dan964
what
nope, that is Victoria.So is 1 unit equal to a semester and a 2 unit subject is a full year subject? (Sorry, not a HSC student).
If that's so, than I'll be doing only 9 "units" next year (ATAR in SA is out out 9 units, or 8 before next year). I'm a little worried about having no backup subject, but the only other subject I'd consider doing is Accounting which I think will be on the same line as one of my other subjects, plus I've been advised not to pick up any subjects due to the difficulty of mine. /cry
in NSW
2 unit is your standard course, e.g. Chemistry (out of the subjects you are doing)
1 unit is half the length, you study for a full year, but less contact hours.
e.g. at my school which has 75 minute periods
1 unit equals roughly 3 75 minute periods per fortnight
2 units equals roughly 6 75 minute periods per fortnight
3 units equals 9; 4 units equals 12 etc.
The harder subjects have more units.
within each subject are modules (approximately units in VIC). Most courses have 4 modules per year. So 8 in total. A module is a topic...
to put into retrospective
12 units is a full load
10 units is a 5 subject load