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I agree. For something like petroleum engineering, I would definitely pick CHEM1011, since it's much more important than learning about material fracture, tearing, yielding, etc.

MATS1101 is half chem, half materials. I mean half literally, half the course you learn chemistry in chemistry lectures, and in the other half you learn about material properties and whatever else. See the course outline here...

You can do an internal program transfer into BEng/BArts. However, I believe this is the program you would be entering instead: http://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/undergraduate/programs/2013/3704.html You can apply for transfer through MyUNSW, see the information here...

You'll have to pay the full fee for the course to your HECS loan. As far as I am aware, there is not extra step other than simply dropping the course, but you might want to check with Student Central.

Because it does cost too much. We made an $8k loss on last year's camp and it'll be at least 1.5 times that this year. But we are rolling in the moneys. From memory, at last year's end of year cocktail party we added an extra $2k to the bar tab (which started at $4k) on the night, and still...

Not quite. The cutoffs aren't "exaggerated" - they're defined based on supply and demand and pretty much remain close to previous years (i.e. 91ish). "HSC Plus" points (up to 5) are automatically calculated and added to a student's ATAR - if this pushes them above the cutoff for that year then...

Re: Semester 1 UNSW Chatter Thread 2013 CSE computer labs (including outside of K17) are generally open during uni hours, anyone can walk in. Outside of uni hours you need ID card, and generally only postgrads and tutors have access. Even so, only CSE students can login to the machines. No...

Anyone in engineering doing COMP1911 or COMP1917 counts as a CSE student, so yes, engineering students are also allowed.

CSESoc Camp Costs: $60/$70 (all-inclusive, free shirt) Payment: Cash, online via Paypal Location: Wombaroo Adventure Centre Date: 22-24 March (Fri-Sun of Week 3) The society takes a heavy loss on camp, hence the price.

You want T1 - for "Teaching Period 1". T1A and T1B apply only to courses which run in those specific periods (there aren't many, so unless otherwise told, assume you're in T1). The others refer to this: T1A - first few weeks of semester 1 T1B - last few weeks of semester 1 EM2 - MBA (Executive)...

Not quite true. I assume it depends on the project you pick, but for us, we had to write reports and include a bunch of BS stuff from the "textbook" - failure to do so meant losing marks. This doesn't mean buy the textbook - don't. It's the most useless one of the four classes. But you may need...

You will find that virtually every single course will have "prescribed" textbooks. You'll generally be fine without them - at worst, borrow a copy from the library and photocopy relevant pages, or some people may acquire the textbooks through questionable means. Some courses do tend to make...

If you're planning on doing COMP1917, it may serve you well to learn how to use The Magical Google. As for the COMP1917 textbook, you probably won't find it necessary as the course notes tend to be extensive, and again, The Google is a great resource for programming-related questions. But if...

It's worth pointing this out to the people saying "get a job + concession fares": Technically (though not in practice, mind you) you cannot buy concession/student tickets as a tertiary student if you are under any sort of employment. The point I'm making is that points 2 and 3 in Aerath's post...

Fair point. I guess I was thinking more along subjective lines - I don't really consider $22 to $30.50 a week for unlimited public transport to be expensive, but it depends on one's circumstances of course.