aska exclusive: two classes that are exactly the same!

Hi

I was just curious about HPS390 and MAT390.

One has 100 available spots, the other has 50.? Both are exclusions to one another, but are offered by the same teacher and exactly the same time in the winter.? This implies to me that they are exactly the same course.

I am from the distant school of Scarborough Campus and can’t see which one is full, but if they are exactly the same and lets say MAT390 was full (the one with only 50 spots)…could I not just take HPS390 if it has open space and have it count as MAT390?? How many spots are left for MAT390 anyways?

Course selection is always the most stressful thing for me haha… I really appreciate any help you can provide.
Thanks,
Franklin

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Hi Franklin!

This question took me a long time to answer, thanks to fighting through the interminable U of T bureaucracy. Here is an example of what happens when you call the Math department:

Aska: “Hey I’m calling from the Innis College registrar about HPS 390 and MAT 390…according to their course descriptions and the timetable, these classes sound exactly the same and are offered at the same time. Could this be true?”

Math lady: “I dunno, you will probably have to call (this person who will never return your phone call) and (wait forever and ever).”

Anyways, finally someone did call me back from the Math department, a representative in charge in fact, and it’s true – these courses are exactly the same! They are offered by the same prof, at the same time, in the same place and for some unknown reason are labeled under two separate course titles in two different departments. U of T is so crazy!

So if you register for HPS 390, you will be taking MAT 390 and it should be good for the same. Currently HPS 390 has 16 spots available, while MAT 390 has 7 spaces available.

Another mystery solved. Aska is like Agatha Christie, no?

xoxo, Askastduent