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1 2006-09 Bored of Studies University of Sydney Unit of Study Reviews The opinions expressed in this document are those of the authors and not of Bored of Studies or the University of Sydney . BOS/USYD Unit of Study Reviews | 2 This document compiles reviews of University of Sydney units of study contributed by members of the Bored of Studies community. Apart from formatting they are reproduced verbatim. The reviews canvas a broad cross-section of faculties across the University and give a unique insight into student opinion of subjects. These first hand accounts from the student body offer a scrutiny of subjects that are absent from the official materials published by the University .

2 Units of Study (UOS) have been organised in alphabetical and numerical order by unit code. The document is best navigated by the links on the contents page or by using the search feature. Most contributions give marks and opinions on 4 areas: Ease, Lecturers, Interest, and Overall remarks. Be mindful that these reviews are merely individual opinions. Some subjects have received very consistent reviews while reviewers have had conflicting views on others. Read, digest and use this document to inform yourself and aid your decision making process. Do not however solely rely on these reviews to make your UOS selections. Always remember that there is a lee-way period at the beginning of each semester to enrol and withdrawal from a subject.

3 Don t hesitate to post questions in the forum or PM members for more details. The original posts can be found at this link. Your reviews are welcome at the same location. James (Rafy) Bored of Studies Moderator University of Sydney Last Updated 16 January 2009. BOS/USYD Unit of Study Reviews | 3 Contents AERO Aeronautical & Aerospace Engineering ..6 2703 ACCT - Accounting ..6 1001 1002 1003 1004 2011 2012 3011 3012 3014 ANHS Ancient History .. 11 1003 1004 1005 1600 1601 2601 2604 2607 2608 2691 AMME - Aeronautical Mechanical .. 19 2301 ANTH - Anthropology .. 19 1001 ARHT - Art History and Theory .. 20 2642 ARNE - Archaeology (Near Eastern).

4 20 1001 ARPH - Archaeology (Prehistoric and Historical).. 21 1001 ASNS - Asian Studies .. 22 1002 2618 2661 2663 2670 2676 BCHM - Biochemistry .. 26 2072/2972 3071/3971 3081/3981 BIOL - Biology .. 28 1001 2011 2012 3011 CHEM - Chemistry .. 30 1101 1102 1901 1902 2401 2402/2912/2916 2403/2913 2911 3010 3112/2912 3113/3913-15 CHNS - Chinese .. 38 1101 CLAW Commercial Law .. 38 1001 1002 2201 2205 2207 3201 3202 COSC - Computational science .. 41 1002/1902 COMP - Computer Science .. 42 3520 ECMT - Econometrics .. 42 1010 1020 2110 2120 2620 2630 3110 ECOF - Economics and Business Faculty (General) .. 46 1001 3001 ECON/ECOS - Economics.

5 46 1001 1002 2201 2901 2902 2903 3002 3003 3006 3011 ECOP Political 52 1001 1002 1003 2011 2911 3017 3018 EDUF - Education (Foundations) .. 60 1018 1019 2006 2007 3024 3030 EDSE: Education (Secondary) .. 68 2001 BOS/USYD Unit of Study Reviews | 4 ENGL - English .. 69 1000 1002 1007 1015 1020 1025 2613 2617 2627 2632 2649 ELEC - Electrical Engineering .. 78 1601 3305 ENGG Engineering (General) .. 79 1804 FINC - 79 2011 2012 2192 3011 3013 3015 3017 3194 FRNC - French .. 82 1631 1632 GCST - Gender Studies .. 83 2601 3601 GOVT Government and International Relations .. 84 1101 1105 1202 1406 2119 2226 2445 GRMN - 92 1631 1632 HPSC - History and Philosophy of Science.

6 93 1000 HSTY - History .. 93 1022 1025 1031 1044 1045 1076 1088 1089 2601 2614 2655 2670 2678 2765 IBUS International Business .. 102 2101 3101 3102 3103 INFO - Information Technology .. 103 2820 INFS - Business Information Systems .. 103 1000 2001 ISYS - Information Systems .. 105 2140 JPNS - Japanese .. 106 1611 LAWS - Law .. 106 1006 1008 1018 1020 LNGS - Linguistics .. 107 1005 MATH - Mathematics .. 108 1001 1002 1004 1005 1011 1015 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1907 2961 2965 2968 2970 MBLG - Molecular Biology .. 113 1001 2071 MECO - Media and Communications .. 114 1001 1003 MKTG - Marketing .. 115 1001 1002 2002 2010 3112 3116 3117 3120 3121 MUSC Music (Foundations).

7 118 1507 IMMU - Immunology .. 118 2101 BOS/USYD Unit of Study Reviews | 5 PHIL - Philosophy .. 119 1010 1011 2620 2634 2644 2647 2649 PHYS - Physics .. 124 1901 1500 2911 PRFM - Performance Studies .. 124 2601 2602 PSYC - Psychology .. 125 1001 1002 SCLG - Sociology .. 126 1001 1002 2601 2602 2604 2605 2606 2607 2611 3601 3602 SCPL - Social Policy .. 131 2601 2602 SLSS - Social Sciences .. 132 1002 SOFT - Information Technology .. 132 1001 1902 STAT - Statistics .. 132 2011 2911 WORK - Work and Organisational Studies .. 133 1001 1003 BOS/USYD Unit of Study Reviews | 6 AERO Aeronautical & Aerospace Engineering AERO2703: Aerospace Technology Lecturer - 9/10 Ease - 7/10 Interest - 7/10 Overall: 7/10 - The assessment structure is debateable with the tutor seeming to make more on how you do it rather then if it is correct and you showed how you did it.

8 ACCT - Accounting ACCT1001: Accounting 1A Ease: 8/10 - If you study consistently the whole way through and actually do the homework, you'll be fine. Midsemester was quite tough, but it wasn't too bad. Will be interested to see what my final exam mark will be. Lecturers: Abdul: 8/10 - Good bloke, although it pisses me off that he kept lying about the average mark for the mid-semester (to get people motivated to study harder he reported it at around 15 marks higher than the true average). Sharron O'neill: - Easy to understand, but the problem is that she liked finishing an hour earlier. Which isn't too bad, but a lot of the stuff was too rushed. Rosina Mladenovic: 8/10 - as good as an accounting lecturer could be.

9 Although she was just too happy and cheery, which pissed me off at times. Interest: 8/10 - whoa. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I liked this subject. It was very different to all my other subjects (essay-based and subjective). It was kind of cool having a correct answer to every question. It was also good to think in a completely different manner, to what I was used to. Although, if I had to do accounting for more than 2 subjects, I'd probably die from boredom. A catch-22, if you must. Overall: ACCT1001: Accounting 1A Ease - (gets harder gradually) Lecturers - 7/10 Interest - Overall 7/10 ACCT1001: Accounting 1A Ease: 7/10 (not hard if you just do homework regularly towards the end) Lecturers: 5/10 (soooo slow and boring, stuffy theatre didn't help me stay awake) Interest: 4/10 (content absolute shit, hated it) Overall: 5/10 BOS/USYD Unit of Study Reviews | 7 ACCT1001: Accounting 1A Ease: 8/10 Lecturers: 7/10 Interest: 8/10 Overall: 8/10 (Pray to God ur practice set balances) ACCT1001: Accounting IA Ease: 8/10 - Gets a little trickier at the end, but it's manageable Lecturer.

10 3(7)/10 - They got through the material well, too bad the lecturers are cunts Interest: 7/10 - It's relevant stuff, but a bit dry at times Overall: 7/10 ACCT1001: Accounting 1A Ease: 6/10. This really depends. I'm doing it for the second time, so i give it an for ease (yeah, i'm an ex-failure), but the first time i did it, it was bloody hard and so i give it a for first-time ease. therefore, i've averaged it out and given you 6. Lecturer: 7/10. Abdul & Sharron are fine. They're not amazing or brilliant, but they're not crap. Interest: 1/10. This rates as one of the most uninteresting subjects ever. Overall: ACCT1001: Accounting 1A Ease: 8/10 - not too difficult if you just do the work Lecturer: 4/10 - uninspirational, nothing special Interest: 7/10 Overall: 7/10 ACCT1001: Accounting IA Ease: 7 Lecturer: 7 Interest: 3 Overall: 5 ---- ACCT1002 : Accounting 1B Ease: 8/10 - most people were on close to full marks out of 40 before the final, and the final exam was not challenging at all (although there was some time pressure).