humanitieslover
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- 2013
ARTS1030- Intro to English
Ease: 8/10
This course is pretty easy if you are a humanities person and enjoy essay writing.. You basically study a range of genres including poetry, drama, novel, short stories. First assessment is an essay worth 20% on poetry which was fairly marked, second essay worth 40% on Beloved, also well marked, and the final consisted of 2 essays with choices between three texts. A very straight forward final exam worth 40% with questions that did not try to trick you, but were extremely fair if you had listened in the final few lectures.
Lecturers: Bill Walker (5/10), Sigi (7/10), Beloved Lecturer (9/10) Endgame (8/10), Lear (8/10), The Boat (6/10)
Slightly annoying that the lectures require attendance.. for the lectures you do miss- everything is recorded + lecture slides posted. 2 x 1 hr lectures per week with rotating lecturers.
Tutor: Bill Walker (4/10). In my personal opinion, I did not enjoy Bill's style of teaching and felt that each tute was ridiculously repetitive and mundane. Others appreciated the repetitiveness so I may be alone!
Interest: 8/10
If you enjoyed English in high school you will most probably enjoy this course. It allows you to stray from the classic HSC model of regurgitating quotes/techniques and encourages you to form your own ideas (and rewards you for having your own opinion!) A pretty easy Distinction if you perform consistently.
Overall: 8/10
ARTS1270: Global History
Ease: 9/10
Holy god, this course was unreal. If you can string together a couple essays and are good with comprehension, you will love this course. The final 'test' if it can be called that is worth only 15% in lecture, and is a 12 question quiz. That was the only aspect I found 'hard' because I didn't attend every lecture.. and some of the questions at times seemed irrelevant or a little obscure. The online quizzes are worth a ridiculous 35% of your grade, and being based on the readings- are a seriously easy HD. Anyone can get full marks in this 'assessment'. All you need to do is Control-F your readings and/or have some sense of comprehension. The essay component in this course was awesome- first essay worth 20% and second worth 30%. Both essays gave you a couple choices for questions and were research essays, so you could write about pretty much anything. A lot of freedom and very fairly marked.
Lecturers: 7/10 From the lectures I attended.. they were pretty average.
Tutor: Sophie Robinson- 9.5/10
An absolutely awesome tutor who was young and relatable and was super chill. Really passionate and made tutes extremely relaxed and something to look forward to. Definitely recommended.
Interest: 8.5/10
Actual course was a little scattered- jumping around different time periods with no real 'thread' linking everything together. The lectures therefore seemed very unrelated as well as the tutes. Redeeming factor was the research essays which gave you so much freedom and therefore sparking interest!
Overall: 8.5/10
LAWS1021: Crime and the Criminal Process
Ease: 6.5/10
This course really depends on your interest in criminal law. The first assessment was a Court Report worth 30%, so a very easy way to score good marks early on- making the final a little less stressful. 10% class participation was awesome, not too much pressure and awarded fairly. 60% final however was quite stressful. The actual exam this year seemed quite intense with the problem question consisting of a lot of components. The essay question was average but just not what I particularly wanted (haha). Timing was stressful and despite being 3 hours long I felt rushed throughout the entire exam. Advice- try hard with court report + CP and make consistent notes for the final that are EASY to navigate.
Lecturer/Tutor: Helen Gibbon (8.5/10)
At first I was not keen on Helen because she seemed a little boring and taught the content in a very traditional way- slides and reading from the textbook. Only later into the semester did I find that she really did know her stuff and taught in a more engaging way. She makes classes somewhat humorous with her stories and I ended up enjoying the tutes as the semester went on. She was extremely lenient on CP and never forced it- I think I only answered maybe 3 things the entire semester and I still got a credit Would recommend her!
Overall: 7.5/10
LAWS1141: Principles of Public Law
Ease: 7/10
This course most probably caters more towards humanities kids. It's very 'theory' based and has very little focus on legislation unlike Crime and the Criminal Process. It's all about government, sovereignty, rights, Australia's status etc. At the start of the semester the content is very easy and straight forward but in the last maybe month of the semester, the content definitely got harder and you had to work harder to really understand everything. I feel like the ease of this course is also heavily dependent on your lecturer. CP is worth 20% so probably worth your time/effort to actually prepare and participate in class. First assessment is worth 30% and consists of problem Q + essay Q (in my opinion slightly hard), and final assessment worth 50% consisting of 2 essay questions. The questions in the final were fair and if you had decent notes I feel like you would probably have done well, but then again, marking may be harsh..
Lecturer/Tutor: Ben Golder (10/10)
An awesome guy who is unbelievably passionate about public law. He truly knows his stuff and relays information very easily to students. CP is marked fairly and he literally writes down your name when you participate. He could be a slightly harsh marker but not too sure. Ben definitely made class enjoyable and facilitated a LOT of discussion, completely in contrast to my Crim class haha. Excellent tutor- would definitely recommend.
Overall: 8.5/10
Ease: 8/10
This course is pretty easy if you are a humanities person and enjoy essay writing.. You basically study a range of genres including poetry, drama, novel, short stories. First assessment is an essay worth 20% on poetry which was fairly marked, second essay worth 40% on Beloved, also well marked, and the final consisted of 2 essays with choices between three texts. A very straight forward final exam worth 40% with questions that did not try to trick you, but were extremely fair if you had listened in the final few lectures.
Lecturers: Bill Walker (5/10), Sigi (7/10), Beloved Lecturer (9/10) Endgame (8/10), Lear (8/10), The Boat (6/10)
Slightly annoying that the lectures require attendance.. for the lectures you do miss- everything is recorded + lecture slides posted. 2 x 1 hr lectures per week with rotating lecturers.
Tutor: Bill Walker (4/10). In my personal opinion, I did not enjoy Bill's style of teaching and felt that each tute was ridiculously repetitive and mundane. Others appreciated the repetitiveness so I may be alone!
Interest: 8/10
If you enjoyed English in high school you will most probably enjoy this course. It allows you to stray from the classic HSC model of regurgitating quotes/techniques and encourages you to form your own ideas (and rewards you for having your own opinion!) A pretty easy Distinction if you perform consistently.
Overall: 8/10
ARTS1270: Global History
Ease: 9/10
Holy god, this course was unreal. If you can string together a couple essays and are good with comprehension, you will love this course. The final 'test' if it can be called that is worth only 15% in lecture, and is a 12 question quiz. That was the only aspect I found 'hard' because I didn't attend every lecture.. and some of the questions at times seemed irrelevant or a little obscure. The online quizzes are worth a ridiculous 35% of your grade, and being based on the readings- are a seriously easy HD. Anyone can get full marks in this 'assessment'. All you need to do is Control-F your readings and/or have some sense of comprehension. The essay component in this course was awesome- first essay worth 20% and second worth 30%. Both essays gave you a couple choices for questions and were research essays, so you could write about pretty much anything. A lot of freedom and very fairly marked.
Lecturers: 7/10 From the lectures I attended.. they were pretty average.
Tutor: Sophie Robinson- 9.5/10
An absolutely awesome tutor who was young and relatable and was super chill. Really passionate and made tutes extremely relaxed and something to look forward to. Definitely recommended.
Interest: 8.5/10
Actual course was a little scattered- jumping around different time periods with no real 'thread' linking everything together. The lectures therefore seemed very unrelated as well as the tutes. Redeeming factor was the research essays which gave you so much freedom and therefore sparking interest!
Overall: 8.5/10
LAWS1021: Crime and the Criminal Process
Ease: 6.5/10
This course really depends on your interest in criminal law. The first assessment was a Court Report worth 30%, so a very easy way to score good marks early on- making the final a little less stressful. 10% class participation was awesome, not too much pressure and awarded fairly. 60% final however was quite stressful. The actual exam this year seemed quite intense with the problem question consisting of a lot of components. The essay question was average but just not what I particularly wanted (haha). Timing was stressful and despite being 3 hours long I felt rushed throughout the entire exam. Advice- try hard with court report + CP and make consistent notes for the final that are EASY to navigate.
Lecturer/Tutor: Helen Gibbon (8.5/10)
At first I was not keen on Helen because she seemed a little boring and taught the content in a very traditional way- slides and reading from the textbook. Only later into the semester did I find that she really did know her stuff and taught in a more engaging way. She makes classes somewhat humorous with her stories and I ended up enjoying the tutes as the semester went on. She was extremely lenient on CP and never forced it- I think I only answered maybe 3 things the entire semester and I still got a credit Would recommend her!
Overall: 7.5/10
LAWS1141: Principles of Public Law
Ease: 7/10
This course most probably caters more towards humanities kids. It's very 'theory' based and has very little focus on legislation unlike Crime and the Criminal Process. It's all about government, sovereignty, rights, Australia's status etc. At the start of the semester the content is very easy and straight forward but in the last maybe month of the semester, the content definitely got harder and you had to work harder to really understand everything. I feel like the ease of this course is also heavily dependent on your lecturer. CP is worth 20% so probably worth your time/effort to actually prepare and participate in class. First assessment is worth 30% and consists of problem Q + essay Q (in my opinion slightly hard), and final assessment worth 50% consisting of 2 essay questions. The questions in the final were fair and if you had decent notes I feel like you would probably have done well, but then again, marking may be harsh..
Lecturer/Tutor: Ben Golder (10/10)
An awesome guy who is unbelievably passionate about public law. He truly knows his stuff and relays information very easily to students. CP is marked fairly and he literally writes down your name when you participate. He could be a slightly harsh marker but not too sure. Ben definitely made class enjoyable and facilitated a LOT of discussion, completely in contrast to my Crim class haha. Excellent tutor- would definitely recommend.
Overall: 8.5/10