Don't ever study languages at Monash [and other subjects to avoid]

[ninwa]

voilą

so far things not to study at monash:

- languages
- physics
- chem eng

[stonecold]

They're not just language subjects, they're literature and media subjects. You will be forced to analyse obscure poems, novels and movies in whatever language you're studying (which are obscure for a reason - because they are terrible).

Sounds a lot like VCE English...

[Russ]

Don't ever study at Monash.

Fixed.  :angel:

Just dropping in to quote this :smug:

[Cthulhu]

Also I'd recommend not taking (not that a lot of straight science/BSc Adv kids can avoid it): SCI2010 and SCI2020.

[98.40_for_sure]

voilą

so far things not to study at monash:

- languages
- physics
- chem eng

Uh oh... there goes all my preferences

Does anyone have any comments to make about the biomed, commerce or astronomy/astrophysics @ monash?

[iffets12345]

I heard that there's this legendary guy for enginnering tho...andrew prentiss?

[98.40_for_sure]

I don't understand... i thought engineering@monash was supposed to be the best! (theory wise?) bar first year physics component

[Chavi]

How is Law and Materials engineering @ Monash?

[Fyrefly]

voilą

so far things not to study at monash:

- languages
- physics
- chem eng

Uh oh... there goes all my preferences

Does anyone have any comments to make about the biomed, commerce or astronomy/astrophysics @ monash?

I give commerce the thumbs up, if that counts for anything   d^-^b

[TrueTears]

yeah i second fyrefly, commerce @ monash is actually really good.

[IntoTheNewWorld]

i'll thumbs up Microeco, thumbs down management but really it's impossible to make that subject interesting in any uni.

[binders]

so Ninwa, your problems with languages @ monash mostly come down to how the cultural component is taught, and that it's compulsory?

what are the language units like? do you cover the grammar etc in good time?
I'm hoping to take languages at monash next year so your warning has really got my attention.

afaik, melbourne has a compulsory culture component when you do a language major, eg.
https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/view/2010/!B-ARTS-MAJ+1017
and from speaking to a few people taking german subjects there, there is an element of literary analysis. Not something i'm looking forward to either, but if it's only two units out of 24, then it's not too bad.
what proportion of your major at monash is taken up with these culture subjects?

[Russ]

A major is only 8 units, so that's 25% spent on cultural interpretations. Not sure if that makes a difference to you but just saying

[binders]

A major is only 8 units, so that's 25% spent on cultural interpretations. Not sure if that makes a difference to you but just saying

if i'm reading the handbook entry right, then only 2 of the 8 units for a major are culture-only, the rest are language/culture. so that's what (counts on fingers) less than 10% of the whole degree?
painful if you also have to do the breadth at umelb.

[Cthulhu]

I heard that there's this legendary guy for enginnering tho...andrew prentiss?

Prentice is maths and astrophysics. You might catch him teaching engineering maths every now and then.