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Uni Stuff => Universities - Victoria => University of Melbourne => Topic started by: seretide on June 22, 2012, 08:52:42 pm

Title: Breadth Subject!
Post by: seretide on June 22, 2012, 08:52:42 pm
Hi guys!!

Struggling here... but, what are you all doing as breadth subjects? I'm in the science course and I have no I idea what to choose!

Something "easy" - not really looking for something that needs more hours of work than my core subjects, yet doesn't make me fall asleep? The eternal struggle to find something of this description!

Thanks for any help in advance!
Title: Re: Breadth Subject!
Post by: Starlight on June 22, 2012, 10:52:56 pm
Intercultural communication, the exams worth 30% and i'd rather subjects with most of the mark based off assignments.
Title: Re: Breadth Subject!
Post by: golden on June 23, 2012, 09:07:28 am
El do you know if it would require some intense memorization or a well defined skill to do?
Title: Re: Breadth Subject!
Post by: Starlight on June 23, 2012, 11:00:12 am
El do you know if would require some intense memorization or a well defined skill to do?

I don't think so it's basically like an extention of vce english language, but there are concepts new to me too. A girl I knew who did secret life of language in semester 1 got all H1s for her assignments without having done vce english language. The tutorials are also helpful too.
Title: Re: Breadth Subject!
Post by: golden on June 23, 2012, 11:23:00 am
You're referencing intercultural communication right ; )?
Title: Re: Breadth Subject!
Post by: Starlight on June 23, 2012, 12:04:56 pm
You're referencing intercultural communication right ; )?

yeah lol were you talking about that? I'm confused
Title: Re: Breadth Subject!
Post by: golden on June 23, 2012, 06:03:26 pm
Yes, thanks! I was just checking since you referenced the Secret Life of Language (just in case lol).
Title: Re: Breadth Subject!
Post by: Starlight on June 23, 2012, 06:24:58 pm
Yes, thanks! I was just checking since you referenced the Secret Life of Language (just in case lol).

Oh yeah, I just did that because the two subjects 'secret life of language' and 'intercultural communication' both come under linguistics anyway :P
Title: Re: Breadth Subject!
Post by: Elnino_Gerrard on June 24, 2012, 02:00:49 am
So confused about breadth. Any good ideas. Something which wpuld actually be helpful?. So far done Project management,Finance 1 and Business Finance.
Title: Re: Breadth Subject!
Post by: golden on June 24, 2012, 10:10:34 am
So confused about breadth. Any good ideas. Something which wpuld actually be helpful?. So far done Project management,Finance 1 and Business Finance.

Did you like those to begin with?
Title: Re: Breadth Subject!
Post by: Elnino_Gerrard on June 24, 2012, 04:52:32 pm
Hated management. Dint mind FInance 1 and Bus fi
Title: Re: Breadth Subject!
Post by: charmanderp on June 24, 2012, 04:58:33 pm
Is anyone doing Chemistry as breadth? Planning on it myself for next year.
Title: Re: Breadth Subject!
Post by: seretide on June 24, 2012, 08:21:26 pm
Is anyone doing Chemistry as breadth? Planning on it myself for next year.

I'm in the science course and I chose to do it as a subject. It requires a lot of work not including the lectures which are sometimes mentally draining and the pracs you have almost every week. If you are thinking of chemistry just as a "give it a shot"  subject, you really shouldn't!

Aside from this, just wanted to see if anyone has completed music psychology or heard anything about it?
Title: Re: Breadth Subject!
Post by: charmanderp on June 24, 2012, 08:26:13 pm
I'm doing VCE Chemistry and it's probably my best/favourite subject so that's more along the lines of why I want to do it! For some inconceivable reason I actually love Chemistry, despite being more of an Arts type, and have done a lot of reading outside the course.

Apparently music psychology is a bit of a bludge, particularly in terms of the assignments.
Title: Re: Breadth Subject!
Post by: seretide on June 24, 2012, 11:00:12 pm
I'm doing VCE Chemistry and it's probably my best/favourite subject so that's more along the lines of why I want to do it! For some inconceivable reason I actually love Chemistry, despite being more of an Arts type, and have done a lot of reading outside the course.

Apparently music psychology is a bit of a bludge, particularly in terms of the assignments.

So your not in uni yet? Or you mean your doing chemistry fundamentals?
Title: Re: Breadth Subject!
Post by: charmanderp on June 25, 2012, 12:14:30 am
Nup still in Year 12.
Title: Re: Breadth Subject!
Post by: golden on June 25, 2012, 11:00:01 am
Intercultural communication, the exams worth 30% and i'd rather subjects with most of the mark based off assignments.

Do you know about the assignments and exams? Like does it have a lot of essays etc?
Title: Re: Breadth Subject!
Post by: marr on June 25, 2012, 11:08:04 am
The assignments (both worth 35%) are like Science prac write ups. The exam is completely multiple choice too where if you attended the lectures, would get atleast 80% correct minimum. I highly recommend it!!
Title: Re: Breadth Subject!
Post by: golden on June 25, 2012, 11:22:17 am
The assignments (both worth 35%) are like Science prac write ups. The exam is completely multiple choice too where if you attended the lectures, would get atleast 80% correct minimum. I highly recommend it!!

Wait, no essays?
Title: Re: Breadth Subject!
Post by: marr on June 25, 2012, 11:24:01 am
I wouldn't call them 'essays'. They're more prac write ups. Like there's an introduction, methods and results section etc.
Title: Re: Breadth Subject!
Post by: golden on June 25, 2012, 12:17:49 pm
I wouldn't call them 'essays'. They're more prac write ups. Like there's an introduction, methods and results section etc.

Does it have lecture capture?
Title: Re: Breadth Subject!
Post by: marr on June 25, 2012, 01:40:45 pm
By lecture capture do you mean recorded lectures uploaded onto the LMS? If so then yes. Lecture slides are also available on the LMS before each lecture.

Feel free to PM if you have any questions ;)
Title: Re: Breadth Subject!
Post by: golden on June 25, 2012, 01:43:26 pm
By lecture capture do you mean recorded lectures uploaded onto the LMS? If so then yes. Lecture slides are also available on the LMS before each lecture.

Feel free to PM if you have any questions ;)

Thanks mate.