Semester 1
CHEM10004 Chemistry 1
BIOL10005 Biology of Cells & Organisms
PHYC10009 Fundamentals of Physics
MAST10005 Calculus 1
Winter
DNCE20031 Dance 2: Performance and Choreography (breadth)
Semester 2
CHEM10005 Chemistry 2
BIOL10006 Genetics & Evolution of Life
MAST10006 Calculus 2
FNCE10002 Principles of Finance OR ECON10004 Introductory Microeconomics (undecided breadth)
Someone pls let me know if I might die in semester 1
I could be dead wrong, but don't you need to have completed four level 1 subjects *before* you can take any from level 2?
Hi Colline,
Your subjects look fine for semester 1! However, since the uni's rolling out new biology subjects for your year level next year, you guys won't be doing Biology of Cells and Organisms or Genetics and the Evolution of Life. Since you've done VCE bio, I'm pretty sure you would be doing Biology: Life's Machinery (BIOL10009) in Semester 1 and Biology: Life's Complexity (BIOL10011) in Semester 2.
Personally I did very similar subjects in my semester 1 of my first year, and I found both chem 1 and physics somewhat tricky. However, the good thing with physics is that they generally make the final exam quite fair, so don't panic if you find the content quite hard to understand during the semester. However, they are changing the fundamentals physics course, so I'm not sure how difficult they'll make it (I believe they are adding in new content like electrical circuits).
Since you have a very strong foundation in maths, I reckon Calc 1 would be quite straightfoward for you! The subject is organised brilliantly and there's plenty of resources given, and I personally found the whole subject quite smooth-sailing. There's no problems to trick you like in Maths Methods, just focus on improving your arithmetic skills since you can't use a calculator. Though, I did complete Calc 1 in this recent semester (second year), so I'm not sure how a first year would feel. I would say that Calc 1 is my favourite first year science subject, and the workload is on the lighter side as there's no pracs like in chem, bio or physics.