Being a final year graduate student i was approached by my juniors for helping them decide on their electives. So how do you decide upon an elective ???? I usually put the question back to them asking what r u looking for while deciding your electives and the most common answers are grades, job and interest in the domain.
One way to look at them is to take a elective of your interest, since you are interested in the domain you are likely to do well and get a better grade, which might help you in getting a job in that field.
Most of the courses that are offered are based on the kind of work that goes on in the industry and have plenty of offering to the students who have taken up this subject, so i guess there is much more in selecting a elective rather in thinking of what kind of job offer we might get after doing this course.
Every course has two main dimensions associated with it which impacts the decision in taking up the course. First is the course content and second is the prof who is offering this course. I feel every prof, before offering a course designs its course content based on the industry requirement, current state of art, background of the students and the available time . In a elective it becomes slightly more important to be comfortable with the professor, Its not easy to go and speak to every professor. Some professors are easy to interact with, while it seems difficult to interact with others. Some profs generate the enthusiasm and zeal in students to attend their classes, every time you attend their classes you never feel when this class will get over rather you feel you had only his class the entire day,week and semester.
So you should take a elective only if it interests you, never allow the grade factor or job factor to come in while deciding your electives, grades are important for every student but grades should hold you back from taking up a course that is of your interest. If you are good in a particular field there are plenty of opportunities in the industry.
One way to look at them is to take a elective of your interest, since you are interested in the domain you are likely to do well and get a better grade, which might help you in getting a job in that field.
Most of the courses that are offered are based on the kind of work that goes on in the industry and have plenty of offering to the students who have taken up this subject, so i guess there is much more in selecting a elective rather in thinking of what kind of job offer we might get after doing this course.
Every course has two main dimensions associated with it which impacts the decision in taking up the course. First is the course content and second is the prof who is offering this course. I feel every prof, before offering a course designs its course content based on the industry requirement, current state of art, background of the students and the available time . In a elective it becomes slightly more important to be comfortable with the professor, Its not easy to go and speak to every professor. Some professors are easy to interact with, while it seems difficult to interact with others. Some profs generate the enthusiasm and zeal in students to attend their classes, every time you attend their classes you never feel when this class will get over rather you feel you had only his class the entire day,week and semester.
So you should take a elective only if it interests you, never allow the grade factor or job factor to come in while deciding your electives, grades are important for every student but grades should hold you back from taking up a course that is of your interest. If you are good in a particular field there are plenty of opportunities in the industry.
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