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Uni Stuff => Universities - Victoria => University of Melbourne => Topic started by: Starlight on June 12, 2012, 09:17:50 pm

Title: Has anyone done 'Optics: From rainbows to digital imaging'?
Post by: Starlight on June 12, 2012, 09:17:50 pm
I have no idea what to choose as my third science elective, I'm doing chem and bio as well. To be honest,the subject 'looks' pretty boring from the handbook but I just don't know what else to choose since:

a) I hate maths
b) Not much of a psychology person (unless it gets me easy marks)
c) I hate plants too (i.e. biology of australian flora and fauna or something)

Title: Re: Has anyone done 'Optics: From rainbows to digital imaging'?
Post by: Richiie on June 15, 2012, 12:58:49 am
I didn't mind the subject. Like physics, you really have to understand the theory and apply it to problem solving equations.

The mathematical part of problem solving isn't taught so well, and is quite important in the exam. (There are plenty of formulas to use as well)

Above all that, I found this subject to be interesting, however challenging to grasp the maths side.
Title: Re: Has anyone done 'Optics: From rainbows to digital imaging'?
Post by: simpak on June 15, 2012, 04:21:07 am
MBB2 is pretty easy, like, two lots of question sets at the end of the semester provided from which they pull the final questions to be on the exam.
So half of the exam questions, you have seen. With answers (unlike Simon's questions from MBB1).

Also the essay for MBB2 is much more like a proper research essay rather than this stupid 'write about a sunset' thing Simon had going down in MBB1. So I liked MBB2 more.