Foreign Territory.

It isn’t very often that you see someone who has studied and has had a strong interest in science for all his life suddenly turn his attentions to a wholly different field. It’s somewhat of a novelty for me, as most of my friends who took up Science as an elective back in school are currently studying to become either doctors or engineers.

True, there are a small number of them studying accounting, and just the one guy majoring in Communications. These guys are the exception to the rule. But I do believe no one else is doing what I’m doing – switching from Science to Business.

To be honest, I probably wouldn’t be studying Business if I could help it. The only reason I’m learning about things like Management Principles and Marketing is because Actuarial Finance, my chosen field, falls under MIU’s School of Business.

Of course, I’m not exactly complaining here. I’m learning stuff that is completely new to me these days, and as a student you’re supposed to take anything that even resembles knowledge in with open arms.

I’m really loving Financial Accounting at the moment. I just find it to be quite interesting, probably due to (a) its systematic nature and (b) the math involved. And if there are two things that define the way think it’s these two.

Learning about what makes a good manager in Management makes me feel like I’m at a leadership camp of sorts. Maybe the people behind these camps studied Management back while they were students. In any case, the main objective is the same – to mold effective leaders.

Marketing is, at the moment, the dullest of the Business Subjects. But that’s probably because it’s still early days, and hopefully they’re saving the really good stuff for later.

The only (slight) problem with learning these things is that you can barely differentiate key points from more unimportant ones. With Science it was always so much easier to tell which scraps of information were important, and which ones weren’t. But I suppose each field of study has its own perks and challenges, and since Business is generally said to be easier to study than Science, I guess I’ll be alright.