{"id":709,"date":"2008-06-09T11:27:01","date_gmt":"2008-06-09T16:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=709"},"modified":"2008-06-09T11:28:01","modified_gmt":"2008-06-09T16:28:01","slug":"signing-up-for-courses-isnt-like-trying-to-get-rid-of-crabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=709","title":{"rendered":"Signing up for courses isn’t like trying to get rid of crabs."},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Aska;
\nAlright, I am in an extremely annoying dilemma… I am a first year Life Science student. I plan on taking biology, chemistry, physics, calculus, and VIC112Y1- Puzzles, Discovery and the Human Imagination. I would also like to take the 1st year seminar HUM199H1F – Thought Experiments. This comes up to a total of 5.5 credits in my first year.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Now I have several ways to go:
\n1. Don’t take HUM199…[can I cry?] – I am new to Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> and I need time to get used to people + city + university + living alone…
\n2. Take them all – A LOT of work but I took physics 12U and am really good at math so I think that’ll lower my work quite a lot… still, I am not one of those mark obsessed people, I like getting satisfying marks but also want to have fun with others and actually “live”. Buuuuuuut. I LOVE to learn…so I think even if the going gets tough I’ll take the course…
\n3. Take it without getting the credit – I heard something about extra courses where you don’t get a credit and your mark in that course isn’t included. Can I do that with the HUM 199? I don’t care about the mark or credit since I’ll have 5 anyways. (Will I still have to pay for the course then?)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sorry for the load of questions but I am going to have to ask another one: I have been looking around and can’t seem to find the price I would have to pay for an additional .5 credit. I believe our tuition covers 5 credit load, but if we want to take more how much would each cost (0.5 in my case)?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks<\/o:p><\/strong><\/p>\n

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So are you saying that you want to take the course ?Thought Experiments? because you need to learn how to get by in the city of Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>? <\/span>Dude, that?s pretty pathetic. <\/span>But, you?re in first year. <\/span>I understand, if you mean that it?d be better to be a full time student with only 4 courses. <\/span>That is a good idea. <\/span>But, here?s what I would do:<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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Not take the Puzzles course and stick to the Humanities Seminar (which will be REALLY easy, I guarantee) and use it towards your required credit distribution. <\/span>At U of <\/span>T, you need at least one credit in each of the following categories: Social Science, Science, and Humanities, and getting one over with in a seminar is a really good way to go. <\/span>But, in order to not regret your decision, I would sign up for all of them, and then later drop a course if you just couldn?t handle it. <\/span>A half credit course is ? the price of a full year course, which is about $470, depending on what the course is (some are in fact more expensive than others). <\/span>If you drop the ? year course within the first month or so, you?ll get a full refund (the dates are always emailed out to you by your registrar office in weekly emails, so you really have no excuse to not know). <\/span>You could potentially sit in on the seminar course, but the classes are so small that it might be weird that you?re just ?there?. <\/span>You catch my drift? <\/span>So take a big breath,<\/span> sign up for all of it, and then decide later. <\/span>It?s not a pressing issue, I promise.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Aska; Alright, I am in an extremely annoying dilemma… I am a first year Life Science student. I plan on taking biology, chemistry, physics, calculus, and VIC112Y1- Puzzles, Discovery and the Human Imagination. I would also like to take the 1st year seminar HUM199H1F – Thought Experiments. This comes up to a total of 5.5 credits in my first year. Now I have several ways to go: 1. Don’t take HUM199…[can I cry?] – I am new to Toronto and I need time to get used to people + city + university + living alone… 2. Take them all – A LOT of work but I took physics 12U and am really good at math so I think that’ll lower my work quite a lot… still, I am not one of those mark obsessed people, I like getting satisfying marks but also want to have fun with others and actually “live”. Buuuuuuut. I LOVE to learn…so I think even if the going gets tough I’ll take the course… 3. Take it without getting the credit – I heard something about extra courses where you don’t get a credit and your mark in that course isn’t included. Can I do that with the HUM 199? I don’t care about the mark or credit since I’ll have 5 anyways. (Will I still have to pay for the course then?) Sorry for the load of questions but I am going to have to ask another one: I have been looking around and can’t seem to find the price I would have to pay for an additional .5 credit. I believe our tuition covers 5 credit load, but if we want to take more how much would each cost (0.5 in my case)? Thanks<\/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":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-courses"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t