reading textbooks instead of taking bridging courses (1 Viewer)

[hipsta_jess]

ok, my uni doesnt offer a bridging course in biology, and i have never done biology, yet smart little me decided it would be fun to take biological sciences this year
anyways, coz theres no bridging course, i thought i might read excel/various other textbooks
is there any that you can recommend?
and do you recommend i read prelim as well as hsc?

 

[hipsta_jess]

i dont expect to know everything there is to know about the subject, but it would be nice just to have the tiniest hint of what is going on rather than being completely and totally lost

 

[honky tonk]

I did Biology for the HSC, and I'd recommend getting your hands on an "Excel Biology" book, or even a "Biology-In-A-Month" book. They both helped me with my study.

 

[Majesty]

Have you checked what sorta subject the Biology one is? It may be a course that doesnt assume any HSC biology in which case you won't have to worry about it.

 

[hipsta_jess]

they dont assume bio, but i just wanna have some idea instead of it being like their talking in russian

 

[Snapwizard]

Originally posted by hipsta_jess
they dont assume bio, but i just wanna have some idea instead of it being like their talking in russian

Whats wrong with Russian, ps I'm not Russian, anyways I'll go with any HSC Bio textbook , stuff the preliminary yr, just a waste of time, the *subject* in a month books is quite good, and ask you uni for more advice, everything might be covered the uni textbooks , you never know.
Science?? why anyone who do a science course or choose a science elective is behond me, I hate science. But thats me

 

[hipsta_jess]

so do i, but i only have to tolerate it for a year, then hopefully ill be able to transfer into occupational therapy

 

[Snapwizard]

Originally posted by hipsta_jess
so do i, but i only have to tolerate it for a year, then hopefully ill be able to transfer into occupational therapy

Cant you just do another course and transfer to occupational therapy?? Will I shouldnt really talk, I've been told I give really bad advice and I've made really big mistake in my life, Lol like on my prefrences I choose B Science-Compter science UNSW over B Commerce at Wollongong, thinking i'll never get into Computer science cause it was at 85 and staedy, I didnt change the prefrences, and guess which one I got in :uhhuh: Yes you got it in one, Anyways I might like UNSW or transfer later, And Santaslayer get off my back, I'll get into Wollongong uni one day.

 

[hipsta_jess]

*shrugs shoulders*
i wanted to do something that would at least semi relate to it, and this was the closest i could get, i think i just missed out on arts
i also just missed out on OT at UWS by like 1.xx marks

 

[Snapwizard]

Originally posted by hipsta_jess
*shrugs shoulders*
i wanted to do something that would at least semi relate to it, and this was the closest i could get, i think i just missed out on arts
i also just missed out on OT at UWS by like 1.xx marks

What exactly did you get? and please dont goto UWS, I havent heard much positives out of UWS except from Dingo who loves his UWS

 

[Majesty]

Originally posted by Snapwizard
What exactly did you get? and please dont goto UWS, I havent heard much positives out of UWS except from Dingo who loves his UWS

There's nothign wrong with UWS. In fact their teaching has been highly accredited.

 

[elizabethy]

i wud recommend excel bio or macquarie biology revision guide!

 

[Minai]

Originally posted by hipsta_jess
they dont assume bio, but i just wanna have some idea instead of it being like their talking in russian

you may as well buy the textbook for your Bio subject rather than an HSC one, since u say they dont assume bio, therefore they teach it from the very beginnings anyway

 

[cro_angel]

just go to a library and spend a day reading through their excel books.. go back a couple more times and ull have it all down pat

 

[iambored]

if it doesnt have prereqs, then you probably don't need any prior knowledge

 

[Dash]

Yeh exactly... If its not a prerequisite then they teach the subject from the very beginning as someone stated b4...

 

[santaslayer]

i would suggest u ask the people from ur uni what sort of stuff in bio is covered in ur course and just look at stuff that is related to ur particular course. dont waste time covering the whole hsc bio subject from the start of the page to the end.