How big is the workload? (1 Viewer)

[stazi]

I only have 14 hours a week. Nearly full days mon-wed. Then a two hour day thursday. In second semester I will only have a 3 day week mon-wed. So i was wondering, how much the workload is.
I originally wanted to get extra units for my first year but was advised against it saying that it would be a lot of work. Not sure how that would be so with such a loose timetable.
So, are there a lot of set assignments, readings etc?
Will they keep me busy all week?
Should I in fact take up an extra unit of study.

Cheers

 

[Minai]

What course are you doing?

Yeah, don't be fooled by the contact hours. The recommended study time for each of my subjects is about 10 hours (3 hours of class, 7 hours of doing homework, study, assignments). So in degrees with little contact hours, there could be a lot of set reading and assignment work to do

 

[Generator]

Name the uni, the units, etc. and then we may be able to help (or just ask those in the USyd forum). However, fewer contact hours generally implies a greater level of independent learning/study/research than one would have within a degree with more time spent in class. Many people may dispute that, but just treat it as a general rule.

Edit: I started to create my post before Minai had replied... Sorry about the repetition.

 

[jase_]

Yup don't be fooled by the contact hours. Wait until the mid-semester exams and assignments come around all at the same time, then you'll have your hours, haha.

 

[stazi]

I'm at sydney uni doing bach of eco and soc sci.
UOS:
-Marketing principles
-Econometrics: statistics A
-Political economy: economics as a social science
-Industrial relations intro

 

[iamsickofyear12]

At UOW the policy is 2 hours per credit point, and most subjects are 6 credit points.

It depends on how smart you are though. I certainly won't be doing 6+ hours a week per subject of independent study. I will be able to get away with only a couple extra hours per subject a week, excluding time doing assessments, and I will study the week before the exams.

But then again, I am doing subjects that I pretty much covered last year in the HSC, so I have a bit of an advantage.

 

[LazyBoy]

you cant get extra credits in your first year. the most you can do is 48 at USYD. So unless your not a full time student (i.e. your doing less then 48 cp) then you cant consider picking up extra ones.

 

[stazi]

you cant get extra credits in your first year. the most you can do is 48 at USYD. So unless your not a full time student (i.e. your doing less then 48 cp) then you cant consider picking up extra ones.

I'm pretty sure that you can with permission. It's up to 60 from memory. I've seen a number of people on this forum doing 6 subjects in the first semester.

 

[PrincessSJ]

my workload is fucking huge.. cuase im going on prac in the first 2 weeks of the next school term,.. so everything has to be squashed in before that happens.... hmmm.. no easter break for me!

 

[stazi]

on prac? what do u mean

 

[LazyBoy]

and they are probably doing two in the second. You probably can get special permission but i think they rarely do it.

 

[LazyBoy]

on prac? what do u mean

shes doing teaching, in many universities i know ACU is one, they place on your two weeks work placement each year. where they put you in a classroom to observe, and in later years teach.

 

[stazi]

No, they are doing 6 in the first. Then 4 in the second.
It's not very rare that they allow you to do it. Just write a letter and youre most likely accepted. As long as it says something along the lines of "i have a lot of time and dedication"

 

[Minai]

I think its insane to do 6 units a semester.

If you're gifted and talented, by all means. I know people that overload Actuarial Studies at my uni, but they are guns.
It's comparable to the HSC, where most of the students attaining 100 UAI's do over 15 units.

I guess the smarter and hard working you are, the more you can handle