Generalist degrees in Australian Universities

It seems that generalist skills have found some sort of favour amongst our senior educators. Well, lets hope so anyway!
Deakin just announced plans to aggressively market its double-degrees to students in order to meet the demands of business, who are seeking more rounded graduates.
via theage …

The move is also a response to Melbourne University’s graduate school plan, under which students study a generalist undergraduate degree before completing a professional graduate qualification.

Deakin vice-chancellor Sally Walker said combined degrees helped students become broadly educated lateral thinkers rather than narrow specialists.

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