Havent seen many 2nd year maths students around here. Rather than making a thread for each subject, thought i'd just make a general one. Which subjects do you do? Thoughts on the exam for it? Thoughts on subject?
This semester i took:
MATH2901 - Higher Theory of Statistics
Didnt find this subject all that hard, mainly because i covered the majority of the concepts in first year at usyd last year. Had i known this subject was basically a mirror of the usyd version i did i wouldve requested it be credited. Sort of glad i did it though, it went into more depth. I found the final exam to be decent, didnt really test much outside the standard questions. No random questions that werent obvious. Class average before the test was ~28/40.
MATH2111 - Higher Several Variable Calculus
Easily the hardest math subject ive done to date (higher linear might challenge that next semester). The applied part of the subject is my weak point. I love the pure part, especially the analysis. Going into the final on 68% average, but the math web portal reports my pre-exam mark as 75 (scaling?). Average pre-exam mark is 69.5 for class. Pretty disappointed with my marks in this so far, really dumb mistakes. This is my only remaining exam, and its next friday, so almost a week to try ace it.
MATH2240 - Introduction to Oceanography and Meteorology
Interesting subject to say the least. Assignments can get quite challenging (had to see the lecturer for both assignments for hints), but the final exam was extremely easy, really didnt require much knowledge of the subject at all, more just skills in using equations they give to solve problems. Lots of ODEs and approximations in this subject. This had a class average of about 31/40, which shows its not an overly hard subject. Only had 12 students though. Hope it doesnt scale down
Looking at doing next semester:
MATH2601 - Higher Linear Algebra
MATH2130 - Higher Mathematical Methods of Differential Equations
MATH1081 - Discrete Mathematics
This semester i took:
MATH2901 - Higher Theory of Statistics
Didnt find this subject all that hard, mainly because i covered the majority of the concepts in first year at usyd last year. Had i known this subject was basically a mirror of the usyd version i did i wouldve requested it be credited. Sort of glad i did it though, it went into more depth. I found the final exam to be decent, didnt really test much outside the standard questions. No random questions that werent obvious. Class average before the test was ~28/40.
MATH2111 - Higher Several Variable Calculus
Easily the hardest math subject ive done to date (higher linear might challenge that next semester). The applied part of the subject is my weak point. I love the pure part, especially the analysis. Going into the final on 68% average, but the math web portal reports my pre-exam mark as 75 (scaling?). Average pre-exam mark is 69.5 for class. Pretty disappointed with my marks in this so far, really dumb mistakes. This is my only remaining exam, and its next friday, so almost a week to try ace it.
MATH2240 - Introduction to Oceanography and Meteorology
Interesting subject to say the least. Assignments can get quite challenging (had to see the lecturer for both assignments for hints), but the final exam was extremely easy, really didnt require much knowledge of the subject at all, more just skills in using equations they give to solve problems. Lots of ODEs and approximations in this subject. This had a class average of about 31/40, which shows its not an overly hard subject. Only had 12 students though. Hope it doesnt scale down
Looking at doing next semester:
MATH2601 - Higher Linear Algebra
MATH2130 - Higher Mathematical Methods of Differential Equations
MATH1081 - Discrete Mathematics
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