im planning on studying abroad in Australia for a semester or for a year, and was wondering if typically the schooling systems are more strict and give more homework things like that, because i know that America typically has one of the easiest education systems in the world.
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I have attended University in bot countries doing the same degree and the course work was much harder in Australia
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From what I understand of the American system, the Australian places more emphasis on a single exam for each subject with less % of marks assigned to other assessments throughout the term. Its not unusual for a subject to have an assessment of 30% single assignment, 70% exam - so one bad mark could result in a fail. This also means that often you have no idea how you are going in a subject until it is almost too late to correct.
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It depends on the university and the particular course as they are all different. For instance my course at the University of Melbourne comprises of significantly more contact hours, more subjects and more assignments than the same course at LaTrobe University. Some universities pride themselves on being academic such as Australian National University, Melbourne University and Sydney University while others like LaTrobe seem to offer simpler courses. I have lived with American exchange students while attending uni and they think the contact hours were similar but our uni gave more homework in the terms of assignments and readings.
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