Deakin University Trimesters
The way that students study at Deakin University is changing. From November 2008, students will study in three equal trimesters. The key facts of trimester are: ¬ Domestic students can study in any (or all) trimester using HECS, CSP or FEE-HELP ¬ There will be no uni-wide swot vac ¬ There will be no mid-semester break in Trimester 2 ¬ If your units are offered, you can fast track your degree, or drop your load and study year round ¬ A full load will still be 6 units in 2 trimesters For more info check out www.dusa.org.au So, DUSA wants to know – what do you think about changes to the Deakin academic calendar?
Signatures: 10
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Nisi Munasinghe
(Burwood, Australia)
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Kellie Turvey
(Box Hill South, Australia)
I did summer semester last year and loved it but i can not do the trimester this year as none of my subjects are offered!!! The are hardly any science core subjects avalible which means that we cannot fast track our degree to lighten our load. It is unfair to the science students! |
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NATASHA LEE
(BURWOOD, Australia)
Abolishing the vac is a BADDD thing... but having a trimester means we could possibly graduate faster. but if htat's the case, then there are insufficient units offered in the last summer trimester. IF this were to be implemented, they should offer more units. don't take away the mid semester break!!! we need it to catch up/prepare for exams. if not we'd go straight into exams the week after we finish our last week of school :| |
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Jarrod Johnstone
(Newcomb, Australia)
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Ashley Fleet
(St Albans Park, Australia)
I am concerned about the loss of swot vac but also with professional practice which is requirement of Engineers Australia, there is a concern about not having time for it because it usually runs in third year in the break in semester 2 but next year there is no break so it is going to be hard to find the time to it. |
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Daniel Hofmann
(Waurn Ponds, Australia)
Trimester really screws over all the Engineering students (No SWOTVAC, what the hell!!). We rarely cover all the material we need to cover during the semester as it is. In addition to this, the new model means that there is no break to include the professional practice units which are a requirement by Engineers Australia each year. The Vice Chancellor mentioned that Engineering has the highest workload out of all the courses, however still disregards how this will impact the students. Deakin will lose Engineers Australia accreditation, and will produce a Tafe style course in which no-one will get employment after graduation. |
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Calida Howarth
(Blackburn, Australia)
I'm concerned about the loss of SWOTVAC, a week of classes and the mid trimester break in the second trimester. I also think this has been brought on too soon, we can't really predict what the impact will be for students but things are going to change. What about all the students who can't take advantage of the summer trimester and just have all their time on campus during the other trimesters all compacted? What about the quality of learning and teaching at Deakin? |
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kevin tjuanta
(melbourne, Australia)
it too fast to introduced new program and also the summer semester start too early, we haven't know our result but the class already strated. |
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Stevanus Juniardi
(Clayton, Australia)
The trisemester is not beneficial for nursing student as none of the unit is offered in the summer semester. We also could not afford any shorted period of study weeks as we do clinical in hospital where sometimes we even have it in semester holiday (like semester break or after exam). It just making it worse for us. |
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Verity Guiton
(Ivanhoe, Australia)
I like this Idea because as someone who has failed a numner of subjects and has taken a semester off, I can catch up on my completion of units and will only need to study through half of next year instaed of completing an entire year. I do think they should have more choices in the third trimester though. It means that arts electives are my only choice if I don't full-fill the requirements of many of the subjects. But overall I think it's a good opportunity,especially when we don't HAVE to do the third trimester if we don't want to. I think it gives us more choices. . |