How Do I Choose A Study Plan Within Adv Science!! (1 Viewer)

[barling89]

hello there, I'm an undergrad with no idea of how the enrolment process works within myUNSW.
I'm doing Advanced Science and would like to follow the Vision Science study plan --> but when I'm in myUNSW it doesn't give me an option of choosing a Study PLan - ANY study plan!

It doesn't even give me an option to choose a specialisation aarrgh!

could someone help plz.

 

[Vylen]

you dont specifically choose a specialisation when doing a science degree... rather, you choose the subjects required for the specialisation...

please refer to this page for more information in regards to choosing your major and the subjects you should undertake
http://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/faculties/2008/sci/TableA.html#VisionScience

 

[barling89]

thanks for your help Vylen; but would it still be the same subjects even if I do Advanced Science? because I have to do an Advance Science seminar and this gets me up to 30 UoC per semester isn't that too much??

 

[Survivor39]

It is 24 UOC per session, not 30.

Stage 1
Session 1:
BABS1201 Molecules, Cells and Genes (6 UOC)
CHEM1031 Higher Chemistry 1C (6 UOC)
MATH1131 Mathematics 1A (6 UOC) or MATH1141 Higher Mathematics 1A (6 UOC)
PHYS1121 Physics 1A (6 UOC) or PHYS1131 Higher Physics 1A (6 UOC)

Session 2:
PSYC1011 Psychology 1B (6 UOC)
SCIF1021 Advanced Science Seminar (6 UOC)
VISN1211 Vision Science 1 (6 UOC)
VISN1231 Optics (6 UOC)

 

[barling89]

It is 24 UOC per session, not 30.

Stage 1
Session 1:
BABS1201 Molecules, Cells and Genes (6 UOC)
CHEM1031 Higher Chemistry 1C (6 UOC)
MATH1131 Mathematics 1A (6 UOC) or MATH1141 Higher Mathematics 1A (6 UOC)
PHYS1121 Physics 1A (6 UOC) or PHYS1131 Higher Physics 1A (6 UOC)

Session 2:
PSYC1011 Psychology 1B (6 UOC)
SCIF1021 Advanced Science Seminar (6 UOC)
VISN1211 Vision Science 1 (6 UOC)
VISN1231 Optics (6 UOC)

alright thanks for clearing that up. But I'm still having ALOT of problems with subject sessions CLASHING! this system is fkn annoying me and all of a sudden it forbids me to enrol into Physics 1A - wtf

 

[chucknthem]

Yeah, you can't enrol if you have a clash, however, if you get approval from a lecture to let you have that clash(the lecturer of the the class that you'll be missing), you can contact student services and get them to enrol you.

 

[A High Way Man]

chucknthem learn python, all the professors are using it in their research projects thus u can get a research assistant role easier

 

[chucknthem]

Hai high way man,:wave: do I know you from somewhere?

 

[A High Way Man]

Hai high way man,:wave: do I know you from somewhere?

nope, i just saw u on the COMP1911 fourms

 

[chucknthem]

oh ok, I'll keep that in mind. I've played around with python, but haven't learned much about it

 

[barling89]

wot's computer science like anyways? is the maths difficult?

cuz u guys are doing science based subjects, could i ask how many contact hrs u have per week?
i've got 29 hours per week and i dont really like the prospects

 

[chucknthem]

All of our math is in first year, math1131/1141, 1231/1241, and discrete math1081. I wouldn't say that it's hard compared to the 2nd and possibly 3rd year math that engineering students have to do. although the program is quite flexible, we can choose more math in later years if we wanted to and we can even have a minor in a completely unrelated subject like philosophy or economics(I took that as an elective last year)

I have between 20 to 24 hours per week

 

[Vylen]

hmmm, computer science people dont really do science based subjects (apart from the maths) unless they choose to do so... they have a lot of freedom with regard to their degree apart from the core subjects like comp1911 and the maths subjects....

you might not like the hours you're gonna have per week but you'll get used to it as long as you know that you'll have to work hard and manage your time... of course, everyone would say that but thats cause its pretty much true

and yea, the maths like 1131 and 1231 are not hard... just think of it as an extension on high school... only you you have to learn a lot more than what you would in high school...