{"id":4394,"date":"2012-10-31T10:34:16","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T15:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=4394"},"modified":"2012-10-31T10:34:16","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T15:34:16","slug":"you-will-never-escape-the-wrath-of-math","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=4394","title":{"rendered":"you will never escape the wrath of math"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there,<\/p>\n<p>I was thinking about switch my first year sociology major to international relations but I don&#8217;t think that I have the math prerequisite since I didn&#8217;t take math in highschool.<\/p>\n<p>Is there anything I can do, or will they just accept me highschool mathless?<\/p>\n<p>Or am I forever stuck in sociology?<\/p>\n<p>KS<\/p>\n<p>?????????<\/p>\n<p>Hey KS!<\/p>\n<p>To get into the International Relations program, you?re required to take a first year ECO course (which is mildly <a href=\"http:\/\/media.tumblr.com\/tumblr_m2th05IVzY1qbx6en.gif\" target=\"_blank\">mathematical<\/a>), but there aren?t actually any requirements for either of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economics.utoronto.ca\/index.php\/index\/undergraduate\/load\/faq\" target=\"_blank\">two options<\/a>. ECO100Y1 recommends high school math, but then there?s ECO105Y1 which is made especially for ?non-specialists.?<\/p>\n<p>But if you mean ?math? as in an MAT course? well, according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinity.utoronto.ca\/Current_Students\/grad_requirements_ir.htm\" target=\"_blank\">requirements<\/a>, there is no MAT course needed for the major program, so I&#8217;m a little <a href=\"http:\/\/24.media.tumblr.com\/tumblr_mcpenbB1Wn1rtwspko1_500.gif\" target=\"_blank\">confused<\/a> as to why you&#8217;re confused.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there, I was thinking about switch my first year sociology major to international relations but I don&#8217;t think that I have the math prerequisite since I didn&#8217;t take math in highschool. Is there anything I can do, or will they just accept me highschool mathless? Or am I forever stuck in sociology? KS ????????? Hey KS! To get into the International Relations program, you?re required to take a first year ECO course (which is mildly mathematical), but there aren?t actually any requirements for either of the two options. ECO100Y1 recommends high school math, but then there?s ECO105Y1 which is made especially for ?non-specialists.? But if you mean ?math? as in an MAT course? well, according to the requirements, there is no MAT course needed for the major program, so I&#8217;m a little confused as to why you&#8217;re confused. 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