Long time no speak!
Honestly have been soooooooo busy with Uni, work, and everything in my mind so updating this has not been at the forefront of my mind (soz for ignoring the 30 day rule pls don’t hate me)
So, I have been loving Uni still which I’m glad to say! I finally feel like I have a good grasp on how it all works, at least how it all works at Macquarie, like the fact never to trust your tutors when they say results will be released because 3pm today was release time and I’m stilllll waiting.
I thought I would do a unit review on each of mine for your interest and any HSC students wanting to study either Media or Law or both at Macquarie!
Foundations of Law: Have loved this unit. The assessment tasks have been very hands on which I think is awesome for a foundational unit. We did a case brief, a hypothetical problem where we had to give advice to a client, and did a group project on a topic that was given to us (my group did governance and corruption!). Only downfall is that you have to get 100% to pass in each assignment. I know what you’re thinking - 100%?!?!? It is a bit daunting but we do get re-submissions to keep going until we get it right. Basically, it is a satisfied/non-satisfied unit instead of HD, D, C, P. It is annoying to have to re-do assignments but it is honestly teaching me lots and making me know how to fix mistakes which is good.
Australian Media: This unit has been alright. It is quite broad and we have looked at a lot of topics, and then had some writing tasks and essays to complete. Some things I have found super interesting, but my only problem is the limited flexibility in assessment tasks. Like we were given 5 questions to choose out of, and ive seen at UTS you can like twist the question to suit your passions which I think is awesome. But I love the Law program at Macquarie SOOO much that I am happy to make that sacrifice. Just hoping future courses I can write more about what I want to aka SPORT
Academic Cultures & Communication: Worst unit ever. Just your standard first year class of learning how to learn. Honestly could have just put lectures online for us to watch, and then just added some assessment tasks, but NOPE, it’s a compulsory 3-5pm Friday afternoon class.
Australian Society: This is my people unit aka my free elective. Not gonna lie, kind of wish I chose something else. I chose this because I loved society and culture but it isn’t like it at all and I have heard of some other units that are way better. We do have a cool assessment task though, which is a group project to design your own monopoly board representing inequality in Sydney, and I have enjoyed doing that.
I haven't been getting the marks I did in year 12, but have got either Distinctions or Credits so far so I am still pretty fine with that!
I have met some amazing friends who I am unfortunately not in any classes with next semester but we are keeping an eye out for any openings in classes. BUT I ONLY HAVE TO GO ON THURSDAYS NEXT SEMESTER YEWWW!
I don’t have any exams this semester because of the nature of a media degree & the fact the law unit I am doing is only foundational so they thought a quiz will suffice. Kinda sucks though because my boyfriend has exams for allllll his units for his course so im just gonna be chilling here waiting for him to be doneeeeee!
I am still a Marketing Co-Ordinator at my work, but my gosh it is so extremely tiring. It is like having a real adulty job because I get emails on weekends, calls and texts from my boss’ on days I don’t work because they need something, and have to post on socials every day. It is a whole lot more to deal with than what I imagined so I am thinking of looking for something a bit more chilled out at the end of the year, but we will see. I know it is great practice for the future, and it is a pretty cool job, but I want to make the most of being able to have a job that I don’t have to worry about at home whilst I can.
Anyways, other than that, I am off to Europe with my fam in uni break, which im keen for except the flying because im not a huge fan of that.
Let me know if anyone wants to know anything about Macquarie, or anything!!