Summer Holidays Chatter Thread 09-10 (4 Viewers)

[Aerath]

Holme Building Refectory - that's near the Quad, right? [sorta?]

 

[velox]

Sort of....

On that side of campus anyway.

 

[A High Way Man]

Omg wtf when does the timetablign thing start working i need to get close to 3 days off with 3 elec subjects for work

 

[kokodamonkey]

this is dead.

 

[UncoKane]

I'm so incredibly bored. I want uni to hurry up and start again already.

Omg wtf when does the timetablign thing start working i need to get close to 3 days off with 3 elec subjects for work

O-Week buddy!

 

[A High Way Man]

Gawed damn so far away.

Oh well i am downloading all the course material tutes+answers from USYD ENG SITE from last year LOL

 

[Aerath]

Gah, I'm still vacillating with regards to which degree to choose to do with Law next year.

 

[Kujah]

What degree(s)?

 

[Aerath]

Arts, Political Economic and Social Science and Commerce.

 

[amber44]

Arts, Political Economic and Social Science and Commerce.

Arts!

 

[Aerath]

Yeah, at the moment, it's looking at the Arts direction, after Kujah and his friends talked to me.

But between now and enrolment day, things could change.

 

[amber44]

Yeah, at the moment, it's looking at the Arts direction, after Kujah and his friends talked to me.

But between now and enrolment day, things could change.

It is so flexible that you can dabble in afew subjects that interest you in first year and then decide where you want to go with that in second and third years. Think of it as your 'fun' degree!

 

[Aerath]

So on enrolment day - what are they looking for? A choice of Arts, and the one major? (For me this will probably be Government and International Relations). What else? [Sorry for all the dumbass questions, I'm still lost ]

 

[amber44]

So on enrolment day - what are they looking for? A choice of Arts, and the one major? (For me this will probably be Government and International Relations). What else? [Sorry for all the dumbass questions, I'm still lost ]

Correct. Government now falls under Table A (Arts) area of study.
So for a major in Government you need 12 junior credit points of GOVT subjects. You can do one in semester 1 and one in semester 2 or you can do both in semester 1 or 2, aslong as you have 12 junior credits points from GOVT you can move onto senior Government subjects in years 2 and 3.
So that's 12 credit points tied up in Government, the other 36 credit points can be used however you want. You can pick something from Table B or you can pick other subjects from the Arts area.

 

[Aerath]

Requirements for a major
For a major in Government and International Relations, students must complete the following units of study:

1. 12 credit points of compulsory junior units in Government and International Relations.
2. At least 6 units of study (36 credit points) of senior elective units of study selected from the units offered.

Pretty much what you said. (I think)

But what does it mean by 'credit points'? What's a 'unit of study'? And also what's a 'senior elective unit of study'?

 

[amber44]

Pretty much what you said. (I think)

But what does it mean by 'credit points'? What's a 'unit of study'? And also what's a 'senior elective unit of study'?

As imsopostmodern said.
A unit of study is just a subject, for example, GOVT1001 etc
For you second major, what are you interested in? The American Studies department looks to be swimming with cash. Lots of scholarships and exchanges on offer, plus you can get some of your Government subjects to go towards your American Studies major i.e. one subject, goes towards two majors!

 

[Aerath]

The next thing that looked interesting to me was Political Economy, or Socio-Legal Studies, or even Psychology. Each of those are 6 credits each, right? So if that's 24 credits a semester, does that mean you finish all of those in one half a year?

 

[amber44]

The next thing that looked interesting to me was Political Economy, or Socio-Legal Studies, or even Psychology. Each of those are 6 credits each, right? So if that's 24 credits a semester, does that mean you finish all of those in one half a year?

I don't know what you're getting at...

Example timetable for you...

1st Year
Semester 1
GOVT1001
PSYC1001
Fun subject
Fun subject

Semester 2
Govt 1002
PSYC1002
Fun subject
Fun subject

2nd Year
Semester 1
GOVT 2002
GOVT 2005
PSYC2002
PSYC2007

Semester 2
GOVT 2045
GOVT 2008
PSYC 2006
PSYC 2009

3rd Year
Semester 1
GOVT 2012
GOVT 2023
PSYC 3023
PSYC 3025

Semester 2
PSYC 3045
PSYC 3065
Fun subject
Fun subject

FUN!

 

[spence]

so what subjects are everyone doing this year?

 

[bio_nut]

First sem:

Two maths subjects yet to be decided (thank you changing degrees!:s), can't remember what I put down for now
Protein Biochemistry
Introductory Immunology
Introductory Microbiology

Second Sem:
Human Biochemistry
Applied Microbiology
Anatomy/Physiology/might change one to Chem or something, seeing how I feel