Well for starters, hope that your university doesn't have that policy of dropping students who don't show up for the first class (which happens for a very good reason, by the way - at this time of year most students are trying to shift their schedules and trying to drop classes they don't want/need and get into ones they do, and many classes are packed to bursting already. They assume that if you don't show up to the first class you don't want to be in it that badly, and that the spot would be better off given to someone who wants or needs it). Then you'll need to make absolutely certain you go to the second class and get a copy of the syllabus and anything else that was handed out on the first day.
You should also make it a point to talk to the professor and see if he or she explained anything that isn't on the syllabus that you still need to know. And most importantly, don't do it again.
They are sure to have a better idea than the folks here at YA. It wouldn't possibly do to look at the Curtin U. Orientation page (see below) and perhaps to telephone +61 8 9266 3399 and ask somebody, would it?
No, instead you get information about your university in Perth (or perhaps the Sydney campus) from a guy in the States. Brilliant start.
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