Arts 2009. Yeeeeah.

[Chihiro]

Hey guys, who's looking at doing an Arts course next year?
Which university? What subjects?
For anyone already doing Arts, any particular subjects you can recommend?
I put Arts at University of Melbourne as my first preference..
I know most on this site are more geared towards mathematics and science, but I'm hoping there's still a few amongst you..

[ninwa]

YAY ARTS STUDENT
I'm doing arts but I can't really recommend any subjects since I go to Monash lol

I'm just here to express my excitement at finding another arts person!!!!!!

[Eliseblack]

i have arts at melb first preference too!
i think i'll major in psych and spanish but the new model still confuses me a bit..
and i'll be away for the explanation days as well!!
that's gonna be difficult.

[lishan515]

I have been completely driven away from the Melbourne Model - I wouldn't do arts there basically. It is alright if you are musical or want to do pysch - but for us straight humanities kids- it seems a waste. Plus lots of staff are being culled from the arts faculty and subject cuts. (Hence stability of arts faculty at the moment seems questionable)
Hence I would prefer to stay away from Melbourne for those reasons.
And if I do stay at Melbourne: Monash > Melbourne
But I intend to study arts or arts/law at ANU
ARTS all the way though

[jaynie13]

yay! so glad to know there actually are people who want to do arts! i've got UoM as my first preference...history and english are looking good (as long as you don't think about all the awesome subjects that have been cut out)

[vce08]

Burger and fries please.

[Survivor]

Yes, ARTS! I intend to do Commerce/Arts at Monash and major in Sociology. I'm so excited

[Chihiro]

Yeah I chose Melbourne over Monash purely because I went to both open days and liked the Melbourne campus a lot better, both aesthetically and from the students I spoke to. People are saying the clearly-in ENTER for arts at melbourne is going to go up. Was around 85 this year, 90.5 in 2007 and 92.5 in 2006... I think. Any ideas of what this year'll be?

[ReVeL]

Wtf it dropped 5.5 points in a single year? I was under the impression ENTER scores only fluctuated slightly from previous years. The Melbourne Model would have played its part in that but still... A big jump.

[Chihiro]

"For 2007, Arts made an additional 355 offers with a CIR of 90.9 (92.5 in 2006) and Commerce an additional 154 offers with a CIR of 95.05 (95.85 in 2006)"- That's from an article on the UoM website. And for sure last year it was 85. So yeah, not quite sure what to expect...

[Eliseblack]

i was reading some melbourne guide and it said that the maximum enter for arts was gonna be 85 this year..
i dont know how they know that but it's what the brochure said!!
model is good for majoring in psych, not much else!
and melbourne is just so pretty!!

[Amnesiac]

I'm doing Arts! But hopefully in a double degree with a Dip Ed.
I want to major in History and Psych hopefully, and do a minor in German or something.
Yay!

[AppleXY]

Burger and fries please.

[Eriny]

I'm doing Arts at ANU. It's the best degree ever.

[Chihiro]

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i was reading some melbourne guide and it said that the maximum enter for arts was gonna be 85 this year..
i dont know how they know that but it's what the brochure said!!
model is good for majoring in psych, not much else!
and melbourne is just so pretty!!

Really? I wouldn't of thought they couldn't just stipulate like that, as student numbers, quality of students etc needed to be taken into account.


During one of my daily extended procrastination sessions, I began looking at the 2009 handbook on the Melb Uni site, trying to find all the subjects I like. I seriously have no clue what to major in- I just want to do an array of courses really, not set ones in a certain discipline like psychology or european studies or whatevs. Didn't seem like any of the fields of study had enough cool courses to justify majoring in