AnswerID: 269595 Submitted: Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 20:33
BIG_red87
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Laura
Hopefully i've deciphered all that properly lol
As part of a bachelors degree you will usually have to major in a particular subject. The distinction between major/minor subjects in a degree is the number of units you must take from that subject.
For instance:
If you were enrolled in a Bachelor or Arts, majoring in History, you would be required to take (say) 12 History units, whilst the the remaining 12 units could be comprised of units from other disciplines (say English, Anthropology etc).
Minor units are also often electives, whilst units forming a major may be compulsory.
Hope that helps
Big Red
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FollowupID: 532464 Submitted:
Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 20:55
Laura aka diver 1 posted:
I read just then that a minor would be either a suitable 1st yr sequence +2 x 2nd yr or 2 x 3rd yr units OR 2x2nd yr + 2 x 3rd yr units....
Gonna do a BA...but thought Id pull out at Diploma level - take too long at part time - got 3 kids at home...major in Society and the environment and 8 electives (basically doing another major in Australian Studies)....post graduate in Music and SOSE (legal studies)....just gotta find whether open uni offer music somewhere along the line cos i cannt seem to find it....and legal studies - should i do criminology??
ahhh...the joys of changing my mind at last minute...!!
thanks,
Laura
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