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UniMelb BSc or Monash BSc Scholar Program
acinod:
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* More flexibility in choosing courses, no annoying breadth program
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Flexibility is subjective.
At monash you have to take a broad sequence of science subjects (At least in the regular BSc, not sure about scholars program). Which means either choosing from one of these two options:
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Flexibility is not subjective at all. In fact, the biggest difference between the scholars program and the regular BSc is the increased flexibility as you have none of those restrictions you listed in your post. The requirements for the scholars program is:
* at least one major sequence in a science area of study
* at least one minor sequence in a different science area of study
* at least 36 points of science units at level two and at least 48 points of science units at level three
That's all! So you can basically choose subjects of your own interest and better prepare yourself for postgraduate studies.
--- Quote from: kingpomba on February 03, 2011, 03:57:25 am ---[Besides that employment prospects would be more or less similar. Also consider if you actually want to do honours, it'd suck doing it if you didn't want to be there and it would just waste a year of your time. Then again, you can leave the science scholar program early without doing honours as far as im aware.]
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Yes I actually want to do honours. It isn't compulsory in the science scholar program but why wouldn't I do honours anyway?
Russ:
Is that rhetorical or do you actually want an answer?
acinod:
--- Quote from: Russ on February 03, 2011, 10:21:47 am ---Is that rhetorical or do you actually want an answer?
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An answer please. If I am not considering employment after the undergraduate degree, wouldn't an honours be the best path to head down?
Russ:
What sort of employment do you want after doing honours? Honours is a shortcut to a phd, if you wanted to get a specific job then you'd do a masters instead (eg public health, epidemiology etc.)
The advantage of honours is that it's cheaper/shorter and still lets you apply to a phd program
acinod:
--- Quote from: Russ on February 03, 2011, 01:13:59 pm ---What sort of employment do you want after doing honours? Honours is a shortcut to a phd, if you wanted to get a specific job then you'd do a masters instead (eg public health, epidemiology etc.)
The advantage of honours is that it's cheaper/shorter and still lets you apply to a phd program
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Wouldn't an honours be advisable if you are allowed to do it, even if you are considering a masters after it? It is only one year anyway and will boost your employment prospects, right?
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