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litttlelaura

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hi there. im a current year 12 student and i really have to start thinking about my uni applications soon.

i am interested in sociology related subjects with a bit of psychology in there as well. heres my question. do you think b arts at at unsw would be right for me? and how many majors/minors am i able to choose?

i have the 'good universities guide' and it said that unsw isnt a very good uni to do b arts in sydney. do you agree with this?

well thank you in advanced for your help. i better go study for my trial hsc exams.
 

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I dont think it makes any difference which uni you go to. Go to one which is convenient and which you prefer on a aesthetic basis, not on other peoples judgements.

! i went to the school just across the park from you :)
 

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That's ridiculous! UNSW is a good uni! Although the sydney uni BA cut-off is higher which shows most peope would prefer that over unsw.
 
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USYD has a wider choice of subjects for B Arts compared to unsw. I'm doing both psych and sociology at usyd. I'm really enjoying it.
 
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Here's a brief comparison. They're pretty similar. Hope it helps you.

UNSW:
a major sequence (List A) in one of the following:
  • AUST Australian Studies
  • CHIN Chinese Studies
  • COMD Development Studies
  • EDST Education
  • ENGL English
  • Environmental Studies
  • EURO European Studies
  • FREN French
  • GERS German Studies
  • GREK Greek
  • HIST History
  • HPSC History and Philosophy of Science
  • INDO Indonesian Studies
  • JAPN Japanese Studies
  • KORE Korean Studies
  • LING Linguistics
  • MEFT Media, Culture and Technology/Film/Theatre and Performance Studies
  • MUSC Music
  • PECO Political Economy
  • PHIL Philosophy
  • POLS Politics and International Relations
  • RUSS Russian Studies
  • SLSP Policy Studies
  • SOCA Sociology and Anthropology
  • SPAN Spanish and Latin American Studies
  • WOMS Women's and Gender Studies
in addition to the areas listed under 3. above, major sequences (List B and C) are available in - List B: Aboriginal Studies, Asian Studies, Cognitive Science, Irish Studies, Jewish Studies and Philosophy of Science; List C: Art History and Theory, Biological Science, Computing, Economics/Economic History, Geography, Geology, Human Resource Management, Industrial Relations, International Business, Mathematics and Psychology.


USYD:

Areas of study: You must undertake at least one of the following:
Aboriginal Studies,
Ancient History,
Anthropology,
Arabic Language and Culture,
Arab World Islam and the Middle East,
Archaeology (Classical, Near Eastern, Prehistoric and Historical),
Art History and Theory,
Asian Studies,
Australian Literature,
Australian Studies,
Biblical Studies,
Chinese Studies,
Classical Studies,
Digital Technology and Culture*,
English, European Studies,
Film Studies,
French Studies,
Gender Studies,
Germanic Studies,
Greek (Ancient and Modern),
Hebrew (Classical and Modern),
Heritage Studies,
Hindi-Urdu, History,
Indonesian and Malay Studies,
International and Comparative Literary Studies,
Italian Studies, Japanese Studies,
Jewish Civilisation Thought and Culture,
Korean Studies,
Latin,
Linguistics,
Media and Communications*,
Medieval Studies,
Music,
Pali**,
Performance Studies,
Philosophy,
Sanskrit,
Social Policy,
Social Sciences*,
Sociology,
Spanish,
Studies in Religion,
Thai,
Yiddish**.

* Only available to students in specialist degrees.
** Not available as a major.



Part B: Provided a major is completed in at least one of the subject areas listed in Part A, units of study (including sufficient to complete a major) may also be completed from biochemistry, bioinformatics, biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, economic history, economics, education, environmental studies, geology and geophysics, geography, government and international relations, history and philosophy of science, information systems, mathematics, microbiology, physics, plant science, political economy, psychology, statistics, industrial relations and human resource management.
 

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nice choice! im doing sociology as well :)

I mite be a bit biased but i also think usyd has a greater variety of arts subjects. I'm pretty sure usyd has a pretty good psychology & sociology faculty as well. I think you'll also luv the historical arty vibe around usyd coz i certainly do.

About how many majors u can pick, i think u can fit in 2 majors and sum minors fairly comfortably in the arts degree.



edit-ignore wat i said aboutt variety
 
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litttlelaura

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thanks everyone for your help!

yeah i agree, i would love love love to go to sydney uni. but im unsure what uai i am going to get. im pretty sure i will get over 75. maybe early 80's. but the cut off for syd is 83. so i was just looking around for other options just in case. it sucks that theres such a jump in numbers between the 70's and the 80's.

oh well i guess i'll just have to kick ass in the final exams. dammit.

thanks again, all the best. :)
 

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taco man said:
nice choice! im doing sociology as well :)

I mite be a bit biased but i also think usyd has a greater variety of arts subjects. I'm pretty sure usyd has a pretty good psychology & sociology faculty as well. I think you'll also luv the historical arty vibe around usyd coz i certainly do.

About how many majors u can pick, i think u can fit in 2 majors and sum minors fairly comfortably in the arts degree.



edit-ignore wat i said aboutt variety
USYDs got one of the worst psychology schools in NSW, look in other threads for the argument
 

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