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Physics 1A is only offered in Semester 1 & 2.
Physics 1B is offered in Semester 2 and Summer session.
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Physics 1B is offered in Semester 2 and Summer session.
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Then you're gonna have to wait till next year. They can't pay lecturers to teach all courses every session.EdmondDW said:
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Reason for high failure rates is because we're kiddy first years?Rekkusu said:
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really? I was under the impression that failure rates in first year were around 10% and 5% for the other years
Lol Edmond must have cruised through first year.
Yes lol First Year courses are extremely hard. Not because the content is hard to understand, but because UNSW co-ordinates these courses quite badly in comparison to some 2nd year courses such as MICR2011.
After almost completing my 3rd year I can assure you that anything you learn in first year is irrelevant and useless. It does not help you at all for 2nd/3rd year courses. Survivor can surely attest to this haha.
Yes lol First Year courses are extremely hard. Not because the content is hard to understand, but because UNSW co-ordinates these courses quite badly in comparison to some 2nd year courses such as MICR2011.
After almost completing my 3rd year I can assure you that anything you learn in first year is irrelevant and useless. It does not help you at all for 2nd/3rd year courses. Survivor can surely attest to this haha.
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First year is easy content wise but really hard to cope with after being spoonfed information and virtually forced to do homework consistently for 12 years. You really don't get that at uni.
Second is was ridiculously difficult content wise (sup Microeconomics 2) but you start learning how to study properly so it's all good.
Third year is even harder content wise but by now you're pretty pro at study so you can get through it without it hurting your marks too much.
imo.
Second is was ridiculously difficult content wise (sup Microeconomics 2) but you start learning how to study properly so it's all good.
Third year is even harder content wise but by now you're pretty pro at study so you can get through it without it hurting your marks too much.
I can say for a fact that this isn't even close to true for Econ courses. Micro and Macro 1 are the building blocks for ALL higher level econ courses and without fully grasping the concepts you learn there will almost definitely affect your ability to understand later courses.Rekkusu said:
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For chemistry, in first year, u can get some exercises provided by the chem school...
If u finish and understand them, the exam is really a piece of cake for u...
But for second year chemistry like inorganic and structure chemistry...u will not be provided any extra exercises...and actually I can't understand anything in the lecture...u must read text book soooo carefully and finish all exercises on the textbook....So it is really hard, since the cambridge text book is soooooo thick...
And this is the only way to get high mark for this course...
er...
If u finish and understand them, the exam is really a piece of cake for u...
But for second year chemistry like inorganic and structure chemistry...u will not be provided any extra exercises...and actually I can't understand anything in the lecture...u must read text book soooo carefully and finish all exercises on the textbook....So it is really hard, since the cambridge text book is soooooo thick...
And this is the only way to get high mark for this course...
er...
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Interesting! Well I can attest that fact only for Science students then.Jago said:
To be honest, Chemistry 1A & 1B was bitchy and coordinated so badly. Unless if you had a good solid foundation in HSC chemistry, and actually understood the material in McMurry's Organic Chemistry it's almost impossible to get a credit or above. For those wondering, none of the organic chem books give full solutions to problems, they just give you the final answer. It's almost like giving you a ridiculously complex math question and only providing 1.98 x 10^11 as the final answer.
But anyhow getting good marks is somewhat attributed to your interest. In terms of Edmond, I'm sure he loves chemistry to the brink. But microbiologists have no need for organic chemistry.
And thank god for that hehe
Rekkusu said:Interesting! Well I can attest that fact only for Science students then.
To be honest, Chemistry 1A & 1B was bitchy and coordinated so badly. Unless if you had a good solid foundation in HSC chemistry, and actually understood the material in McMurry's Organic Chemistry it's almost impossible to get a credit or above. For those wondering, none of the organic chem books give full solutions to problems, they just give you the final answer. It's almost like giving you a ridiculously complex math question and only providing 1.98 x 10^11 as the final answer.
But anyhow getting good marks is somewhat attributed to your interest. In terms of Edmond, I'm sure he loves chemistry to the brink. But microbiologists have no need for organic chemistry.
I freak'n LOVE CHEMISTRY Thats why im Doing a Chemical Engineering / Chemistry Double degree
.Chem1A seems pretty straight forward, However at times they dont really explain things properly. and i sit there wondering "If i didnt have a background in Chem would i understand what the heck is going on?"
You talking about stuff such as "sp3d2 Hybrid orbitals, Quantum Chemistry?, Hybridisation, Shapes such as "Trigonal BiPyramidal", "See-Saw" etc" ?Edmond said:
Im doing that in a subject called "CEIC1001"
If you are, That stuff is freaking awesome, it really changes the way you look at chemistry.
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Not really...these stuff look like content from chem1B...
Actually the course I mentioned is much higher than those...Just like wave function, antibonding, bond strength content, and the second part is about the lattice. U caculate the lattice energy and use math knowledge to get the distance between different central atoms... something like that, pretty hard but quite interesting...
The lab is also interesting, except after reaction u will get a test...Hehe...
Actually the course I mentioned is much higher than those...Just like wave function, antibonding, bond strength content, and the second part is about the lattice. U caculate the lattice energy and use math knowledge to get the distance between different central atoms... something like that, pretty hard but quite interesting...
The lab is also interesting, except after reaction u will get a test...Hehe...
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omg woulda like to do that but it would CLASH.Omium said:I freak'n LOVE CHEMISTRY Thats why im Doing a Chemical Engineering / Chemistry Double degree
Chem1A seems pretty straight forward, However at times they dont really explain things properly. and i sit there wondering "If i didnt have a background in Chem would i understand what the heck is going on?"
You talking about stuff such as "sp3d2 Hybrid orbitals, Quantum Chemistry?, Hybridisation, Shapes such as "Trigonal BiPyramidal", "See-Saw" etc" ?
Im doing that in a subject called "CEIC1001"
If you are, That stuff is freaking awesome, it really changes the way you look at chemistry.
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i was going to do MMAN1300 as my elective but nah fuck it i dont wanna go to tafes lol so i tried to do a chem elective but no it clashes with my other ones ...joshuaali said: