Hello The Epitome of Awesomeness, I’m planning out my schedule and I have a conflict between two courses I really want to take: ENG200H and ENG240Y. The professors for both courses seem great, so instead of closing my eyes and choosing one at random, I’m hoping you could give me some advice. Have you ever taken either? What are your opinions on both? Thanks!
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hey there,
i haven’t taken either course, but like i said, you’ll probably find that circumstance will make the choice for you. either you won’t be able to get into one of them on ROSI, or one will conflict with another course you want to take, or you won’t like the prof, blah blah blah…
if by some miracle there’s space in both courses when your start time rolls around, here are a few things to help you decide:
1. do either of them meet program requirements?
2. are either of them prerequisites for upper-year courses you might be interested in taking?
3. are either of them beneficial for an application to any graduate/professional programs you may be interested in?
4. when the lists go up for both courses, you may want to compare the reading list for both courses on the uoft bookstore website. if you don’t wanna read the stuff, you shouldn’t take the course.
5. one of them is a half-level course and one is a full-year, so if you pick the H course, i hope you have some equally as awesome S-course in mind to fill the gap. or, on the flip side, if you take the Y course, make sure it doesn’t go over the course limit (either set by the university, or by your own academic limitations).
hope that’s helpful, my friend.
aska