Hi Matt,
> Currently i'm looking at UTS, Sydney and UNSW but am
> wondering how these differ from universities such as
> Macquarie and UWS and why these may be discouraged ?
I wouldn't discourage anyone going to club mac (aka Macquarie). I have a
degree from there and had a great time getting it. The one advantage that
Macquarie has over the rest is the flexible program. My understanding with
your 3 preferred universities is that you have to do a fixed program. You
might get a choice like chemistry or physics but that's it. At Macquarie you
have to get a major at 3rd year and meet the requirements of your degree but
you choose the courses you do. This allows you to do stuff like languages,
music, psychology, ... as part of your degree. It also means you can do the
computing subjects that interest you to complete the major.
I don't know if UTS still makes you do a years work experience as part of
the their degree but that always turns me off them (personal preference -
please don't flame). I had a friend their who's (non-computing) degree was
delayed by 12 months because he couldn't get relative work experience.
Rich
PS: The name "club mac" comes from the number of holidays we appeared to
get. I suspect this had a lot to do with a smaller exam period because of
lower student numbers.
--
SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/
More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
