{"id":1251,"date":"2012-03-20T06:21:28","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T18:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/?p=1251"},"modified":"2012-03-20T06:21:28","modified_gmt":"2012-03-19T18:21:28","slug":"no-major-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/no-major-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"No Major Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This website is a great place to spend some time looking into what you are interested in and what tertiary study options are out there for you.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nomajordrama.co.nz\/\"><em>No Major Drama<\/em> &#8211; The smart way to learn about <em>NZ <\/em>university majors!<\/a><\/h3>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nomajordrama.co.nz\/\">www.<strong>nomajordrama<\/strong>.co.<strong>nz<\/strong>\/<\/a><\/cite><\/div>\n<p>The smart way to learn about <em>NZ<\/em> university <em>majors<\/em>! Create your own ranking of <em>major<\/em> subject areas? based on your skills and interests.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>No Major Drama helps you learn about majors for Bachelor degrees from across <em>all <\/em>eight New Zealand universities* and rank them based on <em>your<\/em> skills and interests.<\/p>\n<p>(*<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aut.ac.nz\" target=\"_blank\">Auckland University of Technology<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lincoln.ac.nz\" target=\"_blank\">Lincoln University<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.massey.ac.nz\" target=\"_blank\">Massey University<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.auckland.ac.nz\" target=\"_blank\">University of Auckland<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.nz\" target=\"_blank\">University of Canterbury<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\" target=\"_blank\">University of Otago<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waikato.ac.nz\" target=\"_blank\">University of Waikato<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.victoria.ac.nz\" target=\"_blank\">Victoria University of Wellington<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>No Major Drama is designed to help you answer what&#8217;s likely to be one of the most important questions you&#8217;ll face in your life: <em>What should I &#8216;major&#8217; (specialise) in at university?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This question is important because of the lifetime benefits \u2013 and costs! \u2013 associated with university education. It&#8217;s also of national significance given education&#8217;s social and economic value and the scarcity of education resources.<\/p>\n<p>Based on your skills and interests, No Major Drama lets you create your own personalised ranking of 181 major subject areas \u2013 <em>eg<\/em>. Accounting, Music, Zoology, <em>etc<\/em> \u2013 representing 730 specific majors for Bachelor degrees from across all<em> <\/em>eight NZ universities.<\/p>\n<p>(If you are unsure of what &#8216;majors&#8217; and &#8216;subject areas&#8217; are, <a href=\"..\/..\/Page\/Terminology\">visit our terminology page<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>As well as personalised rankings, No Major Drama provides summaries of each subject area and links to carefully chosen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipedia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia<\/a> articles, career opportunities, and links to the eight universities&#8217; web pages for all 730 specific majors available in NZ.<\/p>\n<p>No Major Drama is quick and easy to use (5-10 minutes), and you can share your results with your parents and family, school counsellors and friends by email or on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Created by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.graduatefactory.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Graduate Factory Ltd<\/a>, No Major Drama is completely free \u2013 for individual users and schools. Schools can easily create customised versions of the software for their students.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This website is a great place to spend some time looking into what you are interested in and what tertiary study options are out there for you. 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