Hi! I sat in the PUMP lectures/tutorials for the summer but I didn’t pay the fee, so I won’t be given a certificate to show proof that I know high school level math. I want to take first-years maths, but they have pre-reqs. Does the math dept actively check to see if you have the pre-reqs? Thanks.
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hey there,
the math department (like every department at uoft) definitely checks up on prerequisites. it depends a little bit from department to department how quickly they make these checks, but it can be done any time between course enrolment and the start of school (“students enroled in courses for which they do not have the published prerequisites may have their registration in those courses cancelled at any time without warning“).
basically, there’s no way to sneak into a class.
and since we live in a capitalist society where services are exchanged for monetary compensation, you do have to pay for a course to receive credit for it, just like any other student.
before you join up with zombie Marx and Engels to protest the unfairness of it all, i would contact the people behind PUMP to see about making a late payment.
cheers,
aska