{"id":10499,"date":"2014-07-29T11:29:47","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T16:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=10499"},"modified":"2019-08-06T23:25:28","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T03:25:28","slug":"transferring-to-comp-sci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=10499","title":{"rendered":"computers are my calling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey,<br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/>I was a part time student last year which was my first year. The program I was admitted to was social science but after this first year I decided that computer science is where I wanna be. What&#8217;s the procedure for switching from social sci to comp sci?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>hey there,<\/p>\n<p>well, it depends on the campus. i&#8217;m gonna assume you&#8217;re st. george because it&#8217;s the <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/balanceofprobabilitymycroft.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">most likely option<\/a>. see? probability and math can be used to solve real-life problems when people don&#8217;t teLL YOU WHICH CAMPUS THEY&#8217;RE AT MY GOSH.<\/p>\n<p>moving on.<\/p>\n<p>it all depends on what you took in first year. the simple answer is that you need to have taken all the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca\/ofr\/calendar\/crs_csc.htm#ASMAJ1689\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">prerequisites for the subject POSt <\/a>(note that the prereqs for applying after first year are different from applying after the second). then apply during the correct <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsci.utoronto.ca\/current\/course\/subject-post-enrolment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">enrolment period<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>you will also need to complete a total of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsci.utoronto.ca\/current\/course\/timetable\/1415_fw\/step-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">4.0 FCEs<\/a> before you can apply to the comp. sci. POSt. since you were a part-time student in first year, i&#8217;m guessing you haven&#8217;t gotten there yet. if that&#8217;s the case, you can take this year to get up to the minimum requirement, make sure you&#8217;ve met all the prereqs for computer science, and then apply next april.<\/p>\n<p>best of luck,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey,I was a part time student last year which was my first year. The program I was admitted to was social science but after this first year I decided that computer science is where I wanna be. What&#8217;s the procedure for switching from social sci to comp sci? \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey there, well, it depends on the campus. i&#8217;m gonna assume you&#8217;re st. george because it&#8217;s the most likely option. see? probability and math can be used to solve real-life problems when people don&#8217;t teLL YOU WHICH CAMPUS THEY&#8217;RE AT MY GOSH. moving on. it all depends on what you took in first year. the simple answer is that you need to have taken all the prerequisites for the subject POSt (note that the prereqs for applying after first year are different from applying after the second). then apply during the correct enrolment period. you will also need to complete a total of 4.0 FCEs before you can apply to the comp. sci. POSt. since you were a part-time student in first year, i&#8217;m guessing you haven&#8217;t gotten there yet. if that&#8217;s the case, you can take this year to get up to the minimum requirement, make sure you&#8217;ve met all the prereqs for computer science, and then apply next april. best of luck, aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[214,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-science","category-subject-post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hey,I was a part time student last year which was my first year. 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