Timetables have been released now!

[champorado]

Haha, you should try spamming uni emails. I clicked on whatever tutes would get rid of my Friday classes, so I can't help you.

About the levels thing. You only have to do 87.5 points' worth of level-1 subjects, so you can do higher level subjects in first year. The student centre said I could do 110-280, but I got approved for 110-354, anyway.

How does the tute swap in the uni emails work?

1. Find a time you like
2. Respond
3. Get their number if you haven't already
4. Arrange a time to go to the student centre together
5. Get it changed
6. Check Alloc8 and lament at how nothing has changed and how they've added a bunch of tutes in the time it took you to go to uni and back

Alternative to 6 is where they do indeed change it, but due to an expansion in the number of classes, will re-allocate you to an even shittier class than the one you wanted to swap out of in the first place.

[gta007]

Ah yes, someone left that 12PM Macro tute, and I POUNCED!!!!!!

Now, all I need is to change my BPA Fri 12PM tute to a WED 1PM one.

[Fyrefly]

Ah yes, someone left that 12PM Macro tute, and I POUNCED!!!!!!

Now, all I need is to change my BPA Fri 12PM tute to a WED 1PM one.

Ha ha, ur nearly there~! XD

[dcc]

I HAVE A 12PM MACRO TUTE......

[gta007]

I HAVE A 12PM MACRO TUTE......

That means I'll be seeing you there then.

[dcc]

I'm the hairy one.

[midas_touch]

clash is one off so its all good.

much better than last semesters timetable

[champorado]

Which one seems better?

[Edmund]

the first one of course

[champorado]

That's not the one I have anymore.

What if you took this into consideration?

Lecture Days   Lecture Duration   Lecture Time   Location   Lecturer
                
Tuesday   Single   9.05 - 9.55 am   The Spot - Basement Theatre   Greg Cusack
Thursday   Single   9.05 - 9.55 am   The Spot - Basement Theatre   Greg Cusack
                
                
Tuesday   Single   11.05 - 11.55 am   The Spot - Basement Theatre   Greg Cusack
Thursday   Single   11.05 - 11.55 am   The Spot - Basement Theatre   Greg Cusack
                
                
Tuesday   Single   2.15 - 3.05 pm   Old Arts - Public Lecture Theatre   Greg Cusack
Thursday   Single   2.15 - 3.05 pm   The Spot - Basement Theatre   Greg Cusack
                
                
Wednesday   Double   4.15 - 6.15 pm   The Spot - Basement Theatre   Costa Englezos

[lacoste]

hey champorado, i see your doing japanese.

Im interested in learning a language as the breadth sequence too. Can you give me a rundown of what you actually do in uni regarding this as a breadth subject from personal experience?

how different is it to VCE LOTE? do you have lectures then tutes if you cant understand or are struggling with the language? what if you need extra help with the language, who do you see?

sorry for so many q's  but im curious bout the 'breath' thing. thanks!!!!!!

[champorado]

lacoste, I can't really compare it to VCE LOTE, as I didn't do one in VCE (the very reason why I'm doing a language in university is because it was not available to me during VCE).

I'm doing beginner's Japanese, so I can only comment on that. If you look at my timetable, you see some in red and some in green. Green are lectures and red are tutes (or seminars as they're called for Japanese). The lecture is held on the Monday, and the material introduced there is covered in that week's tutes. The first of these is the two-hour seminar. This is the one where we mainly focus on dialogue (oral/aural activities). It's the loudest class I had and the one I enjoyed the most last semester. The one-hour seminar focuses on reading and writing. This is the one where we'll get introduced to new kanji and also read out paragraphs.

If you need a bit of help, you can talk to your teacher before or after class. I never did it, but I think they have certain times where you can visit them in their office, too. There's also a discussion board where you can put up anything you're unsure about. The lecturer checks it pretty regularly during semester, and some other students frequent it, as well.

Attached below is the course outline they put up. That might give you more of an idea.

[lacoste]

Thank-you champorado!! The study plan seems really good. Seminars seem fun!!

I see some quizzes and occasional tests in the plan, are there more tests/(SACS in VCE) during your Japanese course. The thing is that I like to learn LOTE however, I don't like stressing and rushing over SAC's in VCE. Im hoping to do a new language from scratch too or perhaps continue.

How many people are in each seminar? Also, what happens if you are not very fluent when speaking the language, will the teacher/lecturer/tute be able to help you?

Cheers once again!!

EDIT:

Is learning Japanese hard with no background knowledge?
Also, what do you get when you finish the three year sequence? A minor or something?

[champorado]

There are two speaking tests and one listening test (for Japanese 1A). In the first speaking test, it's just a basic introduction of yourself (Hello, my name is.. I'm doing such and such, etc) and the reading of some sentences in hiragana. The second is a themed speech where you have to cover specific points (the use of adverbs, past form of verbs, etc) and answer some basic questions your teacher gives you. The listening test was soo hard (they speak soo quick!) and covers all the stuff you've learnt up to that point (just past half the semester). The quizzes you don't have to worry about. There were four in total, but you only have to do two. I only did 3 of them, and that was because I stuffed up my first one. They're online and multiple choice, so everybody full marks them.

They weren't really ready for the amount of people enrolling into Japanese, so at the start they were quite crowded (25+) compared to my other subjects (~15). Not sure of the exact number in the end, ~20 maybe? Since we're all beginners, the teacher will help you along most of the time. If you're lucky, you'll have nice classmates who'll whisper answers to you, too.

They start from scratch, so it's manageable. I'm still crummy at writing, though, which isn't a problem at all for the Chinese adept doing the same subject.

I'm not sure I'll be doing Japanese for that long, but since you get 8 breadth subjects, you can use them as credit towards a diploma. If you do 8 Japanese subjects you end up with a diploma. If you do less than that, I don't think it gets a fancy name (at least in my course. Might be different in a BA, though).

[lacoste]

Thank-you for the replies!!!! Enjoy Jap.!
:]