{"id":4672,"date":"2013-03-04T15:03:53","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T20:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=4672"},"modified":"2016-07-05T11:51:57","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T15:51:57","slug":"working-by-day-studying-by-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=4672","title":{"rendered":"working by day, studying by night :("},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey there<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m trying to figure out the best major\/minor options for me as a part-time degree student. My problem is that I am only able to go to evening classes, and my options seem totally limited to the point of insanity. I would love to get my bEd afterwards (a feat I know I will have to go full-time for), so I&#8217;m looking at teachable options. I was thinking I might do an english major, french minor, history minor, but fear I am just kidding myself. A part time degree is no doubt a long road&#8211; I just want to make sure I&#8217;m not doomed before I start.<\/p>\n<p>Any suggestions?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Hey hey!<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re obviously not doomed. You&#8217;re going to take a little more time than everyone, but you&#8217;re not doomed. I do hope, however, that you&#8217;re patient because sometimes UofT can be a pain when it comes to getting into courses&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>For now, I suppose I recommend taking a look at the course timetable and seeing what works. More often than not, if a department has a lot of courses, a fair share of them will be offered in the evening. So if you&#8217;re interested in majoring in English, I can actually tell you from experience that there&#8217;s quite a number of evening courses there, and looking at the timetable, this year there have been a lot of sections for most French classes. Unfortunately, History doesn&#8217;t seem to offer much at night (this year at least), but if you&#8217;re just minoring in it that shouldn&#8217;t be too difficult.<\/p>\n<p>And when it comes to deciding for next year, make use of the <a href=\"http:\/\/coursefinder.utoronto.ca\/course-search\/search\/courseSearch?viewId=CourseSearch-FormView&amp;methodToCall=start\" target=\"_blank\">course finder<\/a> to narrow things down to evening classes only and make your life a little easier.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey there I&#8217;m trying to figure out the best major\/minor options for me as a part-time degree student. My problem is that I am only able to go to evening classes, and my options seem totally limited to the point of insanity. I would love to get my bEd afterwards (a feat I know I will have to go full-time for), so I&#8217;m looking at teachable options. I was thinking I might do an english major, french minor, history minor, but fear I am just kidding myself. A part time degree is no doubt a long road&#8211; I just want to make sure I&#8217;m not doomed before I start. Any suggestions? Thanks! \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Hey hey! You&#8217;re obviously not doomed. You&#8217;re going to take a little more time than everyone, but you&#8217;re not doomed. I do hope, however, that you&#8217;re patient because sometimes UofT can be a pain when it comes to getting into courses&#8230; For now, I suppose I recommend taking a look at the course timetable and seeing what works. 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