Content wise which course do you consider to be the easiest and hardest (1 Viewer)

[ur_inner_child]

people say arts because it covers such a large range of different abilities. When the majority can do it, suddenly it's seen as easy. Well, it IS broad...

But when you say arts as the field, not the degree, then I totally disagree. Tackle at least 6 majorworks in year 12 and THEN talk to me

 

[Not-That-Bright]

Arts has little to nothing to do with visual art..

 

[AsyLum]

Academic Programme:
English Advanced, English Extension 1, English Extension 2, Music 2, Music Extension, Visual Arts, Earth & Environmental Science

I think shes talking about the other major works there mate. And there are Creative Arts courses, and Media courses are basically on the same line, with a bit more emphasis upon culture and society thrown in.

 

[gordo]

i think law isn't really that hard, its just reading books...a lot of books. THere are no sort of intellectual barriers per se, which would stop anyone from actually learning the content of law, practising law I admit requires certain personal attributes etc, but contentwise (which this thread refers to) law is just reading.

In terms of difficulty i think a lot of science subjects, for example, my bro gave me his books from his first yr of space engineering and the statics and dynamics subjects are incomprehendable, both conceptually and in some cases physically haha...where as i don't think you would come accross that same sort of bizarre feeling when reading an arts book on history or a book on contract law...although its comparable to opening a book written completely in Swahili in an arts langauge course

Also maths subjects like statistics that are simply there to mess with your mind I would think are pretty difficult to conceptually wrap your head round, contentwise.

Basically, I think its the subjects that require conceptual learning, rather than wrote learning, that have the more difficult content

 

[timrie6]

Arts subjects are the easiest

have you done an arts degree then?

 

[braindrainedAsh]

I think that Primary School Teaching/Early Childhood would be the easiest degree in terms of course content... I mean to get to uni, we would all be well beyond primary school level. But I think that the application of the theory/knowledge to practical teaching would be somewhat a challenge.

As for the hardest.... medicine.... just because the thought of training to cut people open and have their life in your hands would be very difficult to deal with, let alone all the theory.

For the people that think media degrees are quite easy, I think you would be surprised at the things we have to do.... I think many people would find it unexpectedly hard. I know how much everyone freaked out in first year journo when they realized we had to cold call people to try and get interviews etc for our stories... that can be quite intimidating. Plus it is very hard to get people to talk to you when you are just a journalism student. People studying other facets of media comm (e.g. media arts and production) have to learn how to use all of the technical equipment, and editing film etc can be extremely time consuming.

 

[Cyan_phoeniX]

blah. i wrote a long post before but it said the forum was not working and it wouldnt let me save what i wrote..

I don't see how people can compare arts with sciences. As very few people are great at both you can't say one is easier than the other. If science was easier than arts then you would expect that if someone is good with science then they are automatically good at arts, but this isnt the case. Just see them as seperate areas.

at high school my strengths were maths, Visual art and ancient history amd my waeknesses were english and physics.

What i found in order from easiest to hardest:

PHIL134 (logic)
PHIL137 (critical thinking)
PHIL131 (mind, meaning and metaphysics)

Then:

PSY105
STAT170
PSY104

then, the hardest:

AHST101
AHST101

I found ancient history the hardest, as you have to remember so mcuh and the exams are very demanding.

 

[Not-That-Bright]

It does matter personal skills tho, cuz like i know people doing science degree's which i think would be real hard like biotechnology but they reckon it's a bludge, and they're getting D's.

 

[AsyLum]

AHST will destroy your brains

 

[santaslayer]

i dont care . law is hard. i cant get my HDs...fuck.

 

[Lainee]

i dont care . law is hard. i cant get my HDs...fuck.

These threads are starting to freak me out.... nooo.. I don't want to do law anymore!

 

[Not-That-Bright]

why.. cuz u can't get a HD?

 

[Lainee]

Because people are saying how hard it is to do well in it (in general).

...nah, no way am I looking at HDs yet. Haven't even started the course. That statement just points out the difficulty of assessments/exams.

 

[Minai]

To me, any Engineering degree would be really hard.

Anything from the Arts faculty would be the easiest (except probably the languages). I've done a couple of Arts subjects as Gen-Ed, and basically, you just have to discuss discuss discuss, read a bit, and write good essays.

 

[Shuter]

Hmmm, easiest (as in least amount of work/hours would need to be put in to pass) I would definatly say would be arts.

Hardest..... hmmmmmm, I wouldn't find any of them particually hard, so I would probably just have to say the ones which would be the most time consuming/intensive to learn, which would probably be a pure maths or law?.

 

[gordo]

lol u don't get HD's, because the criteria they jsut gave us for our asssignment is ridiculous,

an original, unanticipated or exceptional answer, exceptionally well written and structured containing striking originality of approach, deomonstrating innovative use of source material

wen a uni uses those words, they mean them.

 

[santaslayer]

Because people are saying how hard it is to do well in it (in general).

...nah, no way am I looking at HDs yet. Haven't even started the course. That statement just points out the difficulty of assessments/exams.

anyone that gets a pure D is my god.

not hard to pass...hard to do well...

only chance for me was 1st year law subjects...




vet is hardest though....IMO.

 

[AsyLum]

I think, its easy to pass Arts, its hard to HD it

 

[Korn]

Is Accounting considered hard or easy, ppl have told me its hard but they havent actual done accounting, i would think its not too difficult, would i be wrong

 

[Korn]

Its hard if ur not interested in it. You have like maths too. I didnt like it, but then again, i dont like maths, and i found it boring.

What level of maths are u meaning, cause i got Band 4 in 2U Maths, is that sufficient