I must say, as much as I rag on Philosophy I do not get it the credit it is due, and ether knows this to be true.
Philosophy doesn't require the normal BS you can use in any of the many art faculties offered here at SFU, nor is it "hard" per say. You just need the right type of mind to wrap around the material. If you have this mind then you can easily understand Phil and get a good mark in it, but a lot of people do not. Since I am one of them I am going to continue on my, "FUCK PHILOSOPHY!!" vendetta.
and you were right in everything except when you said that linear algebra is harder than macm. I still find that statement amusing, especially now.
I don't remember saying that. If I did, I was clearly wrong. I have now done every mandatory math course required for a CMPT major. MACM 201 was by far the hardest (but I still got a B+, which is my highest math grade so far, followed by several Bs). It required working my ass off, and the concepts are rather difficult to grasp, specially the dreadful Generating Functions. The homework was pure pain.
Linear Algebra,as taught by Monagan, had longer assignments, but the material was more interesting and easier to grasp for me.
MACM 316 as taught by Oberman had ridiculously long and tedious assignments. The material was fairly easy and not that interesting or useful at all (some of it was, but I can't see applying most of it), but it required doing all the work to cover all bases. He was the kind of prof that makes the exams an easy subset of the assignments, which I like. I only got a B in that one because the curve was so high.
Bottom line: Work your ass off. Go to all classes, take notes, do all the homework (for real, not copying it off someone else). If you do all that, I can't see failing one of these classes. I broke these rules for STAT 270, and garnered my only F in possibly the easiest (yet most boring) math class of our degree. I won't be doing that mistake again (I'm taking BUEC this upcoming semester to make up for it and plan on doing very well by following the above plan!). If you can't see yourself following the above plan, either you are smarter than me, you don't mind a lower GPA, or sciences just aren't for you.
Keep in mind I had a 12 or so year break in my schooling, so most of this stuff is further away for me than you young'uns. But I managed to do it for 2 years now with a mortgage, obligations, and usually several jobs a semester.
Isn't the homework mark in math courses worth only 10%?
Depends on the course and professor. When I took MATH 240 with Monagan, homework was worth 24%, and each midterm was only worth 13%, leaving 50% for the final. I was also taking CMPT 275 at the same time, a group project course with tons of work. As such, I sacrificed STAT 270 and paid dearly (failed it).
Depends on the course and professor. When I took MATH 240 with Monagan, homework was worth 24%, and each midterm was only worth 13%, leaving 50% for the final. I was also taking CMPT 275 at the same time, a group project course with tons of work. As such, I sacrificed STAT 270 and paid dearly (failed it).
Phil
Were you taking it with Janice during the fall 08 semester?
Can you have more than 5 re-takes? What if you used up all your re-takes but you failed a required course? I can't imagine they'd auto kick you out if you used up all your re-takes and failed a required course (Which is needed to graduate) despite having a sufficient GPA.
Has anyone even used more than 5? If it's possible, I'm thinking of trying to rectify some of the courses I did poorly on but wasn't necessarily hard, to boost the GPA even if I do have to pay again. If not, I guess I'll save them up for possible future failures in the harder courses.
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the question now is: how much trouble am i in with the department?
and you were right in everything except when you said that linear algebra is harder than macm. I still find that statement amusing, especially now.
Philosophy doesn't require the normal BS you can use in any of the many art faculties offered here at SFU, nor is it "hard" per say. You just need the right type of mind to wrap around the material. If you have this mind then you can easily understand Phil and get a good mark in it, but a lot of people do not. Since I am one of them I am going to continue on my, "FUCK PHILOSOPHY!!" vendetta.
Linear Algebra,as taught by Monagan, had longer assignments, but the material was more interesting and easier to grasp for me.
MACM 316 as taught by Oberman had ridiculously long and tedious assignments. The material was fairly easy and not that interesting or useful at all (some of it was, but I can't see applying most of it), but it required doing all the work to cover all bases. He was the kind of prof that makes the exams an easy subset of the assignments, which I like. I only got a B in that one because the curve was so high.
Bottom line: Work your ass off. Go to all classes, take notes, do all the homework (for real, not copying it off someone else). If you do all that, I can't see failing one of these classes. I broke these rules for STAT 270, and garnered my only F in possibly the easiest (yet most boring) math class of our degree. I won't be doing that mistake again (I'm taking BUEC this upcoming semester to make up for it and plan on doing very well by following the above plan!). If you can't see yourself following the above plan, either you are smarter than me, you don't mind a lower GPA, or sciences just aren't for you.
Keep in mind I had a 12 or so year break in my schooling, so most of this stuff is further away for me than you young'uns. But I managed to do it for 2 years now with a mortgage, obligations, and usually several jobs a semester.
Phil
Phil
Phil
Has anyone even used more than 5? If it's possible, I'm thinking of trying to rectify some of the courses I did poorly on but wasn't necessarily hard, to boost the GPA even if I do have to pay again. If not, I guess I'll save them up for possible future failures in the harder courses.