Hi aska,
I can’t seem to find much information about CLA230 Introduction to Greek History and I was wondering if you could share anything you know about it (how it is marked, content etc.). I was also wondering if you could suggest any half-year courses that I could take that only has tests to determine marks (essay-writing isn’t my strong suit)? I’m looking for social sciences courses and I am on the St. George Campus. Oh, and could you possibly tell me anything about courses that U of T offers online? I can’t seem to find much information on that either.
Thanks a bunch and sorry for the many questions!
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Hey hey!
Sadly, I don’t have anything to tell you about CLA230. The unfortunate thing is that not all departments release they’re course syllabi before classes begin — very few do, actually. But if they are available somewhere on the world wide web, they’ll most likely be on the department’s page.
Now I don’t know any specific courses that can work for you, but I suppose straying away from any humanities ones would be a good idea since more often than not, they call for papers. But really, so do the social sciences. And physical sciences — although in these sections they parade under the title of “reports” or “research papers.” Most classes do really, because fun fact: university is about research! And then there’s the even funner part about university in which we must convey said research. Yuck. The only course I had that didn’t call for essays was SOC101 from way back when in my first year, but that course actually kind of sort of led to a lot of nervous breakdowns for me so I don’t think I want to recommend it. But there was also CLA160, which for me, was graded by midterm, exam, and tutorial, but I don’t even remember my professor’s name (sad as that may be) so who knows if he’s still teaching it…
What you can do is make some wild assumptions about courses based on their calender descriptions as to whether or not they’ll call for papers, as silly as that sounds, and then load up your ROSI account because technically you’re allowed to be enrolled in 6.0 FCE. I really shouldn’t but I personally do that, go to all the first classes, collect the syllabi, and drop the ones that have monotonous profs or that call for group presentations.
But to determine what courses are available next semester, check out UofT’s brand new Course Finder website! It’s pretty awesome.
And as for online courses, you’re not finding any info on them because another unfortunate fact is that St. George doesn’t have any… or well, they’re in the works. Basically this is the extent of it, but you’re definitely allowed to take other campuses’ online classes if you’re interested.
Happy searching!
aska