{"id":6136,"date":"2014-01-08T13:11:36","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T18:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=6136"},"modified":"2019-08-17T15:10:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T19:10:21","slug":"i-cant-think-of-a-clever-pun-that-has-to-do-with-sociology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=6136","title":{"rendered":"i can&#8217;t think of a clever pun that has to do with sociology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there,<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a 2nd year student currently majoring in CCIT. I initially applied for Anthropology and Sociology minors in my subject POSts. Since I didn&#8217;t reach the grade average for Sociology, I&#8217;m temporarily enrolled in a History minor instead. Does this mean I&#8217;m required to take History courses this year? I&#8217;m enrolled in a History course for 2nd semester, but I have no interest in it at all and I&#8217;m debating on whether or not I should drop.<\/p>\n<p>For the Sociology minor, It says the grade average among all Sociology courses to get into the minor program must be at least 63% when applying in subsequent years . I took SOC100 during 1st year and SOC244 in summer school, but I ended up with a 60% in both courses. I&#8217;m taking another Sociology course next semester to hopefully get my average up.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have any advice on what I should do in the meantime? Do I have to wait until the next subject POSt enrolment date to re-apply?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks!<\/p>\n<p>?????????<\/p>\n<p>hey there,<\/p>\n<p>so, a coupla things here. first, you do have to wait until the next POSt enrolment date to apply. for you, that&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utm.utoronto.ca\/registrar\/sites\/files\/registrar\/public\/shared\/pdfs\/subjectposts\/subjectpostguideJune2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">march 18th<\/a>?since sociology is a type 2 subject POSt. (that&#8217;s earlier than the downtown campus, ya lucky butt).<\/p>\n<p>as for history, they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utm.utoronto.ca\/historical-studies\/students\/programs\/history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">don&#8217;t require<\/a> that you take certain courses in specific years, so i&#8217;d say you can get away with not taking any history courses if you don&#8217;t want to. if you have no interest in that history course you&#8217;re enrolled in, then i&#8217;d advise you <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/alicefalling.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">drop it<\/a>. drop it right away. ain&#8217;t <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/imlateforaveryimportantdate.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no time to waste<\/a> on lame courses you have no interest in.<\/p>\n<p>as for what you can do in the meantime, i&#8217;d say there&#8217;s not much. if you can take another sociology course this term to give you another chance to up your sociology average, go for that, but if that&#8217;s not an option, just <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/alicesitting.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sit tight<\/a>, man. i&#8217;d say you&#8217;re doing everything you can.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cheshirecatdisappearing.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">so long<\/a> and good luck!<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there, I&#8217;m a 2nd year student currently majoring in CCIT. I initially applied for Anthropology and Sociology minors in my subject POSts. Since I didn&#8217;t reach the grade average for Sociology, I&#8217;m temporarily enrolled in a History minor instead. Does this mean I&#8217;m required to take History courses this year? I&#8217;m enrolled in a History course for 2nd semester, but I have no interest in it at all and I&#8217;m debating on whether or not I should drop. For the Sociology minor, It says the grade average among all Sociology courses to get into the minor program must be at least 63% when applying in subsequent years . I took SOC100 during 1st year and SOC244 in summer school, but I ended up with a 60% in both courses. I&#8217;m taking another Sociology course next semester to hopefully get my average up. Do you have any advice on what I should do in the meantime? Do I have to wait until the next subject POSt enrolment date to re-apply? Thanks! ????????? hey there, so, a coupla things here. first, you do have to wait until the next POSt enrolment date to apply. for you, that&#8217;s march 18th?since sociology is a type 2 subject POSt. (that&#8217;s earlier than the downtown campus, ya lucky butt). as for history, they don&#8217;t require that you take certain courses in specific years, so i&#8217;d say you can get away with not taking any history courses if you don&#8217;t want to. if you have no interest in that history course you&#8217;re enrolled in, then i&#8217;d advise you drop it. drop it right away. ain&#8217;t no time to waste on lame courses you have no interest in. as for what you can do in the meantime, i&#8217;d say there&#8217;s not much. if you can take another sociology course this term to give you another chance to up your sociology average, go for that, but if that&#8217;s not an option, just sit tight, man. i&#8217;d say you&#8217;re doing everything you can. so long and good 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":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-subject-post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6136","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=6136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6136\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}