{"id":730,"date":"2008-06-11T09:36:15","date_gmt":"2008-06-11T14:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=730"},"modified":"2008-06-11T09:37:02","modified_gmt":"2008-06-11T14:37:02","slug":"pretty-birdcourse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=730","title":{"rendered":"Pretty Bird(course)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span><strong>?<\/strong><\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\"><strong>Hey,<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\"><strong>I&#8217;m a newly admitted life science student and I would like to? eventually be accepted to a professional faculty, which unfortunately? means I need a minimum GPA of 3.7. With the ridiculous demands of my?science courses, I was hoping to find an easy humanity and an easy? social science where I can slack off (comparatively) yet still achieve?a high mark.<\/p>\n<p>I do NOT want to write essays. Long calculations don&#8217;t faze me but I? find long writing simply cumbersome. Although I realize this is hard? to avoid in university, I&#8217;ll be happy in a course as long as there is? minimal extensive writing.<\/p>\n<p>I was looking at some of the first-year social science seminars and? &#8220;You Say You Want an Evolution&#8221; actually sounds rather interesting.? However, do you happen to know what kind of work our mark would be? based on? Will it be a good choice for what I want?<\/p>\n<p>In terms of my humanity, French has always been a strength of mine,? but so far, I haven&#8217;t been hearing good things about the French? courses offered at UofT. Is it possible to get a high mark in the? language? French has never been difficult for me, but to be completely? honest, my French teacher for grade 12 was a total hackjob and I&#8217;m not? sure whether I will continue to get the same marks come September.<\/p>\n<p>Help? My registrar was useless.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks so much,<br \/>\n(You deserve such massive cred)<br \/>\nMonica<span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><\/span>?<span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">Hey, Monica.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">Thanks.<span>? <\/span>I do deserve Massive cred.<span>? <\/span>That being said, I would take anything you could in a seminar.<span>? <\/span>They?re small, easy, and made for you to get one of your credit requirements in the least stressful way possible.<span>? <\/span>I can?t guarantee no essays (I&#8217;m sure if there were any, though, they&#8217;d be terribly short), but I know a lot of the grade is based?on attendance and participation.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">?<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">As for languages, and every askastudent to date has said something along these lines: they?re a bitch.<span>? <\/span>They?re the equivalent to two courses and you have to be EXTREMELY dedicated, and to me it sounds like you want to actually have a life at university.<span>? <\/span>If you really want it, maybe take it in the summer.<span>? <\/span>But if you want a really good grade to boost your average, the seminar is the way to go.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">?<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">Break a leg!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">askastudent<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>?Hey,I&#8217;m a newly admitted life science student and I would like to? eventually be accepted to a professional faculty, which unfortunately? means I need a minimum GPA of 3.7. With the ridiculous demands of my?science courses, I was hoping to find an easy humanity and an easy? social science where I can slack off (comparatively) yet still achieve?a high mark. I do NOT want to write essays. Long calculations don&#8217;t faze me but I? find long writing simply cumbersome. Although I realize this is hard? to avoid in university, I&#8217;ll be happy in a course as long as there is? minimal extensive writing. I was looking at some of the first-year social science seminars and? &#8220;You Say You Want an Evolution&#8221; actually sounds rather interesting.? However, do you happen to know what kind of work our mark would be? based on? Will it be a good choice for what I want? In terms of my humanity, French has always been a strength of mine,? but so far, I haven&#8217;t been hearing good things about the French? courses offered at UofT. Is it possible to get a high mark in the? language? French has never been difficult for me, but to be completely? honest, my French teacher for grade 12 was a total hackjob and I&#8217;m not? sure whether I will continue to get the same marks come September. Help? My registrar was useless. 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