Post your subject selection related questions here

[stonecold]

Sorry, but one more question:

Are we supposed to enrol in all our level 1, 2 and 3 subjects?

If so, in the drop-down boxes it says '2012' for each subject, and so would that mean we have to do all those subjects in 2012 (which is obviously impossible)?

Nah, like I said, you technically only need to be enrolled for the upcoming semester.  That having been said, it is important to plan ahead to make sure any subjects you want are available when you're planning to study them, and also ensure that you are taking the right subjects for your major.

[Chromeo33]

Sorry, but one more question:

Are we supposed to enrol in all our level 1, 2 and 3 subjects?

If so, in the drop-down boxes it says '2012' for each subject, and so would that mean we have to do all those subjects in 2012 (which is obviously impossible)?

Nah, like I said, you technically only need to be enrolled for the upcoming semester.  That having been said, it is important to plan ahead to make sure any subjects you want are available when you're planning to study them, and also ensure that you are taking the right subjects for your major.

Omg thanks stonecold.

Why couldn't they just say that.. in one sentence.. on the first page..

[david10d]

do we need to touch level 2 and 3 subjects? isnt that for 2nd and 3rd year

[mark_alec]

do we need to touch level 2 and 3 subjects? isnt that for 2nd and 3rd year

It is fine to not take any level 2 or 3 subjects in first year.

[david10d]

what's the difference in difficulty like in calculus 1 and 2? is it a fairly decent jump from methods to spesh?


what are foreign languages like in uni. say if i want to do german, do i start off at like year 7 level? lol

[dc302]

what's the difference in difficulty like in calculus 1 and 2? is it a fairly decent jump from methods to spesh?


what are foreign languages like in uni. say if i want to do german, do i start off at like year 7 level? lol

Calculus 1 is required for calculus 2, so if you do them in sequence, they should be around the same difficulty.. Calc 1 is the university equivalent of spesh, minus the physics in spesh.

[david10d]

this is strange

'MAST10006 - Calculus 2 is an Anti-Requisite for MAST10005 - Calculus 1. You will not be able to enrol in both.'

yet in the sample course plan, they've put calc 1, calc 2 and linear algebra in the first year column

[nubs]

yeah someone else had the same problem and posted about it before on this thread
Just enrol in Calculus 1 first, and then when you finalise it, go back and enrol in calculus 2 separately.

[dc302]

this is strange

'MAST10006 - Calculus 2 is an Anti-Requisite for MAST10005 - Calculus 1. You will not be able to enrol in both.'

yet in the sample course plan, they've put calc 1, calc 2 and linear algebra in the first year column

No it's right, it means if you have done calculus 2 then you cannot take calculus 1. But you cannot take calculus 2 until you do calc 1 (or spesh). However, if it is not letting you enroll in the study plan, then it's probably just a problem with the study plan itself.

[86]

Calculus 2 is required, but not necessarily in first year, although I strongly recommend you do do it in first year in case it screws up your  subjects in subsequent years.

Yeah Calculus 2 ended up screwing with my timetable so I redid it at the expense of a huge headache.

Also, thinking of doing philosophy but not sure if it's gonna be too hard. Opinions?

I'll be taking the first semester 'The Big Questions' Karen's speech really intrigued me. I'm considering taking the 'Big Thinkers' or whatever it's called that incorporates God. It doesn't seem overwhelming but pretty deep. If not I might just go do a linguistics breadth.

[dc302]

Calculus 2 is required, but not necessarily in first year, although I strongly recommend you do do it in first year in case it screws up your  subjects in subsequent years.

Yeah Calculus 2 ended up screwing with my timetable so I redid it at the expense of a huge headache.

Also, thinking of doing philosophy but not sure if it's gonna be too hard. Opinions?

I'll be taking the first semester 'The Big Questions' Karen's speech really intrigued me. I'm considering taking the 'Big Thinkers' or whatever it's called that incorporates God. It doesn't seem overwhelming but pretty deep. If not I might just go do a linguistics breadth.

Calculus 2 has multiple streams though...and it's still screwing with your timetable? Also, although when registering into classes for your official timetable, you have to go to the same stream of lectures each time, but there is no one stopping you from just going to whichever lecture suits you.

[vea]

Having trouble with this subject choosing thing atm, I can't seem to find the subjects to do. When I go to "Choose" and type in "PHYC10007" or "Physics for Biomedicine" it just comes up with "Sorry, but there are no matching structures for the specified criteria". Also waiting for the uni to approve my uni math subject that I did last year ughhh

[stonecold]

Having trouble with this subject choosing thing atm, I can't seem to find the subjects to do. When I go to "Choose" and type in "PHYC10007" or "Physics for Biomedicine" it just comes up with "Sorry, but there are no matching structures for the specified criteria". Also waiting for the uni to approve my uni math subject that I did last year ughhh

Uugghh, Physics for Biomed... good luck with that.

I'm not 100% sure, but I remember last year doing a blank search.  All of the subjects came up and then I just chose them from a list.

[86]

Having trouble with this subject choosing thing atm, I can't seem to find the subjects to do. When I go to "Choose" and type in "PHYC10007" or "Physics for Biomedicine" it just comes up with "Sorry, but there are no matching structures for the specified criteria". Also waiting for the uni to approve my uni math subject that I did last year ughhh

I'm pretty sure you're entering subjects into the wrong category. You should be entering them into the BS-SCISUBLV1 - Science Level 1. I think what you did was you put PHYC10007, which is a level 1 subject, into BS-SCISUBLV2 - Science Level 2 or BS-SCISUBLV3 - Science Level 3 so it doesn't recognise it and brings up that error.

Calculus 2 is required, but not necessarily in first year, although I strongly recommend you do do it in first year in case it screws up your  subjects in subsequent years.

Yeah Calculus 2 ended up screwing with my timetable so I redid it at the expense of a huge headache.

Also, thinking of doing philosophy but not sure if it's gonna be too hard. Opinions?

I'll be taking the first semester 'The Big Questions' Karen's speech really intrigued me. I'm considering taking the 'Big Thinkers' or whatever it's called that incorporates God. It doesn't seem overwhelming but pretty deep. If not I might just go do a linguistics breadth.

Calculus 2 has multiple streams though...and it's still screwing with your timetable? Also, although when registering into classes for your official timetable, you have to go to the same stream of lectures each time, but there is no one stopping you from just going to whichever lecture suits you.

Well I tried to fit it into 2nd year - against your recommendation and learned the hard way. All my 2nd year subjects needed Calculus 2 as a prerequisite and I was either trying to fit them into the semester after Calculus 2 or concurrently. I worked it out though, put it in 1st year to avoid all that hassle.

[vea]

Having trouble with this subject choosing thing atm, I can't seem to find the subjects to do. When I go to "Choose" and type in "PHYC10007" or "Physics for Biomedicine" it just comes up with "Sorry, but there are no matching structures for the specified criteria". Also waiting for the uni to approve my uni math subject that I did last year ughhh

Uugghh, Physics for Biomed... good luck with that.

I'm not 100% sure, but I remember last year doing a blank search.  All of the subjects came up and then I just chose them from a list.

Haha what's bad about the subject? Knowing you it was probably too easy? xD

My uni math just got approved and I think my subject selections got fixed up, everything seems clearer now. Now I'm not too sure about whether I should do Experimental Design and Data Analysis in s1 or s2, does it require knowledge from the s1 math?