Compared with science students, liberal arts students can apply for a smaller range of majors abroad. Liberal arts students can generally apply for management, media, education, law and other related majors, as well as arts and design related majors, but most of these majors require students to have professional background, otherwise it is difficult to apply successfully. For pure art majors such as music and painting, candidates are required to provide a collection of works, and it is unlikely that cross-disciplinary applications will succeed; Animation and other art design courses require candidates to have a computer learning background in order to better accept professional courses and carry out practical operations.
An English major said that if you want to choose a management major to study abroad, the study environment will be more relaxed, students will have more practical space and strong autonomy. Judging from the employment rate, the employment of returnees who study management is still guaranteed. Media is a professional type with strong practicality. A few years of internship abroad is good for students to improve their ability. Sun Chun said that most job seekers now need work experience, and I believe that it will be more competitive to return to China after finishing graduate studies in media abroad.
It is a way for liberal arts students who want to transfer abroad to enter prestigious schools. Compared with domestic applications, it is easier for transfer students to apply for graduate students from prestigious universities as local undergraduates. However, it is difficult to connect liberal arts courses with foreign institutions, so it is impossible to transfer. Only basic courses such as mathematics and English can be transferred to credits abroad through evaluation. Undergraduate students who want to transfer can be freshmen or sophomores.
An experienced liberal arts student said that mathematics and physics are the strengths of China people. The language requirements of liberal arts are particularly high. Although many foreign students are already the best in China, it is difficult for them to compete with local students in English.
At the same time, different from the curriculum of science and engineering, many courses in liberal arts are small-scale discussions, requiring every student to participate in classroom discussions. Many foreign students who have never lived in an English language environment can't understand it when they first arrive in the United States and can't participate in the discussion at all. In addition, oral English is not fluent, even if you understand other people's discussions, you can't express your ideas fluently. Foreign students majoring in liberal arts account for a small proportion in foreign universities. Compared with science and engineering students, liberal arts students face much greater pressure and challenges in their study and employment.