Usyd bus degrees any good? (1 Viewer)
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When I first read the title I thought of buses.
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The lecturers are not as good as the UNSW ones?Originally posted by timmii
*sigh* what an original proposition.
Basically they're pretty much as good as u can get. Question the people who say that as to *why* they're not good. I'll comment once i have some specific criticisms to direct my energies towards
That is the general concensus I seem to have gathered from a whole host of people of different size and colour.
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lecturers tend to rotate or may lecture at various unis concurrently. Just like school teachers its not easy to comment on the state of the teaching as a whole - it's luck of the draw.
The economics faculty always has rotating, visiting teachers from overseas, which although good (they're very knowledgeable), when their english isn't, well, perfect, it can get a bit annoying My one at the moment though is french, and is absolutely brilliant (and her english is fantastic as well!). Though I can no longer say macroeconomics, its more a "mac-roe- con -om -ieeeeeeee"
Its more important to look at content of the course, because realistically usyd and unsw have the most money to get good teaching staff, and lecture notes on the web can usually suffice in the direst of instances. Check out www.econ.usyd.edu.au to get synopses of the courses available and major programmes. I can't remember the equivalent for unsw, but i know i found it really helpful to look carefully through each of the courses to see what was offered for each (or, more accurately, to get my dad to do it for me and then explain it because i didn't understand half the jargon )
The economics faculty always has rotating, visiting teachers from overseas, which although good (they're very knowledgeable), when their english isn't, well, perfect, it can get a bit annoying
My one at the moment though is french, and is absolutely brilliant (and her english is fantastic as well!). Though I can no longer say macroeconomics, its more a "mac-roe- con -om -ieeeeeeee" Its more important to look at content of the course, because realistically usyd and unsw have the most money to get good teaching staff, and lecture notes on the web can usually suffice in the direst of instances. Check out www.econ.usyd.edu.au to get synopses of the courses available and major programmes. I can't remember the equivalent for unsw, but i know i found it really helpful to look carefully through each of the courses to see what was offered for each (or, more accurately, to get my dad to do it for me and then explain it because i didn't understand half the jargon
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i second that, timmii she knows her stuff hehehe....anyone think ur back on the law stand again!
usyd bus deg = as good as unsw
my advice, come to usyd, get a life....
usyd bus deg = as good as unsw
my advice, come to usyd, get a life....
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Hmmmm i don't know. I haven't gotten that impression. All my subjs have been pretty up-to-date, but if you're not feeling comfortable with it, go to unsw. I was also unsure as i had the feeling unsw would be more "modern" than usyd, but i was just relying too much on the impression from the architecture, it hasn't felt outmoded at all, but i was really uneasy for a while for fear i had made the wrong decision (i don't feel i have!)
Also consider what you want to major in - as different universities have different approaches/focuses/specialties.
Also consider what you want to major in - as different universities have different approaches/focuses/specialties.