Post your subject choices! (1 Viewer)

[timrie6]

I'm doing a Bachelor of Arts, and I went through all the choices today-
I came up with 9:

CLCV 1001 Classical Mythology
RLST 1002 Intro to the History of Religions
RLST 1004 New Religious Movements
ENGL 1000 University English
ENGL 1025 Fiction, Film & Power
ARNE 1001 Archaeology of the Near East
ARHT 1001 Art & Experience: The European Tradition
ARHT 1002 Modern Times: Art, Film & Design
ANTH 1001 Anthropology & Cultural difference

If anyone has done any of these courses please tell me you opinion of them!
I have to get rid of one, I'm considering Fiction, Film & Power. Seems too much like Advanced English Powerplay...

Anyone else doing arts, post your selections!

 

[timrie6]

Have you looked at this link? http://www.usyd.edu.au/fstudent/careers/study/pub/art2004_06_units.pdf

That tells you stuff about each individual subject, thats how I made my choices!
You should add me to msn (timrie6@hotmail.com) seeing we'll be in the same classes

I'm also considering Philosophy & Sociology. Apparently if you can write a good essay, then sociology is a good one to pick.

PHIL 1010, PHIL 1011 (Page 73) and SCLG 1001, SCLG 1002 (Page 81)

What do you think of those? I'm undecided. I kinda want to get rid of both the English ones.

 

[jhakka]

I'm doing B Education (Secondary: Humanities & Social Sciences)/B Arts, so I'm not quite sure how many Arts subjects I'm supposed to be doing, though I am sure I have to do two majors (not sure about minors, but if I do those they'd be Education ones).

University English seems like a waste, to me, because it doesn't count towards Senior credits.

Anyways, here's what I'm looking at:

SEMESTER 1:

ENGL 1020 - Literary Mythologies
HSTY 1022 - Europe in the High Middle Ages
PHIL 1011 - Reality, Ethics and Beauty
EDUF 1018 - Education, Teachers and Teaching


SEMESTER 2:

ENGL 1015 - Inventing Modernity
HSTY 1031 - Renaissance and Reformation (1498 - 1648)
PHIL 1012 - Introductory Logic
EDUF 1019 - Human Development and Education


EDIT: It seems that the Arts minors are the compulsory Education topics. Makes things a bit easier.
EDIT II: I don't know if I need more, but I can always fix it up later. Do I need more minors?
EDIT III: Just rearranged them into semesters.
EDIT IV: Final choices from the 2005 handbook.

 

[frenchie]

Howdy folks!

For Arts:

FRNC2303 - Advanced French Language 3 sem1
FRNC2304 - Advanced French Language 4 sem2
FRNC2701 - Revolution and Social Thought sem1
HSTY1022 sem1
HSTY1031 - Renaissance and Reformation sem2

also have Commerce units to pick....joy.

A small piece of advice to the first year students - changing the units in which you are enrolled is not difficult, so maybe attend the first two weeks of lectures for units which interest you, then you can make up your minds.

Last Day to Add a Unit - 18th March 2005
Last Day to Withdraw from a Unit - 31st March 2005

 

[jhakka]

The 1000 courses are first year, and the 2000 courses are second year, right?

 

[timrie6]

The 1000 courses are first year, and the 2000 courses are second year, right?

yep that's correct.

What are languages like? Hard when you are a beginner?
I'm thinking about Beginner's Italian (no previous experience). People with previous experience aren't allowed to take the course.

What are your thoughts? Will it be hard to get good marks? worth it?

 

[timrie6]

A better link:

http://student-handbooks.ucc.usyd.edu.au/handbook/areasofstudy.stm?academic_year=2005&degreeid=5240

(The Online Area of Study Handbook for Arts)

 

[jhakka]

I was actually using these ones.

Education:
http://www.usyd.edu.au/fstudent/careers/study/pub/edu2004_04_eduunits.pdf

Arts:
http://www.usyd.edu.au/fstudent/careers/study/pub/edu2004_05_artunits.pdf

Probably the same thing.


I was thinking the same thing about Greek, but I suppose it all depeneds on the kind of person you are. I don't think I have the patience to learn a language quickly enough to be tested on it and get high marks in 6 months.

 

[timrie6]

I was thinking the same thing about Greek, but I suppose it all depeneds on the kind of person you are. I don't think I have the patience to learn a language quickly enough to be tested on it and get high marks in 6 months.

Yeah true- I have no idea! Too many things to pick. But I am reassured by what Frenchie said- at least it is easy enough to change if we pick something we don't like.

EDIT: Final Choices

CLCV 1001 Classical Mythology
RLST 1002 Intro to the History of Religions
RLST 1004 New Religious Movements
ARNE 1001 Archaeology of the Near East
ARHT 1001 Art & Experience: The European Tradition
ARHT 1002 Modern Times: Art, Film & Design
GOVT 1something Power in Society
GOVT 1something World Politics

 

[jhakka]

Personally I'd avoid the languages and do an outside course, however if you really want to do that, knock out Archaeology and Art.


EDIT: I must add that I need two more Arts subjects to meet my requirements for first year study. Bladdy hell.

 

[timrie6]

2 more hey?

Well I have chosen my subjects based purely on interest- no thought to career opportunities at all.

Maybe you could do Greek then? I'm not sure what you like, but a student who just finished his art degree reccommended CLCV 1001 Classical Mythology, saying it was the best course he did. That is under Classical Civilisations I'm pretty sure.

What career are you looking at? If nothing else interests you, you could choose something to complement it in some way.

Personally I'd avoid the languages and do an outside course, however if you really want to do that, knock out Archaeology and art.

Nooo not getting rid of art! Sociology instead I think.

 

[frenchie]

I was actually using these ones.

Education:
http://www.usyd.edu.au/fstudent/careers/study/pub/edu2004_04_eduunits.pdf

Arts:
http://www.usyd.edu.au/fstudent/careers/study/pub/edu2004_05_artunits.pdf

Probably the same thing.


I was thinking the same thing about Greek, but I suppose it all depeneds on the kind of person you are. I don't think I have the patience to learn a language quickly enough to be tested on it and get high marks in 6 months.

yeah a few people undertaking beginners french have expressed frustration at just how quickly the units progress.

 

[schmackers]

yeah a few people undertaking beginners french have expressed frustration at just how quickly the units progress.

uh-oh.... i'll be doing beginners french, and also chinese studies at the same time- is that a really bad idea? Has anyone heard anything about majoring in two languages? Cos i'm mostly interested in languages, i'm not really an english/history person.

 

[timrie6]

yeah a few people undertaking beginners french have expressed frustration at just how quickly the units progress.

French appears to be much more full on than Italian. Also in French you are allowed to do beginners if you have done under 2 years of French beforehand. In Italian it is just complete beginners- if I've understood it correctly?

 

[frenchie]

it doesn't mean you shouldn't do the subject...it's just something to consider, especially if you are aiming for high marks for a transfer etc., starting a language for the first time may be abit risky. gluck with it.

 

[chelloveck]

Yeah true- I have no idea! Too many things to pick. But I am reassured by what Frenchie said- at least it is easy enough to change if we pick something we don't like.

EDIT: Revised again !

CLCV 1001 Classical Mythology
RLST 1002 Intro to the History of Religions
RLST 1004 New Religious Movements
ARNE 1001 Archaeology of the Near East
ARHT 1001 Art & Experience: The European Tradition
ARHT 1002 Modern Times: Art, Film & Design
ITLN 1101 Beginner’s Italian
ITLN1102 Beginners' Italian 2

either Italian or Sociology- suggestions?

sociology . so much more enjoyable...but maybe not as valuable.

 

[cuivienen]

I am thinking of doing a double major in English and Art History, so here we go...

ENGL 1005 Language and Image
ENGL 1015 Inventing Modernity (not by choice...eh...)
ARHT 1001 Art and Experience
ARHT 1002 Modern Times: Art, Film and Design
CLCV 1001 Classical Mythology
ARCL 1001 Art and Archaeology
PHIL 1011 Reality, Ethics and Beauty
PHIL 1010 Society, Knowledge and Reason

And timrie6, it looks like we will be in some classes together

 

[timrie6]

I am thinking of doing a double major in English and Art History, so here we go...

ENGL 1005 Language and Image
ENGL 1015 Inventing Modernity (not by choice...eh...)
ARHT 1001 Art and Experience
ARHT 1002 Modern Times: Art, Film and Design
CLCV 1001 Classical Mythology
ARCL 1001 Art and Archaeology
PHIL 1011 Reality, Ethics and Beauty
PHIL 1010 Society, Knowledge and Reason

And timrie6, it looks like we will be in some classes together

awesome, I want to major in Art History too.
and Religious Studies probably.

Looks like we will be meeting in real life! wooo

 

[Will_Sparky]

Semester One

EDUF 1018 - Education, Teachers and Teaching
ENGL 1020 - Literary Mythologies
HSTY 1045 - Modern European History 1750 - 1914
SSCP 1001 - Performing Australia



Semester Two

EDUF 1019 - Human Development and Education
ENGL 1015 - Inventing Modernity
ENGL 1005 - Language and Image
HSTY 1044 - Twentieth Century Politics and Culture

The EDUF are the compulsory ones for my degree.

 

[grk_styl]

Semester one:
EDUF 1018
PSYC 1001
ENGL 1020 - Literary Mythologies
HSTY 1045 - Modern European History

Semester two:
EDUF 1019
PSYC 1002
ENGL 1015 - Inventing Modernity
ENGL 1005 - Language & Image.

i dont have many arts options, coz PSYC takes up a lot of my Arts degree

enrolled!