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Easy UPPER division courses and easy B-Sci?

wh0whatwhere
edited March 2009 in General
I'm new here so I just wanted to ask if there was anything easy in terms of UPPER division courses?

The obvious easy ones like Crim 315, 355, etc I've taken but I need something 300+ in either crim or outside of it.

Does anyone have any recommendations? I'm a crim major and am kinda restricted in terms of what upper division courses I can take so it pretty much revolves around crim, history, or even sociology, and basically anything without restrictions/pre-reqs.

I'm contemplating Hist 337 or Hist 339, anyone have any experiences with either?

B-sci, I've heard KIN courses are easy. I'm thinking about taking either 140, 142, or 143, whether in class or distance ed. Keep in mind 142 and 143 say bio, chem and phy 11 are recommended and I have only phy 11. Does anyone know anything about these?

If anyone could help that'd be great!

Thanks in advance

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  • randomuser
    edited March 2009
    I wouldn't take history classes if I were you, especially upper division ones.

    I don't know if its being offered right now, but take a class in Sociology called, "The Philosophy of the Social Sciences", its a 300 level class, four credits, DE, and it was the EASIEST class I have ever taken in my life.

    It was 5 500 word essays, and one 1000 word essay.
  • wh0whatwhere
    edited March 2009
    How was the final or midterm, if at all? Much in terms of readings? Who was the teacher/TA or does it even matter?

    Yeah my first history upper div course 338 (WWII) had about 2500 pages of reading, about 150-180 a week with tons of little assignments and a fatty paper. Its not HARD persay but its very very time consuming. Don't really know what to expect from a final that includes about 2500 pages of material to cover though -_-

    Thanks for the tip though I'll take a look into it, hopefully its available in the summer.
  • wh0whatwhere
    edited March 2009
    So it is available for summer 09, doesn't look like there is a final? If you could verify, and the teacher is A. Travers? And its really easy?
  • randomuser
    edited March 2009
    It was Anne Travers yeah. There was no final, the final was the 1000 word essay.

    I don't even think there was a midterm. The readings were average length, but easy to understand. They were not academic articles.

    Basically, if you understand what the word paradigm is, you will get an A in this class. If you don't know, it teaches you, but basically that is the gist of it.

    In my opinion, only a conservative-minded ignoramus, who can't think outside the box, could fail this class.
  • wh0whatwhere
    edited March 2009
    I think you definitely sold me on it. I might just pick it up for the summer, doesn't seem like the workload is difficult or even that big for that matter; no final is definitely the most appealing.

    Thanks!
  • DaNoobie
    edited March 2009
    avoid the advanced restorative justice class like its the plague
    weekly journals (12 total), 1 12-15 page paper, and a 1hr presentation
  • imelting
    edited March 2009
    mentioned this in another thread, but i recommend sci 300 for anyone looking for an easy A
  • randomuser
    edited March 2009
    I think I might take sci 300.

    And yeah, the class I mentioned, The Philosophy of the Social Sciences in the sociology department-- when I said the final was a 1000 word essay, its not a sit in final, its done during the course. So technically you don't ever have to leave the house for this class. Did I also mention its 4 credits?
  • wh0whatwhere
    edited March 2009
    DaNoobie;49975 said:
    avoid the advanced restorative justice class like its the plague
    weekly journals (12 total), 1 12-15 page paper, and a 1hr presentation
    I took that (crim 315) with Brenda Morrison, and it was one of the easiest classes ever if you put in a little bit of effort.

    The journals are 2 packages (1st 5 and the 2nd 6) each only being 2-3 pages in which you synthesize lecture, tutorial, and weekly reading material. NO final/midterm! (Final is usually some almost free 10% if you goto class, dumb questions, kinda like those april fools tests you get from teachers in high school)

    Did you have a different teacher? I'm assuming if you didn't have the same teacher because I managed 98% with a tad bit of effort. Easiest A+ in my life. It is easy but do not take its not a walk in the park. You do have to go to class and put in a bit of thought into the journals and you'll do good, if not great. Class average fell at around 80 + %...I think that goes to show how easy it is
  • schmoey
    edited March 2009
    Btw, what are some good, easy options for an upper-level W course?
  • JayDub
    edited March 2009
    CMPT 376.
  • DaNoobie
    edited March 2009
    I said advanced, not 315. Advanced = 442
    More or less the same structure with weekly journals, but one presentation and paper on top of that. I just figured you didn't want to do lots of work

    And I dont know how you managed to find out the class average. It wasnt exactly a webct course.
  • wh0whatwhere
    edited March 2009
    DaNoobie;50023 said:
    I said advanced, not 315. Advanced = 442
    More or less the same structure with weekly journals, but one presentation and paper on top of that. I just figured you didn't want to do lots of work

    And I dont know how you managed to find out the class average. It wasnt exactly a webct course.
    Ohhh yeah I doubt I'll be taking anymore crim courses because I'm planning on taking 462 the 15 credit co-op course.

    And our TA told me the average. Don't know if she was supposed to do that

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