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SCIF1121: Adv. Science: Professional Perspective and Practice

SCIF1121: Adv. Science: Professional Perspective and Practice

University
University of New South Wales
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kierisuizahn

4 years ago

Assessment
Graduate Stream
Assumed Knowledge
None.
Comments
Very very dry course. All of the difficulty is in the report writing aspect of the discipline stream, and other discipline streams had different assessments (which from what I've heard, were much easier). The tutorial content was boring, and I found no interest in it (basically soft skills), but the tutor I had was great (Ananthan Ambikairajah) and made the tutorials interesting.

The compulsory lectures were mildly interesting, but certainly not what I wanted to be attending on a Friday afternoon, and were mostly on applied mathematics. The report itself was an interesting task, but required a large amount of work, and ended up eating into my time for other courses quite severely. Pinhas himself was nice, and helped with the report, but the actual lectures were guest lecturers.
There is a reason it has been reworked completely to become SCIF1131.
Contact Hours
1x 2hr Lecture, 1x 2hr Tutorial (both mandatory attendance).
Difficulty
2/5
Lecture Recordings?
No.
Lecturer(s)
Dr. Pinhas Grossman, with guest lecturers every week.
Notes / Materials Available
None.
Overall Rating
1/5
Textbook
None.
Year & Semester Of Completion
2017 S1
Your Mark / Grade
92 HD

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RuiAce

7 years ago

Assessment
Split evenly across the two. Each have 5% devoted to participation. The discipline stream varies depending on which discipline you chose (e.g. biology). Graduate attributes feature a classmate biography, followed by an interview with a scientist video task. NO exam.
Assumed Knowledge
Nil
Comments
This course was free marks, but was dry for me. Graduate attributes was really just talking about general life skills e.g. interview preparation, ethics. The assignment for the discipline stream was too broad; nothing specific.

It's not necessarily a bad course. But definitely not my cup of coffee. It's also hard to describe because it's completely different to what you're used to at university, AND it changes too often.

This course is one of two options that all advanced science students must take (unless they combine with engineering and have done ENGG1000). The other option is SCIF1131.
Contact Hours
2 hours of Discipline Stream, 2 hours of Graduate Attributes
Difficulty
1/5
Lecture Recordings?
N/A due to nature of this course.
Lecturer(s)
Graduate attributes - Sue Schibeci. Math discipline stream - Pinhas Grossman
Notes / Materials Available
N/A. You have to find your own materials for all assignments.
Overall Rating
1.5/5
Textbook
N/A
Year & Semester Of Completion
2016/1
Your Mark / Grade
84 DN

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