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[AcStyle*]

I wanna do COMP123, but i've got a slight problem, i got a band5 in IPT. There was no way i should have got a band5, i was gettin 60s for my assessments, but i somehow got scaled in to the 80s. So basically i know the IPT content pretty vaguely, and i've already forgotten most of it neway.

My interest in computing only extends to using applications, eg Word, Excel, etc. & not programming and other stuff like that.

Neway my Q is, will the uni have access to my HSC results, therefore stopping me from enrolling in COMP123, and if so can i then enrol in the unit later on, say 2nd or 3rd yr?

Thanx

 

[Majesty]

You won't be able to do COMP123. Simple as that, if you got 80 chances are you already know how to use Word, Excel etc.
Yes they do have your HSC results. Why don't you do COMP114 instead?

 

[Grizzly]

I did SDD but dropped it half way in year 12
I hope comp123 is easy enough for me ; i dont see anyreason to do a comp subject in a commerce degree :O

 

[Majesty]

Originally posted by Grizzly
I did SDD but dropped it half way in year 12
I hope comp123 is easy enough for me ; i dont see anyreason to do a comp subject in a commerce degree :O

Because perhaps more and more commerce type jobs require some basic IT skills?

 

[AcStyle*]

Originally posted by Majesty
You won't be able to do COMP123. Simple as that, if you got 80 chances are you already know how to use Word, Excel etc.
Yes they do have your HSC results. Why don't you do COMP114 instead?

That's crap then. I can use Word, i was just using that as an example, its more Excel i'm worried about cos i'm looking to go in2 a business-type job where i'll have to most likely know how to use it.

I think they taught us either late yr 11 or early yr 12 in IPT, but i forgot how to use it now, since i don't regularly use it.

What's COMP114 like then?

 

[jlh]

comp114 would be more suitable for a commerce degree. its introductory information systems.

 

[*hopeful*]

Originally posted by jlh
comp114 would be more suitable for a commerce degree.

r u serious ? cuz im tossing up between the comp units, wats d diff ? wouldnt it better if i just do the easy 1 ie COMP123

 

[jlh]

comp123 sounds like it teaches you the basic of computing, eg word.

but comp114 (intro to info sys) looks must more relavent because of how computers are organised in a systematic environment in a business.

 

[Grizzly]

Originally posted by Majesty
Because perhaps more and more commerce type jobs require some basic IT skills?

IT skills that include SQL and C++ ?

 

[AsyLum]

haha holy shit, what if you didnt do any comp subjects in HS ? will they let you in ?

 

[jlh]

yeah you can do COMP subjects even if you didn't do any comp subjects in highschool. which COMP unit are you thinking of doing?

 

[AsyLum]

123

 

[jlh]

yeah that has no pre-reqs for it so you should be able to do it!!

 

[doe]

theres no prereqs for 123

its nccw with a bunch of (high school) stuff that i cbf'd typing out, nccw means that if you do the subject, any of the things in the nccw column wont go towards your credit point count for you degree. it basically means that the subjects are more or less similar

 

[Grizzly]

so comp114 is recomended for a commerce degree huh..

 

[jlh]

http://www.cal.mq.edu.au/unit.php?unitCode=COMP123

but you mentioned you didn't do any type of computer subjects at high school right?

 

[Grizzly]

me ??

No, i did SDD but i droped it before my trials.
Plus, i never got marks for programming tasks, only documentation.

 

[jlh]

so it didn't count towards your HSC?

 

[Grizzly]

LOL

Comp123 description : ..."A significant part of the practical work deals with issues of information retrieval, particularly locating and evaluating information on the World Wide Web."...

i reckon anyone can get a HD in that subject

 

[Grizzly]

nope, i was on 13units, then down to 11units.
where 1u of physics didnt count.