. So do a masters. You can take extra classes during your masters too if you want, outside of your required classes.

    My career might be somewhat similar to yours. I started with kinesiology, but I ended up with a PhD in a more quantitative area that involves a lot of programming.