Majors

[Belgarion]

Hey,

I was just wondering if it was possible for the current/previous biomed/science students to write a few more reviews of the majors they did or are currently doing. Having some difficulty deciding which to do and i think a few comments from people who have done them may help. Im particularly interested in the neuroscience and HSF majors but i would welcome any feedback. Thanks

[Shenz0r]

For those doing Micro/Immuno, what subjects can you take and how are you finding the workload?

Also is anybody doing a Pharm major?

[Bardia Saeedi]

Also would help if someone reviewed Human Structure and Function

[alondouek]

Just a reminder to all who wish to review their majors that the UoM subject reviews and ratings thread has a section for majors. It would be great to grow that section a bit, so please consider posting your major review there!

[vox nihili]

Maybe this code would be a little more relevant to majors (if relevant mods want to incorporate that'd be great, if you think it's a waste of time that's fine too!):

Code: [Select]

[b]Subject Code/Name:[/b] [url=http://insert link here]Major Name[/url]  Replace "insert link here" with the handbook url for the major and replace "Major Name" with the appropriate name of the major. Also delete this text.

[b]First Year Subjects:[/b]  (use the following format "UNIB1070 Principles of ATARNotes Review Writing (GRADE, MARK)

[b]Second Year Subjects:[/b] (use the following format "UNIB1070 Principles of ATARNotes Review Writing (GRADE, MARK)

[b]Third Year Subjects:[/b]  (use the following format "UNIB1070 Principles of ATARNotes Review Writing (GRADE, MARK)   

[b]Year of completion:[/b]

[b]Rating:[/b]  out of 5

[b]Your Average Mark:[/b] (Optional—include the average percentage mark received for your major subjects)

[b]Comments:[/b] Please include all relevant comments about the major, briefly explaining how you found individual subjects and giving some background about the major itself. Feel free to detail your personal experiences, though do not include unnecessary rancour. Including where you hope the major to take you, or indeed where it has taken you is also very welcome!

[alondouek]

Maybe this code would be a little more relevant to majors (if relevant mods want to incorporate that'd be great, if you think it's a waste of time that's fine too!):

Code: [Select]

[b]Subject Code/Name:[/b] [url=http://insert link here]Major Name[/url]  Replace "insert link here" with the handbook url for the major and replace "Major Name" with the appropriate name of the major. Also delete this text.

[b]First Year Subjects:[/b]  (use the following format "UNIB1070 Principles of ATARNotes Review Writing (GRADE, MARK)

[b]Second Year Subjects:[/b] (use the following format "UNIB1070 Principles of ATARNotes Review Writing (GRADE, MARK)

[b]Third Year Subjects:[/b]  (use the following format "UNIB1070 Principles of ATARNotes Review Writing (GRADE, MARK)   

[b]Year of completion:[/b]

[b]Rating:[/b]  out of 5

[b]Your Average Mark:[/b] (Optional—include the average percentage mark received for your major subjects)

[b]Comments:[/b] Please include all relevant comments about the major, briefly explaining how you found individual subjects and giving some background about the major itself. Feel free to detail your personal experiences, though do not include unnecessary rancour. Including where you hope the major to take you, or indeed where it has taken you is also very welcome!

Done, and credited in the index post! (With a couple of tiny changes)

[vox nihili]

Done, and credited in the index post! (With a couple of tiny changes)

Thanks for that! I just realised I made a mistake too. It should say "Major" instead of "Subject Code/Name" in the first line. Just to keep you busy of course
Sorry about that

[alondouek]

No worries buddy, all fixed!

[Hancock]

Not meaning to be a bummer, but the by the time most people finish their major and their degree they aren't on ATARNotes anymore.

[LeviLamp]

I promise to write one at the end of 2016 for German and Zoology (and 2017 for Botany) D: I doubt I'll end up vanishing from here, it helps me avoid study :B

[simpak]

For those doing Micro/Immuno, what subjects can you take and how are you finding the workload?

Also is anybody doing a Pharm major?

There are far too many diff options for Micro/Immuno majors now.  I would legit be eligible for basically all of them based on the subjects I took in third year...like, wtf.

Option 1: Microbiology and Immunology with the specialisation Infection and Immunity
Take Bacteriology, Virology and Principles of Immunology (compulsory) and choose between one of Techniques in Microbiology or Techniques in Immunology (which used to be combined into the practical subject Techniques in Microbiology AND Immunology)

Option 2: Microbiology and Immunology with the specialisation Microbiology ( |: )
Take Bacteriology, Virology and Techniques in Microbiology (compulsory) and choose between a variety of BCMB, CEDB and PHARM and PATH subjects apparently.  Perhaps this is a good option if you're considering a PHARM major because you could do a cross-over and get a technical 'double' major qualification?

Option 3: Immunology
Take Principles of Immunology, Med/Applied Immuno, Techniques in Immunology (compulsory) and choose between a giant list of subjects including Virology and Bacteriology from within MIIM and also some BCMB subjects, Cell/Dev subject, Genetics subject, Path subject

In terms of workload, the subjects I took were Principles of Immuno, Med and Applied Immuno, Techniques in Micro/Immuno, Virology and Bacteriology (so basically everything the department offered at the time haha).

Principles of Immuno and Techniques probably have the highest workload week-to-week - Immuno subjects always have 2 midsems, packed exams and expect a lot of detail.  However Med and Applied has some overlap with Principles so there is a bit of revision followed by extension of the concepts, which makes it less 'difficult'.  Techniques is massive workload for sure - 5 hour prac each week, go home and expect to work for at least 3 hours (sometimes more) that night on your results, writing up the report which is due the next day at 10am.  Not fabulous if you also have a test that day or some other kind of prac commitment around the same time.  You have to write up some 'official reports' and do some oral presentations with questions from demonstrators/faculty members at the end too.  There's also a 2 hour written exam which I thought was pretty tough in terms of time constraints especially.  But it's a great subject - run really well, get a super good overview of many experimental techniques, definitely one of my favourites!

Bacteriology doesn't have too high a workload imo, just a normal amount for third year, although it can be quite difficult at times - it was my 'worst subject' but this is probably mostly due to the fact that I didn't finish the final exam in time. 

Virology has a lot of shit to remember but it only has one midsem and then the final so if you can cram you'll probably be okay - I really enjoyed this subject but I would recommend not falling behind too far.  This is one subject where I would easily end up three weeks behind on lecture summaries and there is a ginormous amount of content!

Comparing the MIIM subjects I took with other subjects in third year (which for me was just the Physiology/Neuroscience category) I would say MIIM is definitely far more demanding - more to remember, tough competitive cohort, can be difficult to do well.

But overall the best major ever, obviously - I would never choose anything else and I'm so glad I took it.  After you're done you can take it so many places.  And MD friends have said they're super glad they did Micro/Immuno as their major because they feel it was pretty helpful for MD1 so far (that and Neuroscience seem to be the 'top picks' in terms of people being glad for the major they took) although I wouldn't let this factor into your considerations.  The teaching staff is amazing, the researchers are all amazing.  For Immuno espesh, for Med and Applied, it's basically a tour of 'getting to know the faces' of different lab-heads and researchers with fellowships in the department which is totally awesome and helps you if you're considering Honours apps but also is just awesome because they've published high class research and are great lecturers.

./rambling

[Shenz0r]

^Cheers simpak! Ermahgerd Peter Doherty is such a kickass building and the labs are so NEAT.

[simpak]

Haha do you have classes there atm or just a random observation?

[vox nihili]

Haha do you have classes there atm or just a random observation?

We have a prac there. The only one for MCB. It's pretty cool in the teaching labs, but microbiol is incredibly pedantic (which you know, probably makes sense...so we don't die and everything).

[simpak]

;--; when is your prac?  is it tomorrow?  I WANT TO SNEAKILY WALK PAST WHEN EVERYONE IS WAITING OUTSIDE AND WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO RECOGNISE ME LIKE A FAMED CELEB.