Bachelor of Arts with only 18 junior credit points from one subject area?!? (1 Viewer)

[garygeng]

Hi all,

I am going to be studying Bachelor of Arts at USYD in 2012 and I am currently looking at what units of study to do for the year. It was great when I applied for USYD BA cauz on its website, it says I can major in Economics even if I'm just doing a BA degree. However, when I was checking out the Units of Study two days ago, I notice on the Bachelor of Arts Coursework page, it says[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]:
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Candidates must also be aware of the following limits:

(a)
a maximum of 18 junior credit points from one subject area;

(b)
a maximum of 60 senior credit points from one subject area;

(c)
a maximum of 60 credit points from Table B including no more than 12 junior credit points



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Then I looked back to the Economics unit of study page, it says:

For the award of a major in Economics students complete:(i) four junior prerequisite units of study (24 credit points), as follows:​

• ECMT1010 Business and Economic Statistics A
• ECMT1020 Business and Economic Statistics B
• ECON1001 Introductory Microeconomics
• ECON1002 Introductory Macroeconomics.

Does this mean in order to be awarded a major in Economics, I must first complete 24 junior credit points? If so, would that mean I can't do it? cauz BA students may only complete 18 junior credit points in one subject area.

I am extremely confused about this and I am desperately needing some clarification. I had already emailed the faculty and asked them about this, but I don't think they'll even bother to reply such a small question...but I would really appreciation it if any of you can help me clarify this.

Thanks!!!

 

[Azamakumar]

stop typing 'cauz'

 

[UncoKane]

ECMT and ECON are different subject areas.

 

[garygeng]

ECMT and ECON are different subject areas.

Yes but they're both listed under Economics, and Econometrics is only available to BEc students

 

[izzy88]

Yes but they're both listed under Economics, and Econometrics is only available to BEc students

From the looks of it, that's a different issue to your original post. Econ and ecmt are different subject areas, so you won't have a problem with the max 18 junior credit point requirement.

However if the subjects are only open to students doing a particular degree then thats another problem, and one that probably cant be changed. I would perhaps talk to the arts faculty and the economics department regarding particular issues- they will (hopefully) be able to give more definitive answers/help.