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Uni Stuff => Universities - Victoria => University of Melbourne => Topic started by: mc1316 on August 23, 2013, 04:00:37 am

Title: Is there any possible way or 'loophole' I can use to get out of doing breadths?
Post by: mc1316 on August 23, 2013, 04:00:37 am

I just hate doing breadth, the rest of the my subjects I really enjoy. Is there any possible way or 'loophole' I can use to get out of doing breadths?

Title: Re: Is there any possible way or 'loophole' I can use to get out of doing breadths?
Post by: chasej on August 23, 2013, 07:13:31 am

Don't think so.

Title: Re: Is there any possible way or 'loophole' I can use to get out of doing breadths?
Post by: crescendo on August 23, 2013, 08:46:36 am

Are you doing science? I'm not sure about other courses, but at science you can do only 4 breadth subjects and take 2 science electives :D also, try searching for breadth subjects that are in line with you course, for example, my friend is doing animal science, and he's taking animal in society subject

Title: Re: Is there any possible way or 'loophole' I can use to get out of doing breadths?
Post by: WonderBunny on August 23, 2013, 09:41:28 am

I couldn't find a loophole, so I went to Monash. The Melbourne Model sucks.  >:(

Title: Re: Is there any possible way or 'loophole' I can use to get out of doing breadths?
Post by: sluu001 on August 23, 2013, 10:21:39 am

I got out of 2 by showing them that I needed two slots to complete an unusual double major - econ/accounting (in a b.comm).

Title: Re: Is there any possible way or 'loophole' I can use to get out of doing breadths?
Post by: spectroscopy on August 23, 2013, 10:27:01 am

Quote from: sluu001 on August 23, 2013, 10:21:39 am

I got out of 2 by showing them that I needed two slots to complete an unusual double major - econ/accounting (in a b.comm).

wait, so how many breadth did you end up doing?
and also, can you do more than the maximum breadth? LOL

Title: Re: Is there any possible way or 'loophole' I can use to get out of doing breadths?
Post by: sluu001 on August 23, 2013, 01:28:10 pm

Maximum of 8. Minimum of 6. I got out of 2 in order to complete the 2 majors due to prerequisites. This essentially meant 1 breadth as 3 of them were law breadths required for an accredited Accounting degree.

Title: Re: Is there any possible way or 'loophole' I can use to get out of doing breadths?
Post by: Sinner on August 23, 2013, 06:55:54 pm

I'm afraid not. Even if you did subjects that qualify you for 2 majors, a Science student would only be awarded one, formally anyway.

Title: Re: Is there any possible way or 'loophole' I can use to get out of doing breadths?
Post by: kaybee94 on August 23, 2013, 08:33:31 pm

breadths don't have to be the worst thing in the world. they give u a great break from ur standard classes and "usually" the workload shouldn't be as heavy as ur core subjects. if it is content heavy then at least ull learn something useful (i hope)  :)

Title: Re: Is there any possible way or 'loophole' I can use to get out of doing breadths?
Post by: MJRomeo81 on August 23, 2013, 09:14:27 pm

Surely there are other fields you're interested in.

At La Trobe I took Roman History, Macroeconomics and Philosophy all during my first year of an IT degree.  I find that electives/breadths are a great way of developing general knowledge / intellectual curiosity.

Title: Re: Is there any possible way or 'loophole' I can use to get out of doing breadths?
Post by: m.Chemia on August 23, 2013, 10:13:22 pm

A friend of mine is studying Bachelor of Environment (major in Landscape Architecture) and I don't how but she only needs to do 3 breadth subjects.

Title: Re: Is there any possible way or 'loophole' I can use to get out of doing breadths?
Post by: mc1316 on August 25, 2013, 01:07:04 am

Quote from: Celia Lehlm on August 24, 2013, 12:07:36 pm

If you're taking a concurrent diploma, you could cross-credit breadth subjects.

what do you mean?

Title: Re: Is there any possible way or 'loophole' I can use to get out of doing breadths?
Post by: mc1316 on August 25, 2013, 01:07:47 am

Quote from: MJRomeo81 on August 23, 2013, 09:14:27 pm

Surely there are other fields you're interested in.

At La Trobe I took Roman History, Macroeconomics and Philosophy all during my first year of an IT degree.  I find that electives/breadths are a great way of developing general knowledge / intellectual curiosity.

I am interested, but they affect my marks too drastically

Title: Re: Is there any possible way or 'loophole' I can use to get out of doing breadths?
Post by: Starlight on August 25, 2013, 01:12:40 am

Quote from: mc1316 on August 25, 2013, 01:07:47 am

I am interested, but they affect my marks too drastically

Have you tried the university breadth subjects?
Those ones seem to be marked quite fairly, unlike arts-based ones

Title: Re: Is there any possible way or 'loophole' I can use to get out of doing breadths?
Post by: LeviLamp on August 25, 2013, 01:38:09 am

How to succeed in an Arts breadth: ride the front of the bell curve.
Easier said than done, though languages and geography subjects (by virtue of their exam component) seem to be much fairer in this respect. I don't suppose you'd be keen on a language, though, and geography isn't even breadth-able in the BSc :(
Some of the music breadths are really easy, apparently, with lots of participation marks and no assumed prior knowledge.

Title: Re: Is there any possible way or 'loophole' I can use to get out of doing breadths?
Post by: mc1316 on August 25, 2013, 06:36:42 pm

Quote from: Celia Lehlm on August 25, 2013, 11:31:50 am

http://ask.unimelb.edu.au/app/answers/detail/a_id/4992/~/diplomas-%26-cross-crediting

As in, how would that help?