Getting in early with Arts.

Not just a degree or a faculty, a specific course

Try Physics: The Big Questions

http://studyat.anu.edu.au/courses/PHYS8513;details.html

It’s basically just a semester long discussion on topics like “The possibility of extra-terrestrial life”. I took the equivalent a number of years ago. Good fun if you like shows like Catalyst. From memory the only assessment was attendance and an essay or two.

Actually to get a student card and cheap software among other things I enrolled in the language courses at the CIT. Problem is they are ceasing the certificate level courses now.

But I’ll vote for arts at any uni as the easiest bludge of a course ever.

Mine would have to have been The Art of War, offered by the Asian Studies faculty.

As I recall it consisted solely of reading The Art of War, talking about how awesome it is for most of the classes, then writing a single major essay relating its teachings to anything. Anything at all.
Hell, my friend got drunk and spent the entire night before watching Jackie Chan movies, and got a distinction by relating it back to those movies.

There was a webdesign course that came under CSIT that was really easy. A quick google shows it’s COMP1710, can’t guarantee that though. Science communication SCOM is a glorified english course, but there is group work involved – which means that you can get stuck with idiots who don’t speak english. ENVS1001 is pretty easy if english is your first language, they’ve made it a little bit more time consuming by including an excursion, not sure if you still have to write a course reflection diary.

I suppose it’s where your strengths are. Generally, first year courses are pretty easy, particularly if you speak english

Almost 30 years ago the Centre For Continuing Education (run by the ANU) offered a course dedicated to getting the most out of your video store membership and the best videos to rent.

Anything to do with “complimentary medicine”. There can be no wrong answers.

Legal Theory. Like philosophy, its impossible to understand unless you spend an awful lot of time thinking about it and doing lots of study. Since no one expects you to do that, you can get away with a very very superficial understanding and the use of words like ‘monolithic’.

As a course pretty cruisy – except you would have to turn up to lectures to pick up the buzz words.

http://studyat.anu.edu.au/courses/FILM1002.html

Anything in Philosophy – especially if it’s taught by Brian Garrett.

I have to agree with markus_k, I took the Art of War and got a HD for an essay that probably would not even pass other courses. No referencing required, there wasnt even a specified length for the essay “just write for as long as you feel necessary”.

Deref said :

Anything to do with “complimentary medicine”. There can be no wrong answers.

I dunno, it can be pretty hard to make a pill say, “Wow, you look great today!”

I have heard rumours that your answer is Film Studies, or Movie Appreciation. (or similar name)

Holden Caulfield said :

Deref said :

Anything to do with “complimentary medicine”. There can be no wrong answers.

I dunno, it can be pretty hard to make a pill say, “Wow, you look great today!”

I could get you a couple

Bosworth said :

I have heard rumours that your answer is Film Studies, or Movie Appreciation. (or similar name)

+ 1

http://studyat.anu.edu.au/2010/majors/ARTSMFILM;overview.html

Film Studies + IMDB = Degree

Archaeology in Film & Fiction. 12 weeks of watching Indiana Jones movies and other hilarious vaguely archaeology related films. one of the easiest and most fun classes i did when i was there.

My course! Language in Asia ASIA1001/2002. http://studyat.anu.edu.au/courses/ASIA1001;details.html

Sign up. I need the students.

@Henry82

yep COMP1710 is pretty easy but do note it is scaled so the website you have to make at the end of the semester will be graded according to how well others have done on it.

Of course if you do this for a living, should be a breeze.

With no pre-reqs? Well I guess you’d have to look at 1st year undergrad subjects. I saw Legal Theory mentioned above, when I took it I struggled with the subject, purely because I thought it was a load of crap. As a practicing lawyer now, I’ve never once put it to the court to consider the underlying philisophy of why my client opted to do what he did. I can imagine it though – “Your honour, my client’s internal morality clashed with the morality of those who created the law in question, so whilst the law as set was breached, to my client the law was invalid and should not be punished”. Their answer would be “but the law is set, and it was breached knowingly”.

Film studies, I did that in my first year. Yes, it’s pretty easy. Watch one film a week, talk about it (or not talk about it, just show up to the tuts).

The “easiest” courses I ever took would be the preliminary course for my Graduate DIploma of Laws, or the Criminal elective. The former requires showing up, and a simple comprehension exercise. The latter goes for about 5 days total, and you write a 500 word “court report”. Easy.

However I was SHOCKED with my Masters of Law. See, you don’t need an undergraduate degree in law to do the masters. For this reason the “Master Law Subjects” are taught in a way suitable for those whom have never done law before. What does this mean? They’re easier than the undergraduate subjects. So if you have an Undergrad Law Degree, do the Masters, because you already know the material they’re going to teach, and you’ll get higher marks.

hahahaha gokiburi I know who you are or who you are pretending to be. I have taken your course and would highly recommend it especially if you are holding it over 2 weekends like you did when I took it. Not sure if I would call it a bludge course though but it was GREAT.

Many years ago at another university I was in a toilet, and above the toilet paper someone had written “ANU Arts degrees, please take one”.

Was your friend by any chance hoping to be President of ANUSA?