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Bachelor of Summary notes: These are still a thing. Where to now?
Unless you are a world champion speed
ARTS by Lee Perkins reader, I can guarantee that you are not going In arts, you don’t have to choose your major
until second year, so go absolutely NUTS
to enjoy sifting through literally hundreds
of pages of readings and lecture notes. choosing your subjects! You never know

Hello you brooding, arty souls! points within each level to complete your SUMMARISE. what may inspire or surprise you so, if a
subject looks interesting, take the plunge and
degree.
Congratulations on plunking yourself into a Lecture notes: There are a thousand and see where it leads you!
one ways to write and structure your lecture
degree full of diversity, choice, expression, Major: This is your specialisation, your focus, notes. I strongly recommend spending your Being surrounded by thousands of other
a whole heap of reading and writing, and a your STRENGTH. It is what you will devote first couple of weeks trying out different highly motivated students at uni can lead
much, much smaller heap of class time. It the majority of your credit points towards, methods such as good old fashioned pen one to question their own intelligence and
is a common misconception that us Arts eventually showing up on your academic and paper, programs on your laptop such ability. Different students have different ways
students have it easy – half the class time of transcript. For example, “Lee Perkins, as OneNote or Word and simply sitting, of dealing with this kind of stress. I remind
other degrees, much less content, no labs or Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and Applied watching, and soaking it in! myself that the fact that I am passionate
practicals, and study consisting of reading, Linguistics.” You can complete a single or a about a subject trumps my marks at the end
writing, and debating. double major. Refer to the Bachelor of Arts Assessments: The majority of your of the day.
handbook for more information, and consult

With the existential crisis of philosophy a Course Advisor at Stop 1 if needed. assessments will be essay-based. Different Arts is a wonderful degree because it allows
subjects and disciplines will favour different
subjects, the growing suspicion that you may essay styles. Most tutors will tell you off the you to access and express so many different
or may not be in the matrix after a semester Minor: This is your secondary specialisation. bat that university essays are nothing like perspectives and grow your own voice
of political science, and that terrifying point at You don’t devote as many of your subjects to the ones you wrote in high school. They are alongside them. So dive in, don’t hold back,
which words no longer sound like words after this (6 at 75 points), and it doesn’t show up right. Especially in the first year, you are not and follow what you are most interested in!
studying linguistics, the day-to-day of an Arts on your graduation certificate. For example, going to have a clear idea of how to write an
degree can go toe-to-toe with the hardest of my Major is Linguistics, with a minor in essay for a subject. Ask your tutor what they
them! Philosophy. expect first. Luckily, most tutors will also give

Breadths: This is something unique to the you feedback on an initial thesis statement
‘Melbourne Model’ and is either enjoyed or and essay summary. Mine your tutors for
despised by undergraduate students. These as much information as possible – it’s why
are subjects from another degree that Arts they’re there!
students must complete at least four of
(50 points) to, well, provide ‘breadth’ to their
learning. For example, in my first semester, I
did a Fine Arts (Music) subject!
What on God’s green Earth is a credit
point? Research, aSsIgNmEnTs, TIME
MANAGEMENT, UGGHHHH!!! My first year goals

I didn’t figure out exactly how the Arts
course structure worked until I had to nail Readings: Your arts experience will centre
down my major, which was three weeks around one question: “Have I done this week’s
ago – true story. I swear I am still somewhat reading?” These can span from one page
experienced enough to talk about this… In all to fifty, can either be incredibly interesting
seriousness though, it is the most confusing or incredibly boring and will have a large
part of any Uni course. Essentially, an Arts effect on your ability to participate in class
degree consists of 300 ‘credit points’, being and compose provocative responses. Each
points you gain from doing subjects. Each student has their own way of completing (or
subject is typically worth 12.5 points and is not completing) readings. I try and complete
categorised as either a Level 1, 2, or 3 subject a reading right before the corresponding
(levels referring to years 1, 2, and 3). You class, that way the content is fresh in my
have to complete a certain amount of credit mind and all I have to do after class is write
summary notes!
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