On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Rich Buggy wrote: > 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.
Comp Sci at UNSW also allows you this flexibility. > 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. I don't like the idea either, but it is one of the reasons UTS has such a high job placement ratio. > > 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. Actually, it is because your semesters are only 12 weeks not 14 weeks. Benno -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
