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Third Year Electives
Hey Guyz....
I am going into third year, in science and I was wondering if anyone knows any third year courses that are interesting/easy?
Or any second year courses?
Thanks in advance.
My suggestiosn for anyone considering easy courses are: Geo 2GG3 and Geo 2E03 (but has a heavy workload) and Anthro 1b03 is pretty easy providing u put in the work.
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06-10-2008 at 08:33 AM
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Aren't all courses easy if you put in the right amount of work?
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06-10-2008 at 01:01 PM
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Anthro 2G03 is fairly easy, as previously mentioned.
Again it depends on what you find easy and what you don't. CSCT/English 2J03 is pretty easy...but has essay writing components.
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2J03 isn't offered this year I believe. If thats the History of English one I'm thinking of, cause I wanted to take it to finish up my cultural studies requirement.
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2J03 is pop culture. you're thinking 2JJ3 i think.
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if you don't mind taking a stats course, SOC SCI 2J03 is a super easy one
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if you don't mind taking a stats course, SOC SCI 2J03 is a super easy one
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You're not permitted to take that if you're in Science.
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Biochem 3G03
Stats 2B03
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06-23-2009 at 05:12 PM
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Speaking of 3rd year electives, does anyone have any insights on Poli Sci 3NN6 Public Law? The course sounds really interesting but I'm not sure if it is possible to get an A in it.
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I would assume that would be a more difficult third year poli sci course, as it is six units...
six unit classes are typically for those enrolled in the program, and not ones encourages as electives
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Umm how doable are third year Religious study courses?
Because for some reason they canceled the second year Islamic Studies course so I have a choice to take a 3rd year Islamic Studies course(3C03) though.
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Aren't all courses easy if you put in the right amount of work?
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I don't think this is the case actually...
Some courses are death, and have like, a 30-40% class average. It certainly doesn't feel like any amount of work you do will save you, while in a course like this.
Not to mention it has a lot to do with talent and learning styles. If I took an english course, I could treat it like a full time job and still not get an A, whereas I can study for other courses one weekend a month and get one.
It's relativity, and I don't mean general.
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As for an easy third year elective, if you're not completely frightened when it comes to Math, I recommend Math 3G03 (Problem Solving). You learn no new math material in this course, and instead you learn how to solve problems given what you already know. During each lecture (the class size is capped at 20) the prof brings an overhead sheet with 5 problems on it. You do whichever ones you feel comfortable with.
Your grade is a combination of class participation, weekly quizzes (solve one of two new problems you haven't seen in lecture) and bi-weekly assignments (solve two out of four new problems). |
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I don't think this is the case actually...
Some courses are death, and have like, a 30-40% class average. It certainly doesn't feel like any amount of work you do will save you, while in a course like this.
Not to mention it has a lot to do with talent and learning styles. If I took an english course, I could treat it like a full time job and still not get an A, whereas I can study for other courses one weekend a month and get one.
It's relativity, and I don't mean general.
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Agreed. I'm still waiting for an 11 or a 12 in an English class...and I'm an English major. It's friggin' impossible.
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As for an easy third year elective, if you're not completely frightened when it comes to Math, I recommend Math 3G03 (Problem Solving). You learn no new math material in this course, and instead you learn how to solve problems given what you already know. During each lecture (the class size is capped at 20) the prof brings an overhead sheet with 5 problems on it. You do whichever ones you feel comfortable with.
Your grade is a combination of class participation, weekly quizzes (solve one of two new problems you haven't seen in lecture) and bi-weekly assignments (solve two out of four new problems).
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Umm what sort of problems are there? Is it like one of those complex theorems that people weren't able to solve for years until some prodigy with an Iq of 200+ comes along? eg: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_or_Girl_paradox
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert...enth _problem
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It obviously wouldn't be one of Hilbert's Problems haha...mathematicians are (very slowly) knocking back his problems...we're 100 years along and still have a long way to go. The only time I've ever had an 'open problem' in front of me in a course, was this one time when the prof found it hilarious to put something called the Collatz Conjecture on the final exam...Nicest guy in the world though, and he adjusted everyone's mark if they felt it was unfair.
"Maybe one of you became famous during these three hours." Hahaha...good times.
Anyway no, the problems are simpler than that, yet challenging..."Math contest" style questions. Things like "Integrate this" and they give an integral, wherein blindly attacking the problem leads nowhere. You need to do some kind of trick, like changing variables or using a trig identity.
I've scanned and will attach a sample worksheet to this post.
Note that Question 2, is a proof that Root(2) is an irrational number ("It's decimals go on forever in an unpredictable format")
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A word of caution, when you look at these problems...you may be intimidated. But don't be! Even a math major would be intimidated at first glance...there is a reason the course is taught...you'll be adequately prepared! Also keep in mind this is 2 months or so into the course already.
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EDIT: Here's one of my favourite 'puzzles.'
Suppose I have a magic box, which evaluates some mystery polynomial over the positive integers (its coefficients are positive integers). You plug in a number, and the magic box evaluates the polynomial on that number.
Ex: f(x) = x^2 + 3x + 2
If you put a '2' into the magic box, the box spits out f(2) = 12 (which is 2^2 + 3*2 + 2)
You have no idea what the highest degree of n is, or what the coefficients are! The object of the game is to figure out all of the coefficients.
The question is, how many 'guesses' or numbers do I have to put into the magic box, to figure it out (What is the smallest number of guesses, which will allow me to solve for every coefficient)?
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