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untouchablecuz

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I'm currently in year 11 doing 3 unit and thinking of doing 4 unit. I wanna do civil engineering in uni, but my question is, is 4 Unit vital to this course? Could I do a bridging course or something if I stick with only 3 Unit?
 

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回复: 4 Unit and Uni?

you'd thank god if you did 4unit in year 12 rather than cram it in uni.
 

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I don't think there are 4 unit bridging courses, there's 3u though.

Yeah it would make uni maths a lot easier, but it's not 'essential,' if you're good at maths or can pick it up easy.
 

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maths at uni is mostly new content, so it's not as if when you get to uni you will have to "cram" everything in extension 2

however the additional skills you learn in extension 2 maths will make uni maths easier, and also it does mean that you will find complex numbers a breeze in first semester. some other things will pop up at uni which extension 2 maths covers, like integration by parts.

also, expect physics at uni to be a lot like the mechanics topic in extension 2, so it's worthwhile learning that section of the course.

so if you are capable of doing extension 2 maths now, then it is worthwhile making the effort - but obviously if you are feeling overloaded already or are not enjoying extension 2, then don't stress yourself out by keeping it.

good luck for the hsc!
 

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you dont really need ext 2 for civil.. 2unit or 3unit is more then enough...
 

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3units have you read the assumed knowledge for civil..
 
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A lot of people in my course have not done 4 unit at school. We have 3 maths streams running: 'Enabling Mathematics' (for those who did very little or did very badly in maths at school), 'Maths 1C' (for those who did 2 unit or very average in 3 unit) and 'Maths 1A' (for those who did well in 3 unit or any mark in 4 unit).
Things such as matrices arent covered in HSC (correct me if I'm wrong cause I didn't actually do the HSC) and Physics will have helped you with things like vectors so unless you are really enjoying maths I'd suggest you don't bother :)
 

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