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 auto orientated uni courses
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Wed, 22 December 2004 12:27
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Hi all, i am looking for some advice or ideas on uni courses which could set me up well for a good job in the automotive industry. any input will be much appreciated as i dont have long before i have to make a final decision. at the moment im looking at mechanical engineering but i could also go towards the designing aspect of the industry.
Cheers 
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Re: auto orientated uni courses
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Wed, 22 December 2004 12:42
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Hey
Strange, looks like where in the same boat...im going into year 11 with my sights set on the UAI for a mechanical engineering course. Although i don't really like engineering im looking for a good paying job related to engines that will enable me to work on my future cars with a big budget. Anyway i know it doesnt really help you i thought id just share.
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I Supported Toymods
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Re: auto orientated uni courses
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Wed, 22 December 2004 12:55
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u can always try automotive engineering in RMIT melbourne.
license to fuck around with big KWs
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Re: auto orientated uni courses
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Thu, 23 December 2004 06:37
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this is exactly what i am aiming for so i am currently doing mech eng at wollongong. i think its is probably the best "engineering" degree to do if thats where you want to go.
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I supported Toymods
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Re: auto orientated uni courses
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Thu, 23 December 2004 08:11
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No offence but i dont feel safe asociating myself with anything that has the word "donga" in it. 
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I supported Toymods
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Re: auto orientated uni courses
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Thu, 23 December 2004 22:53
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You're a dickhead. 
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Re: auto orientated uni courses
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Thu, 23 December 2004 23:21
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| davedrifts |
Although i don't really like engineering im looking for a good paying job related to engines that will enable me to work on my future cars with a big budget.
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May not be the best way to choose a career... Nothing is worse than walking into a job you don't like everyday. Decide if thats what you really want to do and have a genuine interest in, then go and talk to some people who are already working in that area.
Keep in mind the "I want $$ so I can build a mad car" phase may not seem so appealing 10 years down the track.
Don't knock TAFE, many extremely successful people within the motorsport industry here in australia have never set foot on a Uni campus.
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Re: auto orientated uni courses
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Thu, 23 December 2004 23:57
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thanks for the help 
im not sure about moving interstate but those courses sound ideal. 
i wish qld unis would put together an automotive engineering degree...it seems so obvious 
if all else fails ill work my way up as a mechanical engineer, the choice there is rockhampton or brisbane lol.
cheers
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Re: auto orientated uni courses
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Fri, 24 December 2004 00:25
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What ever you decide to do, good luck with it man.
Call up a few different engineers etc and get their opinion on how to go about things, most will be more than willing to offer advice.
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I Supported Toymods
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Re: auto orientated uni courses
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Fri, 24 December 2004 00:36
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Meadowbank Tafe (I think) have a performance motoring course.
They run a rail down WSID quite regularly and apparently are the first and only govt endorsed performance motoring qualification.
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Re: auto orientated uni courses
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Fri, 24 December 2004 00:42
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| 86twinky wrote on Fri, 24 December 2004 10:25 |
What ever you decide to do, good luck with it man.
Call up a few different engineers etc and get their opinion on how to go about things, most will be more than willing to offer advice.
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Thanks!
thats not a bad idea at all, will do
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Re: auto orientated uni courses
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Fri, 24 December 2004 04:48
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Hi,
Maybe the TAFE and Uni's should be a litte more pro-active and implement a few driver education courses and similar stuff.
seeyuzz
river
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Re: auto orientated uni courses
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Fri, 24 December 2004 08:00
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| gianttomato wrote on Fri, 24 December 2004 09:53 |
You're a dickhead.
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Cram it ugly.
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I Supported Toymods
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Re: auto orientated uni courses
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Fri, 24 December 2004 11:35
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| river wrote on Fri, 24 December 2004 15:48 |
Hi,
Maybe the TAFE and Uni's should be a litte more pro-active and implement a few driver education courses and similar stuff.
seeyuzz
river
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it was a professor frm Monash uni that explained why driving at 63km/h would kill a pedestrian and 60kmh would not.
i think they believe in cure more than prevention
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Re: auto orientated uni courses
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Fri, 24 December 2004 12:54
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| davedrifts wrote on Fri, 24 December 2004 18:55 |
86twinky Its not that i don't like engineering as such, im genually interested, i just think i'd have to get into the right feild to enjoy it. And that part about not thinking the same 10 years down the track, im 100 percent sure it will be the same.
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Work experience... the way to find out. Be someone's free bitch for a week or two and see what they do in their field. Don't base your judgment purely on the tasks they provide for you to do in this time, chances are they will be menial due to lack of skill/experience... but at least you get to see what they are actually doing. As I said to 86DRFT good luck with what ever you decide
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I Supported Toymods
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Re: auto orientated uni courses
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Fri, 24 December 2004 16:26
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and also u can always end up with car manufacturers like holden or ford in the production line.
i met a guy in the suspensions design team at holden. all he does all day is slide the commodores 
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Re: auto orientated uni courses
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Sun, 26 December 2004 10:28
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Many more unis will be offering some sort of automotive engineering specific courses in the near future. I've been studying mechatronics at adeladie uni and next year they are opening an automotive course following many of australia's major engineering unis.
Now I'm starting a years contract as an engineer at holden in about 2 weeks.
Through uni I have had the oppurtunity to work on and help design and build an open wheeld race car that competes in a competition called Formula SAE. One of the best learning experiences I have had at uni so far
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I Supported Toymods
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Re: auto orientated uni courses
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Sun, 26 December 2004 10:32
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yup im gonna join formula SAE next yr as well.
whateva u do dont work for the govt. i dont want to have robotic traffic police/camera all over the place in future.  u will also deprive ppl of jobs.
that is if ur that good at wat u do....
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Re: auto orientated uni courses
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Sun, 26 December 2004 11:21
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what sort of stuff do you cover in your courses? like how specific to automotive engineering is it?
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Re: auto orientated uni courses
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Sun, 26 December 2004 11:36
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| bigg willie style wrote on Sun, 26 December 2004 22:21 |
what sort of stuff do you cover in your courses? like how specific to automotive engineering is it?
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actually the first 2 years for auto. eng is the same as mechanical engineering. i just finished my 1st yr, so im actually doing mechanical for now.
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Re: auto orientated uni courses
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Mon, 27 December 2004 04:26
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i wnated to do mechanical engineering for a while, but didn't end up liking physics too much and dropped 3 unit maths, so I am now gonna to commerce accountancy to be exact, more money than most engineering jobs in australia bar petroleum and mining. And then this will give me the money to stuff around with cars once I'm older yay
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Re: auto orientated uni courses
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Tue, 28 December 2004 11:01
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| Corona RT142 wrote on Mon, 27 December 2004 14:26 |
i wnated to do mechanical engineering for a while, but didn't end up liking physics too much and dropped 3 unit maths, so I am now gonna to commerce accountancy to be exact, more money than most engineering jobs in australia bar petroleum and mining. And then this will give me the money to stuff around with cars once I'm older yay
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How physics focused is the course? im guessing it depends on the uni. i didnt do physics in high school but i did maths B & C so it shouldnt be that foreign-hopefully. it looks like im going for co-op mechanical engineering in rockhampton, co-op means i'll have an engineering job while im learning which will be pretty cool. lets hope i get in, thanks for the support guys
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Re: auto orientated uni courses
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Wed, 29 December 2004 03:58
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mechanical engineering is a LOT of maths and physics. Sure there are other subjects relating to other areas of the discipline, but be prepared to do a lot of calculus and physics for the whole course.
And i did a few yrs of Formula SAE, best thing i did at uni, and the potential to do as much for your motor industry career as the rest of your degree. And just fanging a little 200 and something kg openwheeler built by you and your mates, powered by a 600cc bike engine screaming away at 14k behind you is a HELL OF A LOT OF FUN!
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Re: auto orientated uni courses
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Wed, 29 December 2004 05:54
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i don't know how the qld system works but in nsw physics is a requirement to get into the uni course, the only other option is to do a bridging course of physics, 2 weeks of intense physics that will be needed in the course. Meh i'm set with commerce anyway, suffer with your twenty plus hours a week while I do a measily 6 part time work fulltime and roll in the dough. Commerce courses require the least amount of hours at uni yay, even fulltime is only 12 hours so if you plan subjects right only two days a week.
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Re: auto orientated uni courses
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Thu, 30 December 2004 01:48
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well physics isnt a prerequisite up here but i'll probebly end up doing a bridging course anyway
lol commerse sounds like a bludge but dang boring 
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I Supported Toymods
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Re: auto orientated uni courses
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Thu, 30 December 2004 08:22
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just compare the amount of notes between engineering and business students...
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Re: auto orientated uni courses
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Thu, 30 December 2004 15:39
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I didn't get a high enough UAI to do commerce @ UTS so I was planning on doing mechanical engineering and transferring later. Because I'm really into cars and stuff I began thinking about just sticking with the course because I would enjoy working in the field but now you've said there's a lot of calculus and physics involved. I was doing advanced 2 unit maths but dropped it in year 12 and have never done physics. The physics side I'm not TOO worried about but maths isn't my strong point at all, in fact I dislike. I'm just wondering whether the maths involved and physics for that matter is something I can bear with or should I look for something else?
Any help would be appreciated,
Cheers.
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I Supported Toymods
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Re: auto orientated uni courses
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Thu, 30 December 2004 17:54
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| thu187 wrote on Fri, 31 December 2004 02:39 |
I didn't get a high enough UAI to do commerce @ UTS so I was planning on doing mechanical engineering and transferring later. Because I'm really into cars and stuff I began thinking about just sticking with the course because I would enjoy working in the field but now you've said there's a lot of calculus and physics involved. I was doing advanced 2 unit maths but dropped it in year 12 and have never done physics. The physics side I'm not TOO worried about but maths isn't my strong point at all, in fact I dislike. I'm just wondering whether the maths involved and physics for that matter is something I can bear with or should I look for something else?
Any help would be appreciated,
Cheers.
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imho, commerce is much easieer but shit load much more work. lots of reading to do etc etc...
engineering is tougher but less work. u get the idea.
well like any course, theres gonna be some very boring subject u dislike. like engineering u have to do maths and business u have to do some pretty boring subjects in there as well.
seriously, do engineering if ur willing to work ur ass off on the maths, or else do business and regret not doing engineering for the rest of ur life
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