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riggggght....

how many hours are there for pharm?
 

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Science labs are inflexible in terms of arrival time. You must all walk in within 15 minutes of the start time or you are excluded (no excuses) and have a zero mark recorded. You leave whenever you finish the work (checked by demonstrator) or at the end of the lab (1200 at UTS).
 

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haha you're complaining about a 3hr lab prac? This term I have 3 subjects all involving fortnightly 4hr pracs . I'm looking forward to it :) Prac's are normally alot of fun because you get to make friends more easily than in lectures/tutes. So quit your whinging!
 

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smallcattle said:
how can ppl sit in 1 room for 4hrs doing the same stuff week after week....
yeah? how can people do maths at uts??!
 

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You don't do the same stuff, that's the point. You do different stuff. :rolleyes:

And what do you mean "how can people do maths at UTS?" That's like asking how can people do MedSc at UNSW? You just do.
 

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Lexicographer said:
And what do you mean "how can people do maths at UTS?" That's like asking how can people do MedSc at UNSW? You just do.
my point was to reflect his/her own stupidity for asking...
 

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well some ppl can't cope 28hrs, and doing 3hrs lab

science is alot more work than other subject
not to mention u 've remember chemicals stuff
 

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LazyBoy said:
well i did two units while i was doing my HSC from ACU and it was fairly easy. i got an credit in both and thats without studying all that much for it :p
How did u do uni units while at Highschool, was it part of ur HSC or something on the side
 

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Mm, I concur that science is very different in university compared to high school. I transferred to a different degree after studying BSci @ UNSW for a year.
 

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Science is not easy, it requires the most attention. Not to mention the science load is quite big.

4 Hour pracs each unit. Which in first year doing 4 science subjects equates to 16 hours.

On comparison to commerce or other subjects, they spend on average 12 hours a week a Uni and science is greater than 20hours. Pharmacy in particular is stressful and a lot of work.

The main thing about this is that people don't want to spend so many hours in the lab, doing hard work (yes science isnt easy at all). Hence the dropping rates of science students throughout Universities in Australia and the lack of chemist/pharmacists.

Its hard work, long hours and pays shit all.
 

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bscienceboi said:
Science is not easy, it requires the most attention. Not to mention the science load is quite big.

4 Hour pracs each unit. Which in first year doing 4 science subjects equates to 16 hours.

On comparison to commerce or other subjects, they spend on average 12 hours a week a Uni and science is greater than 20hours. Pharmacy in particular is stressful and a lot of work.

The main thing about this is that people don't want to spend so many hours in the lab, doing hard work (yes science isnt easy at all). Hence the dropping rates of science students throughout Universities in Australia and the lack of chemist/pharmacists.

Its hard work, long hours and pays shit all.
That's only if you're a retard and choose experimental subjects.

Maths > software >> all other disciplines.
 

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Science as in non-computing and non-maths.

Chemistry, Biology, Ecology, Geos, those units and so on.
 

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so subjects like computing and math-related ones have less hours? is lab work compulsory in the science degree? i heard somewhere it was (unless this means comp prac or something :p? coz i hate scientific laboratory stuff...) are there any compulsory units of lab work in the BSc degree, or can u totally choose what area u want to specialise in?
 

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the_pun said:
so subjects like computing and math-related ones have less hours? is lab work compulsory in the science degree? i heard somewhere it was (unless this means comp prac or something :p? coz i hate scientific laboratory stuff...) are there any compulsory units of lab work in the BSc degree, or can u totally choose what area u want to specialise in?
Yes it is compulsory for any science subject which has a lab component. Unless you major in maths or some sort of philosophy of science, you would most likely encounter lab work.
 

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acmilan said:
Yes it is compulsory for any science subject which has a lab component. Unless you major in maths or some sort of philosophy of science, you would most likely encounter lab work.
so if u majored in computing for example, "laboratory" work would only be actual working on computers (as opposed to actual science lab stuff)?
 

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flyin' said:
Science = Hours at university. :(
I agree :( It's dead set 3-4 hours of lab already.
And more assessments than other subjects :(
 

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