Science at monash- questions

[JV-12]

I'm thinking of doing Bachelor of Science at Monash University and i have a few general questions for past/present science students about:

1) The quality of the course, how are the lectures and the teachers?

2) As a general overview how are the other students? are the class sizes big/small?

3)How is the timetabling for classes like? Approxiamatley how many times a week do you attend for classes?

4) Overall how do you feel about the environment at Monash Clayton?

[DisaFear]

I am doing BSc at Monash.

I did Chemistry, Physics, Maths and Astronomy (most people have Bio in there, most popular subject)

All of the courses were decent, very engaging. Of course, there will be boring bits that you don't enjoy.

The lecturers depend. In every 10 lecturers, there's usually 2 that are amazing, 6 that are average and 2 that are bad.

How are the other students? They are okay. There's the people who want to excel. There's the average person. Then there's the people who barely want to pass. Getting those on your team for group-work like labs is no fun. Usually, people are more lax at uni than you'd see students in VCE

Class sizes.

You have lectures. These seat a lot of people. Depends on the subject, can be anywhere from 100 to 300 people, maybe even more, I'm not sure (Biology has massive ones)
Lectures are optional. Attending them is a good idea however, but some people learn differently. A friend of mine didn't attend a single lecture, but obtained 3 High Distinctions. (He is a mature aged student and a studious person, however)

Then you have labs (chemistry, physics, etc) or tutorials (maths) which are much smaller, maybe 15-20 people
For most subjects, labs need to be passed to pass the whole subject
In labs, you do...lab work Usually, it relates to the course (somehow)
In math tutes, you answer math problems (attendance is usually optional) However, tutorials are VERY helpful

Timetabling. I had 22 contact hours per week this year for both semesters. Naturally, this depends on what subjects you choose. Physics, chemistry and biology are usually 6+ hours per week, the maths are usually 5. It is very hard to get a day off in Science. And I don't recommend squeezing everything in as well, unless you really need to (for travel, job, etc reasons)

Squeezing usually results in tiredness and lack of concentration. And not enough break time to socialise with other people!

Overall, the environment is great Plenty of open space, plenty of grass to sit on. A bustling campus centre. Helpful tutors and staff. Only thing I dislike is that it is so far from the city (and my house)

Otherwise, go for it

[JV-12]

I am doing BSc at Monash.

I did Chemistry, Physics, Maths and Astronomy (most people have Bio in there, most popular subject)

All of the courses were decent, very engaging. Of course, there will be boring bits that you don't enjoy.

The lecturers depend. In every 10 lecturers, there's usually 2 that are amazing, 6 that are average and 2 that are bad.

How are the other students? They are okay. There's the people who want to excel. There's the average person. Then there's the people who barely want to pass. Getting those on your team for group-work like labs is no fun. Usually, people are more lax at uni than you'd see students in VCE

Class sizes.

You have lectures. These seat a lot of people. Depends on the subject, can be anywhere from 100 to 300 people, maybe even more, I'm not sure (Biology has massive ones)
Lectures are optional. Attending them is a good idea however, but some people learn differently. A friend of mine didn't attend a single lecture, but obtained 3 High Distinctions. (He is a mature aged student and a studious person, however)

Then you have labs (chemistry, physics, etc) or tutorials (maths) which are much smaller, maybe 15-20 people
For most subjects, labs need to be passed to pass the whole subject
In labs, you do...lab work Usually, it relates to the course (somehow)
In math tutes, you answer math problems (attendance is usually optional) However, tutorials are VERY helpful

Timetabling. I had 22 contact hours per week this year for both semesters. Naturally, this depends on what subjects you choose. Physics, chemistry and biology are usually 6+ hours per week, the maths are usually 5. It is very hard to get a day off in Science. And I don't recommend squeezing everything in as well, unless you really need to (for travel, job, etc reasons)

Squeezing usually results in tiredness and lack of concentration. And not enough break time to socialise with other people!

Overall, the environment is great Plenty of open space, plenty of grass to sit on. A bustling campus centre. Helpful tutors and staff. Only thing I dislike is that it is so far from the city (and my house)

Otherwise, go for it

Wow thanks for you insightful overview! Also the comparison between Monash and Melbourne is quite common, and i know you probably don't know for sure as i'm assuming you've never experience science at Melbourne, but what are your opinions on the comparison between science at Melbourne and Monash?

[DisaFear]

I wanted to transfer mid-year to BSc at UoM
Long story, I got above the score required and didn't get in

Hoped to transfer end of the year to BSc at UoM again, as UoM is only 30 mins from me, whereas Monash is 80 mins
But I liked it at Monash, so I'm staying.

[TrueTears]

I'm thinking of doing Bachelor of Science at Monash University and i have a few general questions for past/present science students about:

1) The quality of the course, how are the lectures and the teachers?

2) As a general overview how are the other students? are the class sizes big/small?

3)How is the timetabling for classes like? Approxiamatley how many times a week do you attend for classes?

4) Overall how do you feel about the environment at Monash Clayton?

1) Depends on what majors, from my own experience, applied maths/pure maths units are generally well organised, I thoroughly enjoyed each one of my pure maths units. Lecturers - some are very good, although I can't comment much in this aspect, I don't really attend lectures and all the professors that I know have already left Monash lol.

2) In the few tutes that I've been to, most students are pretty cool and chill, not much happens in class, you just do set questions and discuss stuff with the tutor if you want. Although there were a few weirdos in my physics labs back in first year, other than that yeah most are chill.

3) varies greatly, some tutes are 1 hour, some are 1.5 hours, some are 2 hours, tutes are normally once a week (for maths subs at least). Lectures vary too, some maths units have 3 lecs per week, some have 1, some have 2.

4) Environment is great, all I can really comment on is the tute rooms, maths building tute rooms are nice and cosy, normally kept pretty clean too, also there are some cool books which are just on the bookshelfs in random rooms, so i just often grab a book and read during the tute. Lecture halls - can't comment never been to one apart from the one time in my first year where I attended Leo's mth1030 lec in S1, normal lecture hall like any others.