confusing.... (1 Viewer)

[muttiah]

i went to this site....

http://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/undergraduate/2007/home.html

whats the difference between

programs
courses
specialisations
area of interest....

for example when i go to specialications.. nanotechnology is there.. but when i go to area of interest and click on science.. nanotechnology is not there....

 

[Raginsheep]

Programs is the overall degree.
Courses are the classes which go to make up your degree.
Specialisations are the majors avaliable for all degrees. When you do a specific degree, your choice of major will be narrower.
Area of interest is just to help you find what your interested in.

 

[Nebuchanezzar]

Um, also, it's a good idea to email the relevant faculties just to make sure whatever you think is going on in the handbook is correct. There's quite a bit of cruddy information in there, especially in the education section.

 

[velox]

nanotech is a separate 4 yr program to the generic/vanilla science degree

 

[Affinity]

Area of interest is jsut general groupings.. which I don't belive to be too relevant.

Basically what you should do is to look at the "specialisations" (majors), and pick the one you would like to have, then there will be list of "programs" (which corresponds to whats in the UAC book) that you should take to study that specialisation

By the way.. nanotechnology is listed under engineering.. and it should be there anyway..

 

[velox]

Even thought it is a science degree lol. But I guess it comes under materials engineering...

 

[muttiah]

ok thanks for the help!.. and also is it true that some majors.. they might not b available one year.. but the next year they will b?

 

[Rekkusu]

Majors are rarely altered, or deleted off our Handbook. It is best to consult the relevant faculty however to check whether your major really does exist.

It's usually the degrees that get scrapped, rather than the majors within the degrees. If I recall correctly, one degree was B Sci/B Med which was wiped off the handbook.

 

[velox]

Majors do get scrapped. Russian studies was scrapped from the arts degree. As are quite a few things in the online handbook.