Otago HSFY chat - archive

[kaixian0011]

They say to check PIMS in the morning tomorrow,
Why don't you just walk to lectures?

 

[aaa24]

10 minutes drive is on a good day. Probably about 30min-1hour walk.

 

[godoftoast]

10 minutes drive is on a good day. Probably about 30min-1hour walk.

Harden up soldier or is this another one of your sinister ploys to drive HSFYers to slackdom you dastardly bastard 0.o
GoT, we'll have no trolling here thanks
Frootloop

 

[aaa24]

Hahahahah, 1 hour walk up and down hill in snow and below 0 degrees temperature? Get lost I'd rather just wait for podcasts.

 

[xyz]

I hope the snow melts before wednesday, i'd hate to have to walk to the umat place if roads are closed

 

[godoftoast]

Harden up soldier or is this another one of your sinister ploys to drive HSFYers to slackdom you dastardly bastard 0.o
GoT, we'll have no trolling here thanks
Frootloop

[offtopic] Sorry officer. Its society you see. If it wasn't for our current society oppressing the black man, I wouldn't have done it sir. Honest, sir. [/offtopic]

 

[aaa24]

[offtopic] Sorry officer. Its society you see. If it wasn't for our current society oppressing the black man, I wouldn't have done it sir. Honest, sir. [/offtopic]

I lol'd.

 

[Ben]

They say to check PIMS in the morning tomorrow,
Why don't you just walk to lectures?

*shakes fist*, I have to walk all the way to NorthCAL to check PIMS (which, for those of you who don't know, is opposite the Science Library doors), so there's really no option for me.

 

[Cathay]

I'd say due to the logistics involved, for the uni to suddenly cancel a day of lectures it would take a truly significant event, or if our lecturers can't get there. So I'd say it's quite unlikely to happen.

But still, if you feel uncomfortable making the trip in the conditions, don't - lectures have podcasts, and labs can be restreamed (I'm sure they'll understand if you ring them and explain.)

 

[frootloop]

[offtopic] Sorry officer. Its society you see. If it wasn't for our current society oppressing the black man, I wouldn't have done it sir. Honest, sir. [/offtopic]

[OFFTOPIC]Pssh, you ain't even black. And your apologies make up not a jot for the heinous crimes you have committed [/OFFTOPIC]

 

[Kyle B]

Contact Time

What is a typical week of someone doing Health Science? How many hours of lectures etc?

 

[Ben]

There you go. (note that there's an optional 8th paper that isn't included in my second semester timetable)

 

[Cathay]

What is a typical week of someone doing Health Science? How many hours of lectures etc?

First Semester: 16 hours of lectures per week, 12 hours of labs every two weeks (one 3-hour lab per fortnight per paper).
Second Semester: core papers (HEAL192, HUBS192, BIOC192): 11 hours of lectures per week, 6 hours of labs per fortnight (HUBS and BIOC), and 2 hours of HEAL192 tutorial per fortnight. Then add your 8th paper should you decide to do one, which will range between 2-3 hours of lectures per week, and probably a 2-hour tutorial per fortnight (although I haven't fact-checked that.)

So, total contact hours:
First Semester: 22 hours per week
Second Semester: 19 hours per week (assuming you take an 8th paper that has 3 lectures a week and a 2-hour tute every fortnight)

EDIT: Ben's timetable above might look a bit intimidating, but the big chunks (3-hour labs and 2-hour tutorials) are in fact once every fortnight as I mentioned, so it's not actually a "typical week".

 

[Bamboozle]

Argh. so wish I didn't go to my epi tute today. Didn't understand a thing they were saying, plus the real tutor couldn't come in so we didn't learn much either. There goes my 2% for epi... really wasn't worth the 50 min walk down from the hills.

 

[frootloop]

Argh. so wish I didn't go to my epi tute today. Didn't understand a thing they were saying, plus the real tutor couldn't come in so we didn't learn much either. There goes my 2% for epi... really wasn't worth the 50 min walk down from the hills.

Oh s**t, so the HEAL tutes are like CHEM labs (in that you can actually lose marks) ? Damn.

 

[Bamboozle]

Yea, 5 questions, so 0.4% each. pretty sure i got at least 2 wrong... It'd be k if you have your tute after you get the lectures, but hey. 8th paper.

 

[aaa24]

So what, it was material we havent even had the lectures on? thats harsh.

 

[frootloop]

So what, it was material we havent even had the lectures on? thats harsh.

*shrugs* I was in the Monday morning lab for CHEM on the first week of the rotation, so for the REDOX lab I had nfi what I was doing, and got half of the lab exit test completely wrong That's just how it goes...

 

[Doodle]

So what, it was material we havent even had the lectures on? thats harsh.

Hey don't worry about it . Yeah we hadn't covered half the stuff but the exit test wasn't hard at all. It was all stuff that was covered in the tute so don't worry! And as for degree of difficulty, the tutor said that the MCQ exit test was easier than both the terms test and the final exam so no sweat. But judging by the first experience... preparation and pre readings for lectures seem important so you can actually answer the questions when he directs them at you. Haha it's so awkward when you get put on the spot and have to answer questions... it's like Uhhhh?

 

[xyz]

I like how we spend like 5 minutes watching a pointless movie scene in every epi lecture. But are the tutes really that bad? Or comparable to chem? I didn't really study for the chem lab but learned the stuff in it and did okay in the exit tests, then again there was the option of bestchoice and an extra exit text...