During my English degree, I’ve received very little instruction on how to actually close-read, often relying on rudimentary high-school techniques.
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Exams are unavoidable, but we can at least take a moment to reflect on their place in the Arts course.
Students, according to universities, demand choice when perusing a catalogue on Year 12 Open Day, only to forget about it as soon as classes actually start.
Majors impacted include Politics, International Relations, Socio-Legal Studies, Asian Studies, and Ancient History which all now have an exam in their first year core unit.
Pending regulatory approval, the University of Sydney will offer a Bachelor of Politics Philosophy and Economics in 2025, following nine other Australian universities who now offer the degree founded by Oxford University in 1921.
In a submission to the Undergraduate Studies Committee, the University has proposed 12 2000-level and 13 3000-level units in the Philosophy department be cut or merged.
Honi Soit has accessed a document, “FASS Guidelines for Applying M03 Marking Paycode”, which advises Arts and Social Sciences tutors on how to apply different marking levels. The document lists the rationale that “The Faculty is seeking to develop an approach to marking classification that is consistent with obligations to staff under the Enterprise Agreement”.
Although the initiatives read well on paper, there is a lack of depth in the specifics of what these changes will involve and how they will be implemented.
In an Out of Session meeting by circulation, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) board members will decide upon…
ICPUs dispense limited academic benefit or enjoyment to students, yet the University defends them while other units are cut.
