Extra subjects

[Akirus]

How plausible is it to overload 1 extra subject per winter/summer break?

[brightsky]

What do you mean by overload?

[Akirus]

For example, in addition to the 4 subjects you take during the semester, you take an extra one during the break so in one year you would finish 9-10 subjects rather than 8.

[Fyrefly]

Depends on the university...

At Monash, most summer-semester subjects are full-fee and choices are often very limited.
UoM is good because summer units are CSP (well, for BusEco faculty anyway)... I'm not sure about the choice of units offered though.
Deakin's not *too* bad because of their trimester system.

[Fyrefly]

For example, in addition to the 4 subjects you take during the semester, you take an extra one during the break so in one year you would finish 9-10 subjects rather than 8.

For Monash, the better choice is to overload during semesters one and two, instead of doing summer semesters.
There are certain requirements with this though... minimum averages and such.
UoM is similar in its overloading requirements.

Much of this is for the BusEco faculty... head to the links for the other faculties if you've a different area of interest:
http://www.ecom.unimelb.edu.au/students/undergrad/overload.html
http://www.ecom.unimelb.edu.au/students/undergrad/summer.html#subjects
http://www.monash.edu.au/enrolments/summer-winter/
http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/student/summer/summer-semester-enrolment-procedures-2009-2010.html
http://www.deakin.edu.au/current-students/study-information/tri3.php

[Akirus]

Thanks for the insight, Fyrefly. I'm actually looking at Science (physics/maths), I'll take a look at the links. When you say overload during semesters, do you mean take 5 subjects instead of 4? Would this have a noticeable impact on the other subjects you're doing? I'm interested; how many extra hours would it be? Can anyone overloading subjects during the semester fill me in with their experiences?

[QuantumJG]

How plausible is it to overload 1 extra subject per winter/summer break?

At UoM it's called doing a summer semester. It's not really overloading it's just using that time to get more subjects done so you could potentially have less a workload during a semester. Overloading at UoM is 5 subjects during semester 1 & 2 and doing 2 subjects during the summer.

I personally wouldn't recommend overloading during your very first semester of uni (you probably can't because I think your academic results come in to play in whether your faculty believes you would cope) because you don't exactly know how much effort one subject takes.   

[vexx]

How plausible is it to overload 1 extra subject per winter/summer break?

At UoM it's called doing a summer semester. It's not really overloading it's just using that time to get more subjects done so you could potentially have less a workload during a semester. Overloading at UoM is 5 subjects during semester 1 & 2 and doing 2 subjects during the summer.

I personally wouldn't recommend overloading during your very first semester of uni (you probably can't because I think your academic results come in to play in whether your faculty believes you would cope) because you don't exactly know how much effort one subject takes.   

what about doing an extra 'fun' subject during summer semester?

[/0]

So it is normal to take only 4 subjects at a time? Is this because the subjects are more demanding than VCE subjects??

[QuantumJG]

So it is normal to take only 4 subjects at a time? Is this because the subjects are more demanding than VCE subjects??

Yes, uni subjects are more demanding.

btw: congrats with uni physics.

[*ryan777*]

so if you do some summer semester subjects can you finish your degree in less than 3 years?

[Akirus]

How plausible is it to overload 1 extra subject per winter/summer break?

At UoM it's called doing a summer semester. It's not really overloading it's just using that time to get more subjects done so you could potentially have less a workload during a semester. Overloading at UoM is 5 subjects during semester 1 & 2 and doing 2 subjects during the summer.

I personally wouldn't recommend overloading during your very first semester of uni (you probably can't because I think your academic results come in to play in whether your faculty believes you would cope) because you don't exactly know how much effort one subject takes.   

Right, right. So overloading would be 10-12 subjects per year, depending on whether you take Summer classes.

As a physics major, what do you think of it personally? How are your contact hours currently, and would you consider doing extra in the future?

[TrueLight]

so if you do some summer semester subjects can you finish your degree in less than 3 years?

well it depends what units are offered during summer
if those units don't fulfil the requirement of your degree than i guess it wouldn't matter

not everything is offered during summer

[QuantumJG]

How plausible is it to overload 1 extra subject per winter/summer break?

At UoM it's called doing a summer semester. It's not really overloading it's just using that time to get more subjects done so you could potentially have less a workload during a semester. Overloading at UoM is 5 subjects during semester 1 & 2 and doing 2 subjects during the summer.

I personally wouldn't recommend overloading during your very first semester of uni (you probably can't because I think your academic results come in to play in whether your faculty believes you would cope) because you don't exactly know how much effort one subject takes.   

Right, right. So overloading would be 10-12 subjects per year, depending on whether you take Summer classes.

As a physics major, what do you think of it personally? How are your contact hours currently, and would you consider doing extra in the future?

It's usually around 21 hours per week so I probably wouldn't overload. Your attitude to pracs (these account for 25% of your marks) is supposed to be more professional so to maintain my 80% in pracs I will need to put in heaps more hours. Also you have to do 2 assignments per physics subject.

[*ryan777*]

how do they mark you on "attitude"?
that sounds strange lol