Reasons for taking advanced units (1 Viewer)

[imyh]

Why do people take advanced units? Aren't they hard to score?

 

[uniform]

Well, top students may find that they aren't being challenged in a regular/normal unit, and take advanced units to suit their level of ability. Advanced units have the added benefit of a greater diversity of topics covered that are often more interesting, and in some cases provide alternative means of assessment - i.e. independent research on a topic of your own choice, instead of a generic topic the whole class does. In some streamed degrees like advanced science and nutrition, you are required to take a certain number of advanced units, and plus I reckon advanced units would look pretty good on your academic transcript.

 

[Steth0scope]

Yea they do lol I've learnt they scale like shit though (the hard way).

If you want to go really really good, only pick advanced if you're in the top 5 of the cohort. Otherwise, stick with the normal units and rape it.

 

[samwell]

How is it??? Its my first option 4 next year in UoS

 

[Survivor39]

Yea they do lol I've learnt they scale like shit though (the hard way).

If you want to go really really good, only pick advanced if you're in the top 5 of the cohort. Otherwise, stick with the normal units and rape it.

I couldn't agree more.... I had the choice of choosing advanced microbial genetics or the normal one and I picked the normal one and ended up coming 2nd out of 80 students in the normal class....