What happened to <Language> 1A, 1B, 2A, etc? (1 Viewer)

[Maximus]

None of the Japanese, Chinese, or Korean (and I assume other languages) 1A/1B/2A/2B/etc courses are listed on the timetable website.
However, if you change the URL of pages like this from 2009 to 2008 (ie. this), they were all listed last year.
What gives?

 

[uhawww]

They are now under the ARTS code.

 

[Maximus]

Yeah, I'd just noticed and was about to come back and withdraw my question.
Seems level 1 is "introductory", level 2 is "intermediate", level 3 is "advanced" and level 4 is "professional".
Why do they always pull crap like this...

 

[uhawww]

Yeah it's pretty fucking retarded. I can't even remember the stupid course codes... it has no logic behind it what so ever..

 

[soopacow]

Yeah it's pretty fucking retarded. I can't even remember the stupid course codes... it has no logic behind it what so ever..

The logic behind that is so their courses sound far more "prestigious" and "sophisticated" than just a coded number.

Compare French 2A to Intermediate French, then Japanese 3A to Advanced Japanese.
Tell me which one sound more "professional" and "hardcore"?

To me, the newer course names makes them sound... hard.

/Edit: Though they probably are.... but erm... yea...

 

[Jago]

The courses seem exactly the same. We're even going to use the same textbooks

 

[soopacow]

The courses seem exactly the same. We're even going to use the same textbooks

But the name change of the courses makes them sound better.

 

[hermand]

so, if you've started french extension but not completed it this year, what course would you do?

 

[Uncle]

But the name change of the courses makes them sound better.

Compare this:

Search for your Arts course

AUSTXXXX
CHINXXXX
COMDXXXX
EDSTXXXX
ENGLXXXX
EUROXXXX
FRENXXXX
GERSXXXX
GREKXXXX
HISTXXXX
HPSCXXXX
INDOXXXX
JAPNXXXX
KOREXXXX
LINGXXXX
MEFTXXXX
MUSCXXXX
PECOXXXX
PHILXXXX
POLSXXXX
RUSSXXXX
SLSPXXXX
SOCAXXXX
SPANXXXX
WOMSXXXX

To this...

Search for your Arts course:

ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX

Good fucking job I best post this in the 'Why I hate UNSW thread' ?

 

[uhawww]

The logic behind that is so their courses sound far more "prestigious" and "sophisticated" than just a coded number.

Compare French 2A to Intermediate French, then Japanese 3A to Advanced Japanese.
Tell me which one sound more "professional" and "hardcore"?

To me, the newer course names makes them sound... hard.

/Edit: Though they probably are.... but erm... yea...

I meant the course codes, not the course names.

 

[uhawww]

Compare this:

Search for your Arts course

AUSTXXXX
CHINXXXX
COMDXXXX
EDSTXXXX
ENGLXXXX
EUROXXXX
FRENXXXX
GERSXXXX
GREKXXXX
HISTXXXX
HPSCXXXX
INDOXXXX
JAPNXXXX
KOREXXXX
LINGXXXX
MEFTXXXX
MUSCXXXX
PECOXXXX
PHILXXXX
POLSXXXX
RUSSXXXX
SLSPXXXX
SOCAXXXX
SPANXXXX
WOMSXXXX

To this...

Search for your Arts course:

ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX
ARTSXXXX

Good fucking job I best post this in the 'Why I hate UNSW thread' ?

I already posted it there months ago.