Guidance for optional subjects 2017
 

Please guide me on subject selection. I did MBA but I have great interest in international affairs current affairs so that's why
I have selected
International relations
Business Administration
History of USA
Philosophy
Sociology
Are these scoring? Or any advice regarding this combo
Thanks

If you are opting International Relations then also opt International Law because of overlapping syllabus. Drop Philosophy and opt Int. Law. However, rest of your combination is good. Secondly, don't think of what is scoring and what isn't because of the changes that were made to the syllabus and subjects in 2015 had put an end to this scoring/non-scoring trend.

Drop sociology. Rest are fine & Scoring.

Optional subjects cs2017
 

Salam,

I need some guidance regarding optional subject selection for cs 2017. I have done BS and MS in Computer Sciences. Please see below the options i am thinking about but need your suggestions.

[B]Group 1 (200 marks)[/B]
Computer Science , not sure ? OR International Relations ?

[B]Group 2 (100 marks)[/B]
[I]Physics, Chemistry , Applied Mathematics , Pure Mathematics, Statistics, Geology.[/I]

I was good at Maths. May be Maths ? OR Physics ? OR leave this group ?

[B]Group 3 (100 marks)[/B]
[I]Public Administration, Business Administration, Governance & Public Policies, Town Planning & Urban Management[/I]

May be Public Administration?

[B]Group 4 (100 marks) [/B]
[I]Islamic History & Culture, History of Pakistan & India, British History,
European History, History of USA[/I]

Not sure. Islamic History OR History of Pakistan & India ?

[B]Group 5 (100 marks)[/B]
[I]Gender Studies , Environmental Sciences, Agriculture & Forestry,
Botany , Zoology , English Literature, Urdu Literature[/I]

May be Gender Studies OR Agriculture & Forestry ? OR leave this group ?

[B]Group 6 (100 marks)[/B]
[I]Law, Constitutional Law, International Law, Muslim Law & Jurisprudence,
Mercantile Law, Criminology , Philosophy[/I]

International Law OR Constitutional Law ? OR leave this group ?

[B]Group 7 (100 marks)[/B]

Journalism OR Geography OR sociology OR Psychology ?

I can leave subjects from Group 2 and Group 5/6 and select from other groups. Need suggestion please ?

Venerable seniorz, please suggest me that which optional I should go with, between the following;
1) I.R
2) Political Science
Please note that suggestions be made keeping in the view scoring trend, shorter syllabus and minimum preparation time.

@mmansoor: It feels a little awkward to me that I give an advice to someone who is more qualified than me but even though I decided to reply to your query because I thought I might help you in deciding your optional subjects.

Why aren't you sure about Computer Science? Believe me, it would help you fetch really good marks as you've done M.Phil in it so it wouldn't be difficult for you to go through the complete course. And it's going to take less time as compared to IR because you won't have to study it from the ground up. But still if you want to opt IR then do opt International Law with it because of an overlapping syllabus between them. Aspirants usually opt Constitutional Law with Pol. Science (Just for your information). Considering group 2, I won't suggest you to pick any subject from it. From group 3, GPP and TPUM are newly added subjects and either one is fine if you manage to find the study material/books but I suggest you to choose either PA and GPP as TPUM looks a bit more technical but decision is yours. I also recommend you to go through the syllabus before opting any subject.

Group 4: Indo Pak History
Group 6: Criminology
Group 7: Psychology/Journalism/Sociology

My recommendations are biased but take your time and decide calmly which optional subjects are suitable for you. Ask for opinions here, go through past papers, go through syllabus, go through threads over here on the forum and then select them, as selection of subjects plays a crucial role in one's success so don't opt in a haste.

Thank you for your valuable input, I have almost finalize my subjects
International relations
International law
Gender studies
US History
But have confusion between
Psychology vs Governance and public policies

governance and public policies is better

a.o.a, i am appearing 2nd time. want to replace Indo PAk history with U.S history, and confused about public administration too, whether i should replace it with Crimnology, Islamic Law and Jurisprudence or with International Law? my other optionals are, pol.science, psychology and gender studies.

COMBINATION OF MY SUBJECTS
1.INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
2. HISTORY OF USA
3.INTERNATIONAL LAW
4.GEOGRAPHY
5.ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Seniors please guide me about my subjects. Is this combination good for me? My qualification is Mcom . I am a beginner in css . I have only 8 month for preparation all subject are new for me. i have also done ibp 1st stage in 1st attempt in two month studies.