Post your subject selection related questions here

[jasrulz63]

how about 3??

EDIT: i meant 3 breadth for the year *semester 1/2

You sure can. As long as you stick to the guidelines set out for you degree (for science, https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/view/2012/B-SCI) you'll be fine.

[Kingofrok33]

Ok I still have no clue how to get past the subject selection page in the enrolment steps. It asks for a code, but I've tried a few different codes I found in the handbook and all of them say there are no matching structures.

[stonecold]

Is this my enrolment done for the year? Will I be eligible to timetable on January 30th and receive my student ID? I want to get in as soon as possible!

I'll warn you now.  Critical thinking is a pretty crap subject for at least two reasons.

Firstly, it has statistics in it, which has to be the most boring topic in the world.

Secondly, it is being taken by Rob Maillardet.  He is a nice enough lecturer, but can't explain anything, and will break your eardrums every time he gets excited and his voice goes all loud and high pitched....

Also, the assessment looks like a complete pain in the ass.

[Mech]

Just posting in here for future reference

[Peter_1993]

Is this my enrolment done for the year? Will I be eligible to timetable on January 30th and receive my student ID? I want to get in as soon as possible!

I'll warn you now.  Critical thinking is a pretty crap subject for at least two reasons.

Firstly, it has statistics in it, which has to be the most boring topic in the world.

Secondly, it is being taken by Rob Maillardet.  He is a nice enough lecturer, but can't explain anything, and will break your eardrums every time he gets excited and his voice goes all loud and high pitched....

Also, the assessment looks like a complete pain in the ass.

OMG THANK YOU! I hate statistics so much. You saved my life. Replacing that with Forests in a Global Context and moving Business Law to semester 1.

[stonecold]

Is this my enrolment done for the year? Will I be eligible to timetable on January 30th and receive my student ID? I want to get in as soon as possible!

I'll warn you now.  Critical thinking is a pretty crap subject for at least two reasons.

Firstly, it has statistics in it, which has to be the most boring topic in the world.

Secondly, it is being taken by Rob Maillardet.  He is a nice enough lecturer, but can't explain anything, and will break your eardrums every time he gets excited and his voice goes all loud and high pitched....

Also, the assessment looks like a complete pain in the ass.

OMG THANK YOU! I hate statistics so much. You saved my life. Replacing that with Forests in a Global Context and moving Business Law to semester 1.

No problem.  If you look at the Objectives bit of the handbook entry, it is just craftily worded and has a lot of stats in it.  Compare it to the first year biomed stats subject and you'll see what I mean.

https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/view/2012/UNIB10006

https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/view/2012/MAST10011

[John President]

I did CTWD, it was okay in the first few weeks - when the lecturer occasionally had interesting anecdotes.

Unfortunately, the stats part of the course came in once it was too late for people to change subjects. It bored me to tears and on the rare occasions I turned up I saw the lecture hall about 90% empty. It didn't help that the lecturer (a different guy to the one stonecold mentioned) was deadly dull and spent ages covering yr 10 level probability and the same case studies over and over.

[stonecold]

I did CTWD, it was okay in the first few weeks - when the lecturer occasionally had interesting anecdotes.

Unfortunately, the stats part of the course came in once it was too late for people to change subjects. It bored me to tears and on the rare occasions I turned up I saw the lecture hall about 90% empty. It didn't help that the lecturer (a different guy to the one stonecold mentioned) was deadly dull and spent ages covering yr 10 level probability and the same case studies over and over.

Imagine a whole subject of this...

I haven't done CTWD, but just from reading the handbook entry, it is more than enough to know it is a terrible subject.

And WTF is with the assessment.  It is like the most laborious thing I've ever seen.

-3 Assignments
-15 online quizzes
-Group project and oral presentation
-Another assignment due at semesters end
-Exam

That is so much work for a first year subject.  Avoid it like the plague IMO.

[nubs]

Has anyone done Physics 1 without having done VCE Physics or an equivalent? I was told that I should be able to do Physics 1 without having done VCE Physics due to my Spec score, do you reckon this is a good idea? Or should I just stick with Fundamentals?

[2012]

Hey Nirbaan!

"You're supposed to put it in the BS-SCISUBLV123 - Science Level 1, 2 & 3 field if you you already have 5 subjects selected for the BS-SCISUBLV1 - Science Level 1 field - you can't put any more into that field. If you want to do more than 5 level 1 subjects in first year, you need to enter the subject into the Science Level 1, 2 & 3 one"

any changes on this after AAD?

 thanks!

SO the  BS-SCISUBLV123 - Science Level 1, 2 & 3 field is like an extra bag for subjects thats the (6th) in either year's 1,2 &3?

[86]

Has anyone done Physics 1 without having done VCE Physics or an equivalent? I was told that I should be able to do Physics 1 without having done VCE Physics due to my Spec score, do you reckon this is a good idea? Or should I just stick with Fundamentals?

It's Physics if you got 30 or above, under 30 or if you didn't do it in VCE and you should take fundamentals.

I'd like to ask, is Calculus 2 in the first year required for a Mechanical Systems major?

[2012]

Can anyone gimme a brief explaination on the way we should pick our subjects in the Level 1, level 2, level 3 and level 1,2,3 caters.

And

all we need to enroll into is the subjects in Level 1 or Level 1,2,3 (if we have extra sciences) before 30th of Jan right?

I am going to do Civil Systems as major in Year 3.

Here is my current (planned) subjects for my Level 1.

Calculus 1 -Semester 1
Physics 1   -Semester 1


Linear Alg  -Semester 2
Calculus 2  -Semester 2
Engineering Systems Design 2 - Semester 2

I might be doing Calculus 1 +2 in the breadths. So this way i can pick 3 more Complementary subjects.

Is this a good plan for my first year?

Thanks!!!

[Gloamglozer]

Can anyone gimme a brief explaination on the way we should pick our subjects in the Level 1, level 2, level 3 and level 1,2,3 caters.

And

all we need to enroll into is the subjects in Level 1 or Level 1,2,3 (if we have extra sciences) before 30th of Jan right?

I am going to do Civil Systems as major in Year 3.

Here is my current (planned) subjects for my Level 1.

Calculus 1 -Semester 1
Physics 1   -Semester 1


Linear Alg  -Semester 2
Calculus 2  -Semester 2
Engineering Systems Design 2 - Semester 2

I might be doing Calculus 1 +2 in the breadths. So this way i can pick 3 more Complementary subjects.

Is this a good plan for my first year?

Thanks!!!

For your maths subjects, I did exactly the same thing in first year.  I felt that it was fine.

[2012]

For your maths subjects, I did exactly the same thing in first year.  I felt that it was fine.

If i put calc 1+2 in the breadth section.
DO u have any ideas of which Complementary subjects i should take?
probably pick some in the Recommended Background Knowledge criteria?

[funkyducky]

So my friend is doing BComm@UoM, and she's been told at AAD to pick her major now, ie. pick relevant subjects to it. She called me for help and welllll I have absolutely no idea, I'm doing a completely different degree at a different uni. Could anyone shed some light?