A few questions (1 Viewer)

[lordfraction]

Ok thanks.
Btw were you previously enrolled in Commerce but dropped out, you are very knowledgeable in this area!

 

[Shadowdude]

I don't like the term 'dropped out'. I prefer "transferred because Commerce is the most boring and dull thing ever and there's no atmosphere in the lectures".

 

[lordfraction]

yes, the "dismal science" but I can't imagine mathematics to be much of a step up in terms of lecture atmosphere?

 

[Shadowdude]

There's a few lecturers who make lectures fun and interesting.

There was one lecture I had where I constantly questioned my need to wake up at 6am for though.


But I like my Arts lectures for atmosphere, personally.

 

[lordfraction]

do lectures really benefit your study? I have a low attention span and rarely listened in class, relying on textbooks only.

 

[Shadowdude]

do lectures really benefit your study? I have a low attention span and rarely listened in class, relying on textbooks only.

Yes. For instance, in second year maths, there were no textbooks. People learned very quickly to pay attention in lectures.

But for you, Commerce/Eco, there should always be textbooks so you might get away with it. Though I know my FINS1612 lecturer would troll and put stuff on the slides and then go "oh btw, not examinable" or not examine or even consider major parts of certain chapters. Meaning the lecture skippers/textbook readers would be at a massive disadvantage.

 

[lordfraction]

Yes my school commerce teacher was like that! What is your major in arts?

 

[Shadowdude]

English.

 

[lordfraction]

nice, I might do that if I drop out of commerce

 

[Shadowdude]

nice, I might do that if I drop out of commerce

Well, that'd make two of us.

 

[lordfraction]

Are there any specifically philosophical components in the course ?

 

[Shadowdude]

In English? No...? It's just textual analysis, seeing how techniques can be used to... and then it depends what you're studying.

If you're studying genre, you analyse how techniques affect genre.

If you're studying Elizabethan texts, you analyse common technique themes in Elizabethan texts.

If you're studying Postmodernism, you analyse how techniques in the work can make the text be seen as 'postmodern'.

 

[lordfraction]

ah I see, i thought there would be a class that specifically analyzes the philosophical undertones in texts

 

[Shadowdude]

There probably is. Look around in the UNSW Handbook, or School of Arts and Media website for it - it'll double as course research if you ever decide you want in on English.

 

[lordfraction]

hello again. For some reason I can't post in the other thread because it says "do you want to leave the page" every time I press "post quick reply". Anyway, I was wondering if buying the textbook for each course was necessary as there are pdf versions of them available or they can be borrowed at teh library?

 

[Shadowdude]

You click 'yes, i want to leave the page'


And there are PDF versions that are... illegal, or perhaps not current. And they sometimes cannot be borrowed from the library - and if they are, it's either only for 2 hours, or you got an old edition that'll be useless in some form.

 

[lordfraction]

You click 'yes, i want to leave the page'


And there are PDF versions that are... illegal, or perhaps not current. And they sometimes cannot be borrowed from the library - and if they are, it's either only for 2 hours, or you got an old edition that'll be useless in some form.

When I click "leave the page" it takes me to "this website cannot be displayed"... anyway, I will buy them in case the lecturer finds out and I get sent to jail

 

[lordfraction]

more questions:
- Is it possible to have 3 majors in com/eco without going to summer school?
- anre there lockers at the campus where I can store my stuff?

thanks.

 

[Shadowdude]

more questions:
- Is it possible to have 3 majors in com/eco without going to summer school?
- anre there lockers at the campus where I can store my stuff?

thanks.

1. Yes, but have fun being at uni for like six years.
2. Yes, you have to hire them out though. Ask Arc how to hire them.

 

[lordfraction]

1. Yes, but have fun being at uni for like six years.
2. Yes, you have to hire them out though. Ask Arc how to hire them.

shit I bet they run out fast