Why the Sydney Uni Arts faculty is an embarrassment
October 13th 2006 20:30
Because i'm doing a Bachelor of Buffet Studies degree, I've experienced the Arts department and Science departments equally and the difference is staggering.
.Science Department:
Essays are submitted by going to the department, and handing your sweat and tears to a REAL person who verifies and signs a form.
Arts Department:
You throw your essay down a hole. (a slit in a cupboard marked ENGLISH ESSAYS)
Science Department:
You can see your marks online through WebCT as soon as they're ready.
Arts Department:
You can see the WebCT menu appear for the subject in Week 12.
Science Department:
Your textbooks are listed well before the start of semester with ample supply in the Co-op Bookshop.
Arts Department:
Sometimes you need to buy separate readers for every sub-section of the course which come out throughout the semester.
Science Department:
The lecturers or tutors can be EXTREMELY ethnic with painful accents
"Ok for you, we have an probability of a dices...." - Fahid, statistics tutor
Arts Department:
The lecturers are usually articulate but sometimes go off ranting
Science Department:
Lecture notes are provided before the lecture starts with lecture recordings posted afterwards.
Arts Department:
Some scrappy word file with a list of philosopher quotes appears after complaints are made.
Science Department:
You can completely lose yourself in some tutorials. Like the statistics tutorial I went to was just walking in, signing the roll and sitting there while the tutor goes through the questions with his back to the students the entire time. Even when returning tests, he just reads out the student number.
Arts Department:
Some tutorials are extremely crowded, it's terrible. At least the tutor uses your name and encourages discussion. Massive wank tends to occur though, especially in Linguistic tutorials when people start reflecting on their language experiences.
"Sometimes... when I say something... I don't know that i'm saying something.. then someone repeats what I wasn't saying and I agree... then we both laugh about how we totally just had a Grice's conversational implicature moment" - Arts student
Science Department:
Lectures rooms are overflowing throughout the entire semester
Arts Department:
They start pretty full but as the weeks go by the numbers dwindle down to embarrassing levels
What have you noticed? Add a comment...
.Science Department:
Essays are submitted by going to the department, and handing your sweat and tears to a REAL person who verifies and signs a form.
Arts Department:
You throw your essay down a hole. (a slit in a cupboard marked ENGLISH ESSAYS)
Science Department:
You can see your marks online through WebCT as soon as they're ready.
Arts Department:
You can see the WebCT menu appear for the subject in Week 12.
Science Department:
Your textbooks are listed well before the start of semester with ample supply in the Co-op Bookshop.
Arts Department:
Sometimes you need to buy separate readers for every sub-section of the course which come out throughout the semester.
Science Department:
The lecturers or tutors can be EXTREMELY ethnic with painful accents
"Ok for you, we have an probability of a dices...." - Fahid, statistics tutor
Arts Department:
The lecturers are usually articulate but sometimes go off ranting
Science Department:
Lecture notes are provided before the lecture starts with lecture recordings posted afterwards.
Arts Department:
Some scrappy word file with a list of philosopher quotes appears after complaints are made.
Science Department:
You can completely lose yourself in some tutorials. Like the statistics tutorial I went to was just walking in, signing the roll and sitting there while the tutor goes through the questions with his back to the students the entire time. Even when returning tests, he just reads out the student number.
Arts Department:
Some tutorials are extremely crowded, it's terrible. At least the tutor uses your name and encourages discussion. Massive wank tends to occur though, especially in Linguistic tutorials when people start reflecting on their language experiences.
"Sometimes... when I say something... I don't know that i'm saying something.. then someone repeats what I wasn't saying and I agree... then we both laugh about how we totally just had a Grice's conversational implicature moment" - Arts student
Science Department:
Lectures rooms are overflowing throughout the entire semester
Arts Department:
They start pretty full but as the weeks go by the numbers dwindle down to embarrassing levels
What have you noticed? Add a comment...
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Comment by some usyd girl
*I'm a second year medsci student. We have been with the same people for the whole year. I'll be back with the normal science people next year! I can't wait!
*I HATE not having the lecture notes in front of me!
*We had an exam in week 6, and I only got the mark back for it today. I failed.
Comment by Azza