{"id":22718,"date":"2019-05-28T22:04:02","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T02:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=22718"},"modified":"2020-01-27T16:59:51","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T21:59:51","slug":"compsigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=22718","title":{"rendered":"compSIGH"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post_content clearfix\">\n<div class=\"post_content_inner clearfix\">\n<div class=\"post_body\">Hello! I&#8217;m a mechancial engineering graduate from Queen&#8217;s university. I realized my passion for computer science and want to pursue a career in computer science. The masters of computer science at UofT requires CSC343H: Introduction to Databases CSC369H: Operating Systems; and CSC373H: Algorithm Design, Analysis &amp; Complexity or their equivalents. Would it be possible\/feasible for me to apply and get into these courses as a non-degree student?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post_footer clearfix\" data-subview=\"footer\">\n<div class=\"post_controls\" role=\"toolbar\" data-subview=\"controls\">\n<div class=\"post_controls_inner\">\n<div class=\"post_control post-control-icon message-controls\" data-block-tumblelog=\"post_id:184999628633,name:askastudentuoft\">\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block-tumblelog=\"post_id:184999628633,name:askastudentuoft\">hey friend,<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block-tumblelog=\"post_id:184999628633,name:askastudentuoft\"><\/div>\n<div data-block-tumblelog=\"post_id:184999628633,name:askastudentuoft\">yes, from what i know it should be possible to do that! u of t easily allows recently graduated students to enrol as a non-degree student for the purpose of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/home-stretch\/continuing-ed\">getting those grad school prereqs down<\/a>. this is true even if you completed your studies elsewhere&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.future.utoronto.ca\/apply\/applying\">you&#8217;ll just need to apply.<\/a> compsci as a program is considered to be under the<a href=\"https:\/\/fas.calendar.utoronto.ca\/section\/Computer-Science\"> faculty of arts and science,<\/a> which makes it much easier to get into those courses as a non-degree student (with faculties like music and engineering, you&#8217;d have to contact them).<\/div>\n<div data-block-tumblelog=\"post_id:184999628633,name:askastudentuoft\"><\/div>\n<div data-block-tumblelog=\"post_id:184999628633,name:askastudentuoft\">the only thing i can think of that might be a barrier to you is if those three courses are particularly in-demand. i looked them up on the <a href=\"https:\/\/timetable.iit.artsci.utoronto.ca\/\">timetable<\/a> and they&#8217;ve all got priority enrolment controls, which essentially means only compsci degree students can get seats until a certain date. then, artsci students and utm\/utsc students have second and third priority respectively. i&#8217;m not sure where non-degree students would fall in this priority order&#8211; possibly with utm\/utsc, or after?<\/div>\n<div data-block-tumblelog=\"post_id:184999628633,name:askastudentuoft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/xUA7biThNaTvj5GiZi\/giphy.gif\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-block-tumblelog=\"post_id:184999628633,name:askastudentuoft\"><\/div>\n<div data-block-tumblelog=\"post_id:184999628633,name:askastudentuoft\">if you&#8217;d like to know for certain what the likelihood is that you can get in, i&#8217;d suggest you contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/fas.calendar.utoronto.ca\/section\/Computer-Science\">department directly.<\/a> even though i can see the class sizes and enrolment controls, it&#8217;s pretty hard for me to give you a concrete answer as a fellow student myself.<\/div>\n<div data-block-tumblelog=\"post_id:184999628633,name:askastudentuoft\"><\/div>\n<div data-block-tumblelog=\"post_id:184999628633,name:askastudentuoft\">hope this was helpful though! all the best with your possible future at u of t.<\/div>\n<div data-block-tumblelog=\"post_id:184999628633,name:askastudentuoft\"><\/div>\n<div data-block-tumblelog=\"post_id:184999628633,name:askastudentuoft\">over n out,<\/div>\n<div data-block-tumblelog=\"post_id:184999628633,name:askastudentuoft\">aska<\/div>\n<div class=\"post_footer clearfix\" data-subview=\"footer\">\n<div class=\"post_controls\" role=\"toolbar\" data-subview=\"controls\">\n<div class=\"post_controls_inner\">\n<div data-block-tumblelog=\"post_id:184999628633,name:askastudentuoft\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! I&#8217;m a mechancial engineering graduate from Queen&#8217;s university. I realized my passion for computer science and want to pursue a career in computer science. The masters of computer science at UofT requires CSC343H: Introduction to Databases CSC369H: Operating Systems; and CSC373H: Algorithm Design, Analysis &amp; Complexity or their equivalents. Would it be possible\/feasible for me to apply and get into these courses as a non-degree student? \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey friend, yes, from what i know it should be possible to do that! u of t easily allows recently graduated students to enrol as a non-degree student for the purpose of getting those grad school prereqs down. this is true even if you completed your studies elsewhere&#8211; you&#8217;ll just need to apply. compsci as a program is considered to be under the faculty of arts and science, which makes it much easier to get into those courses as a non-degree student (with faculties like music and engineering, you&#8217;d have to contact them). the only thing i can think of that might be a barrier to you is if those three courses are particularly in-demand. i looked them up on the timetable and they&#8217;ve all got priority enrolment controls, which essentially means only compsci degree students can get seats until a certain date. then, artsci students and utm\/utsc students have second and third priority respectively. i&#8217;m not sure where non-degree students would fall in this priority order&#8211; possibly with utm\/utsc, or after? if you&#8217;d like to know for certain what the likelihood is that you can get in, i&#8217;d suggest you contact the department directly. even though i can see the class sizes and enrolment controls, it&#8217;s pretty hard for me to give you a concrete answer as a fellow student myself. hope this was helpful though! all the best with your possible future at u of t. over n out, 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":[214,4,165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-science","category-grad-school","category-non-degree"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}