Need Clarification - Flexible First Year Engineering (1 Viewer)

[William_Wu]

Hey,

I'm not used to these threads, so if something similar has been posted, then please do link me.

What I was wondering was what's a major? ie, if you say you are going to major in _______ , what does that mean?

Also, I've accepted my offer, and I'm up to the enrolment basket.
From here this link:
http://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/undergraduate/programs/2012/3705.html
I've found my core courses. Is there a difference between mathematics and higher mathematics?
I assume higher mathematics is the "harder" version of mathematics?

I also can't see that list of optional courses - can anyone else?

And finally, would it be better to say, knock down 4 of the 5 core topics in the first semester, then do the last one with 3 optional courses in the second semester?

Cheers.

 

[qwerty44]

A major is an in-depth study of a specialisation within the course. For example if you do commerce, and major in marketing, that means to you study marketing in-depth and it would be one of your specialisations.

 

[William_Wu]

I think I understand it...
So say, marketing is a general aspect of commerce, but you can choose to study this more in depth.

Do you do this by doing a particular course, or just studying relevant courses which all relate to marketing?

What are some majors for engineering?

 

[KD]

You need to choose what School/Course you are currently looking at doing e.g. Civil/Mech/Chem... (you are not locked into this).
Then, you need to find out the recommended electives for that course. They will be the same as what a student already enrolled in that course would be doing. Do them as they will likely be prerequisites for future courses.
Best also to do it in the order they suggest for ease of timetabling.

 

[William_Wu]

So say I'm tossing up between mechanical, chemical and renewables,
should I do all of the prerequisites for those courses?
Because the flexible engineering doesn't have engineering design as a prerequisite,
but mechanical engineering does.

On looking at those three, I can't actually do all the prerequisite courses between them all...