science at unsw (1 Viewer)

[Survivor39]

Thanks for replying. But what happen if people don't do good enough to do the honours year, what happen then??

Thanks!

Then you need to try to become a psychologist another way. Like apply for Master, then PhD. But if you cannot get high enough mark for honours, then I assume it would be equally difficult trying to get a place in Master of Science.

 

[Survivor39]

thanks for the help yeah it seems like a lot of work but i'll go for it and hold on till the end..

If you're a natural in chem and physics, then you should have nooo problem
UNSW chem is challenging and stimulating for those who excels at it. Unfortunately I wasn't one of them

*shivers at chem*

 

[specialjenny]

Thanks.

Because at UWS there is a postgraduate dip. which is a one year course which on completion of that, will make you into a psychologist in training. Just wasn't sure if UNSW had the same.

 

[sikeveo]

is maths compulsory for adv sci for 1st yr?

 

[babydoll_]

not compulsory, but most subjects and majors need it as a prerequisite.

 

[sikeveo]

but you could get by in yr1 without any maths? (if u were planning to transfer after 1 yr FTE.)

 

[babydoll_]

You COULD, but it'd fuck up most subjects you'd ever want to do in Science

 

[Survivor39]

You are asked to do at least 1 maths subject in first year (6 units). I don't think that's too much to ask for a science student, which ties with maths anyway.

 

[sikeveo]

unsw is winning me over. How are UNSW lecturers for science?

 

[Survivor39]

Some excellent. So crap. (as like any other uni) you can't have excellent lecturer all the time

Sikeveo, what field of science do you want to study?

 

[sikeveo]

Possibly chemistry or biology. Or something along those lines. Cos i went to the unsw open day and found the genetics lecture boring, probably cos i haven't done bio, but at usyd the lecturers seemed really enthuisiastic. Plus usyd will be about 30mins from my new house whereas unsw will be a lot more

But then again i didn't go to any subject specific lectures at usyd, only general overviews of the course.

Why did you pick unsw over usyd?

 

[Survivor39]

They are equally great! whichever you pick you'll expose to some extremely talented people working with you, in a high-tech environment.

I really like UNSW's Biological science subjects because they are usually very organise. The first year labs are clean and modern. You can pick later year subjects in biology because they don't have prerequisites. I did a third year bio subject in my second year last semester.

Basically you will get boring lecturers from time to time at USyd or UNSW. It just so happen when you went to UNSW, a boring lecturer came up . If Dr Louis-Lutze Man or Dr Kathy Takayma came on you'll love them!

I can only offer you advice for UNSW. Good luck!

 

[Survivor39]

Opps, I didn't read your question properly. I picked UNSW because:

For the science degree, UNSW is more flexible. In USyd, they would have made me do Physics, 2 semester of maths. In UNSW, I only have to do 1 semester of maths and no physics at all if you don't want to. Plus 3 electives for UNSW first year.

I like the campus better, which of course, is an individual opinion.

Bascially both uni offer advanced level or normal level subjects so it's the same. Really if you don't care about doing physics or maths and the campus is similar to you, then it's really a flip of a coin which uni you should go!

 

[sikeveo]

Thanks All the UNSW people I speak to seem really enthuisiastic and passionate about their courses so I think that shows something