ATAR Notes: Forum
Uni Stuff => Universities - Victoria => University of Melbourne => Topic started by: Stick on February 13, 2014, 05:16:14 pm
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Is it worth purchasing *cough*? I've heard in the past that it's not worth getting texts that aren't prescribed but I'm not sure if it applies in this particular case. Thanks. :)
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Is it worth purchasing *cough*? I've heard in the past that it's not worth getting texts that aren't prescribed but I'm not sure if it applies in this particular case. Thanks. :)
No idea but looks like a great Level 1 subject. What's your intended major?
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It's the standard statistics subject in Biomedicine.
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no one buys the textbook it is definitely not needed. all u need is the reader tht is published by the uni which is about 600 pages thick. From memory it was around $20-$30
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Thanks for confirming that for me. The reader isn't mentioned in the handbook but since I'm taking this subject in semester 2 I won't stress about it just yet. :)
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stats seems harder in 2nd semester! :-\ you shouldve tried to enrol in 1st sem but anyway too late for that. yeah the handbook only shows the prescribed textbook (triola&triola from memory) but the reader printed out by the uni is more like a chem or bio workbook/manual so thats why it doesnt show up
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The handbook is showing no prescribed text for me. Do you mean the recommended one?
I have to do it in second semester since I did Biology Units 3 & 4 in VCE (and we were told that our enrolment was going to be checked for this, and, if need be, altered to meet this requirement).
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oh yeah sorry recommended textbooks then. the stats course is based around the book the uni prints out (all the lecture slides and content stems from it). how does doing bio 3&4 impact on whether u choose stats or maths :o
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Maybe it's something they're starting this year, but they emphasised to us that VCE Biology students needed to do MAST10016 in semester 1, while everyone else is to do MAST10011. :S
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thats unfortunate because i think stats lecturer in semester 1 is better than semester 2 (subjective opinion) but assessment is slightly easier in semester 1. ok that makes sense since maths for biomed has 5-6 weeks of population genetics which will be easier to grasp for people who have done genetics in vce bio