Choosing Electives? (1 Viewer)

[sixteencandles]

So I'm on the enrolment planner for B Arts and I'm kind of confused.

I get to choose 4 courses (Govt + International Relations, History, English and Sociology) and I also get to choose the things I want to study within them.

Except that there are all these electives that the site shows but I can't add them to my timetable, I can only add the junior units that I need to go onto senior units. Obviously I don't want to and can't major in all four of those courses so I want to be able to choose the interesting electives for some of them but I can't.

Does anyone know how to? or when I get to choose electives?

Also, does anyone do sociology? is it good?

Thanks x

 

[OzKo]

So I'm on the enrolment planner for B Arts and I'm kind of confused.

I get to choose 4 courses (Govt + International Relations, History, English and Sociology) and I also get to choose the things I want to study within them.

Except that there are all these electives that the site shows but I can't add them to my timetable, I can only add the junior units that I need to go onto senior units. Obviously I don't want to and can't major in all four of those courses so I want to be able to choose the interesting electives for some of them but I can't.

Does anyone know how to? or when I get to choose electives?

Also, does anyone do sociology? is it good?

Thanks x

Which two majors are you looking to complete?

 

[sixteencandles]

I'm not really sure at the moment but probably Govt + International and either History or English.

 

[OzKo]

Well my recommendation would be to complete as many junior level units in first year.


So what you want to do for the Government & Intl Studies major is to pick two 1XXX units and 6 2XXX/3XXX (where you have to complete at least 1 3XXX).

http://sydney.edu.au/handbooks/arts/units_of_study/tablea/government_international_relations.shtml


To complete a History major, you need to complete 6 2XXX/3XXX units where 4 of those units must be from the 'Core' list and at least one of those 'Core' units must be at a 3XXX level.

RE: 3XXX

You must complete four 2000-level units before you can do a 3000-level unit. You have a choice of three units: the Primary Source Research Project; History Beyond the Classroom; and the Historiography Research Project – each focused on an independently framed project .

Each senior unit involves a one-hour lecture and one-hour tutorial each week, and 6000 words of assessment, involving a proposal, bibliography, outline, drafts and a final 4000-word project.

http://sydney.edu.au/handbooks/arts/units_of_study/tablea/history.shtml


The English major is arranged in the same way as History.

http://sydney.edu.au/handbooks/arts/units_of_study/tablea/english.shtml

 

[passionxmusic]

I've done SCLG1001/1002 - both very interesting. I would say that SCLG1001 is better than SCLG1002 mainly because of the topics eg. gender, social class and education. However it is a subject you need to keep up with everything (going to lectures will help with the final exam especially if Dr B is still the main lecturer). Plus there are lectures where a special guest will come in (and sometimes they are authors who will sign copies of your books/textbooks) and it is also a rewarding unit where sometimes after lectures Dr B will invite the whole class for coffee with the special guest on the day.

 

[sixteencandles]

Oh wow thank you! That's really helpful!

So then where do electives come in? I noticed for example when I was looking at the History link that there are junior units, senior units and then electives. When do you choose electives?

 

[sixteencandles]

passionxmusic: I was looking at some threads on sociology and some people were saying that it's the most awful subject ever and some have said it's great. I don't really know what sociology is but I decided to put it down anyway.

 

[OzKo]

Oh wow thank you! That's really helpful!

So then where do electives come in? I noticed for example when I was looking at the History link that there are junior units, senior units and then electives. When do you choose electives?

If you want to do an elective, you have to:

a) Make sure you meet all the prerequisites
b) Have enough space to cater for them (in other words, you need to figure how many elective spaces you have)

 

[passionxmusic]

passionxmusic: I was looking at some threads on sociology and some people were saying that it's the most awful subject ever and some have said it's great. I don't really know what sociology is but I decided to put it down anyway.

I'll PM with you some snippets from my notes and you can decide if its the way to go.

 

[sixteencandles]

Ozko: Oh right I get it, I thought you just randomly chose them for fun and you didn't have to do any other units in that subjects. Thanks for your help!

Passionxmusic: That would be amazing! Thank you!