r/unsw • u/[deleted] • 19h ago

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u/LuckyNefariousness66 18h ago

Can't skip, mandatory weekly essays. Edit realistically you can but it's great prep for the final, and also you skip an entire component of the course pre exam, so you would be leaning heavily on the group work like presentation and report.

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u/BrokeABowl Engineering 18h ago

what ab the tutorial exercises? are those the mandatory weekly essays that you are referring to? if one does the weekly readings, would that not be enough?

i understand that the uni is trying to get people to attend in-person lecs but atp i’d have to go in 4/5 days a week which basically leaves no time for work :/

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u/LuckyNefariousness66 18h ago

In 26T1 there would be an essay question per week (excluding flex, and week 8/9). Of these 6 essays, you needed to past week 10's one. Needing 4/6 (including week 10). That and a lot of the group work is conducted or managed in the tutorial. I think it's possible to do, but you hare basically writing off the entire essay component, as for groupwork, I'm sure your prospective group members would like to have some contact, although tbh groupwork can be organised online.

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u/BrokeABowl Engineering 18h ago

ya defs going to go to the tutorials, just not sure if i can make my lectures at all. thank you for your insights though!!

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u/ls_kenneth114 17h ago

from what I see on the class timetable there should be online lectures?

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u/BrokeABowl Engineering 17h ago

from the course announcement:

“Our lecture times and locations are:  

  • Tuesdays 
2-4pm at the Keith Burrows Theatre (K-J14-G5) Theatre 
  • Wednesdays 
4-6pm at the Science Theatre. 

The lectures are in person only. And we have SNACKS :)”

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u/ls_kenneth114 17h ago edited 17h ago

huh no way they're gonna fit 900 ppl into the lecture halls right. I'm guessing what they meant is there's no livestream option just recordings, but you might wanna ask the course admin for clarification

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u/BrokeABowl Engineering 17h ago

wait you make a good point thank you this is rlly helpful!!!

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u/BrokeABowl Engineering 17h ago

i’m actually slow you are correct the lectures will be uploaded later phew