Starting in Semester 2... Confused about the courses (subjects)? (1 Viewer)

[wb47]

Hey Guys,

I am to start engineering in semester 2 and have not yet enrolled but looking at the online handbook for my course it all seems a little confusing to me.
So for year 1 I will have to do 8 courses:

Choose ONE of:

• MATH1131 Mathematics 1A (6 UOC)
• MATH1141 Higher Mathematics 1A (6 UOC)

And ONE of:

• MATH1231 Mathematics 1B (6 UOC)
• MATH1241 Higher Mathematics 1B (6 UOC)

And ONE of:

• PHYS1121 Physics 1A (6 UOC)
• PHYS1131 Higher Physics 1A (6 UOC)

Plus these following 2 courses:

• ENGG1000 Engineering Design (6 UOC)
• MMAN1300 Engineering Mechanics (6 UOC)

And ONE of:

• COMP1911 Computing 1A (6 UOC)
• ENGG1811 Computing for Engineers (6 UOC)

[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Plus choose 2 electives from the Year 1 Elective List [/FONT]
Electives


But which of these is for semester 1 and which are for semester 2?

Thank You.
​

 

[unsw-maths-guru]

Hey Guys,

I am to start engineering in semester 2 and have not yet enrolled but looking at the online handbook for my course it all seems a little confusing to me.
So for year 1 I will have to do 8 courses:

Choose ONE of:

• MATH1131 Mathematics 1A (6 UOC)
• MATH1141 Higher Mathematics 1A (6 UOC)

And ONE of:

• MATH1231 Mathematics 1B (6 UOC)
• MATH1241 Higher Mathematics 1B (6 UOC)

And ONE of:

• PHYS1121 Physics 1A (6 UOC)
• PHYS1131 Higher Physics 1A (6 UOC)

Plus these following 2 courses:

• ENGG1000 Engineering Design (6 UOC)
• MMAN1300 Engineering Mechanics (6 UOC)

And ONE of:

• COMP1911 Computing 1A (6 UOC)
• ENGG1811 Computing for Engineers (6 UOC)

[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Plus choose 2 electives from the Year 1 Elective List [/FONT]
Electives


But which of these is for semester 1 and which are for semester 2?

Thank You.
​

For Maths you'll do MATH1131 in semester 2. Unless you want to get your program pretty stuffed up, you'll do MATH1231 over the summer.

 

[Timothy.Siu]

You can do the subjects in any semester as long as its offered.
But e.g. for Maths, you need to do MATH1131/1141 before you do MATH1231/1241.
and as unsw maths guru suggested, you should do MATH1131 in semester 2 and MATH1231 over the summer.
This is because MATH1231 isn't offered in Semester 1.
Also, do PHYS1121 in semester 2, since it is a prereq for MMAN1300.

 

[dhampoet]

just suggestion
do engg1000 only in semester 1 because apparently they only give you one project option and you wont have many choices like engg1000 semester 1

 

[4025808]

what engineering stream are you thinking of majoring in?

 

[D94]

You need to read the Handbook information. Half of those courses have prerequisite subjects.

Essentially, for your first session, you will have to choose:

• MATH1131 or 1141 (if you want to do Higher);
• PHYS1121 or 1131 (if you want to do Higher);
• ENGG1000 and;
• COMP1911 (recommended) or 1917 (higher computing) or ENGG1811 (the most basic, but you can only choose depending on your stream).