how is the course Science 2C00 organized? I know this a zero-credit course, but how many days is it usually scheduled for and what sort of work is done in it or how exactly are we evaluated?

Originally Posted by Luux

how is the course Science 2C00 organized? I know this a zero-credit course, but how many days is it usually scheduled for and what sort of work is done in it or how exactly are we evaluated?

One day a week for something like 9 weeks (I don't remember exactly how long, but definitely not the whole term).
Some in-class activities and short reflections. You also need to do a mock-interview and get your resume critiqued. Basically as long as you do all the required activities, you'll pass.

It's an awesome course and I highly encourage it! It helps crazy amounts with resumes and cover letters. As long as you attend the 8 classes(1 hr a week for 8 weeks) and hand in a resume and cover letter of a job posting you've passed the course. Some think it's silly to do since it's not for a credit and you still have to pay for it and for the course wear, but I have used this course wear for EVERYTHING including job/volunteer opportunities and grad school applications. One of the coursepacks I will keep my whole life!

Originally Posted by SHWEDDIES

It's an awesome course and I highly encourage it! It helps crazy amounts with resumes and cover letters. As long as you attend the 8 classes(1 hr a week for 8 weeks) and hand in a resume and cover letter of a job posting you've passed the course. Some think it's silly to do since it's not for a credit and you still have to pay for it and for the course wear, but I have used this course wear for EVERYTHING including job/volunteer opportunities and grad school applications. One of the coursepacks I will keep my whole life!

You don't actually have to pay for the course.
McMaster calculates tuition based on number of credits; since the course is zero credits, it doesn't cost anything.

I agree that the courseware was useful though.

What exactly is taught in this course? I've read the description and I get the basic idea, but more specifically, what do you get from it?

You learn about how to highlight your work experience and skill set in a way that will make you look better to a potential employer/supervisor/whatever. It was really about figuring out who you are, what you want, and how to sell that to your target. The course is required for science students who are applying for CO-OP in their program.

I don't have CO-OP in my program, but I took the course anyway in second year because I really had no idea how to write a decent resume or cover letter, and knowing I would have to apply to independent research courses and potentially a thesis later on, I needed the help. I had Kimberley as an instructor, and she gave us a lot of really useful tips on things like interview attire, behaviour, networking with other professionals, etc. You have a resume critique with your instructor towards the end of the course, and I found that extremely helpful in terms of picking out the flaws in my resume and answering questions I had about what to include/exclude. Kimberley is really experienced in that type of human resources/resume critiquing stuff so she was able to spot things very quickly.

Overall, the course has a very light workload, but personally for me it was incredibly useful. It's hard to get a spot though because it's a high demand course due to the co-op requirement.

Thanks for the info! That does seem like a course that would be really useful.

how is the workload, would it be fine to take this along with 5 other courses?

Originally Posted by Luux

how is the workload, would it be fine to take this along with 5 other courses?

According to http://www.science.mcmaster. ca/scc...4-science-2c00, science 2c00 "Can easily be taken concurrently with full course load".

Lol it doesn't even count as a course, it's meant to be taken with a full courseload.
If you can't spare an hour per week for 8 weeks, then something is seriously wrong

Does this course fulfill the 'science elective' requirement?

I have to take a science elective and I need something that's pretty easy. Sounds like this fits the bill.

Originally Posted by mastercool

Does this course fulfill the 'science elective' requirement?

I have to take a science elective and I need something that's pretty easy. Sounds like this fits the bill.

No, as I stated above, it doesn't count as a course. It's zero units.

i looked at the course outline and it mentions how a final assignment has to be completed. If anyone has done this course before, I'd like to get some feedback on this and what this was about?