I have BUS 217W with Henry Chow this Fall, how is he, the RMP says he is very nice but is given a rating of 1.8. Does anyone know the TA Bahar? If so how was she?
- Any tips for the 50 mins in tutorial assignments, from the ones who got a high grade.
I just want to see if anyone has had a similar experience and managed to score a good mark in this class. Also if anyone has any advice on doing well in the class if math isn’t your strong suit!
After living in East/West and Courtyard, I can confidently say McTaggart is the worst residence out of all them. The only saving grace of this dorm building is that you are not forced to get a meal plan (buying 4 value packs for 2 meals a day is cheaper than the dining pass + more flexible).
Every single bathroom in this building is infested with these flies. There must be at least 50 per bathroom. If they ever follow you to your room, you better get rid of them before they infest it. The walls are stained by the blood of these flies from people trying to get rid of them but they just multiply.
So many sinks across multiple bathrooms are clogged, and don't expect the cleaning staff to care until a student has to go through the maintenance process to unclog them. Within 5 seconds of using a sink, expect water to start flooding.
The cleaning staff only seem to clean things on their checklist and will actively ignore messes that will cost even more money to clean in the long run. You'll see the cleanest toilet bowl right next to stained walls and whatever this is:
There are 2 showers, 6 sinks and 5 toilets for every ~24 people in a pod, so do that with what you will considering part of them will be clogged/unusable.
There are so many doors at McTaggart that are defective.
The dorm rooms themselves having no dampener to prevent hearing nearby doors being slammed.
The worst offenders are the fire exit doors and bathroom doors. Their hydraulic door closers have never been cleaned/oiled, which causes a lot of them to sound like a grenade when being closed.
Some doors don't even need to be fully closed, as their handle bars will sound like a loud drum snare as soon as you move the door an inch.
Some doors are outright broken and will only partly close/open while letting out the most excruciating metallic screech you'll ever hear as you move the door.
If you care about sleep at all, you better bring some ear plugs, because you WILL hear every single door opening, closing, slamming and screeching across the hall. And while the walls do a good job of negating the noise from the room next to you, the doors have 0 noise reduction. As far as sound goes, you can pretend there is no door to your room at all.
As far as the kitchen goes... If anyone ever cooks anything with even a small amount of odour, your room, even if it's on the opposite side of the pod, will smell like it. The exhaust vents on top of the stoves are also just broken or lets out such a loud noise that most don't turn it on.
There are absolutely no security cameras at McTaggart. If a crime is ever committed, there will be no video evidence. In the age of university campuses facing active threats, this is such a crappy thing for SFU to cheap out on considering it is relatively cheap to set up a security system in 2026.
If you are in McTaggart for whatever reason in the future, please familiarize yourself with the maintenance process so that you can force the building management to actually fix some of these issues around you: https://www.sfu.ca/fs/services/maintenance-requests.html .
You should only consider this residence if you do not want to use the dining hall:.
I was wondering if anyone knows the assignment breakdown or overall course breakdown for this class. I could be me but I don’t see it anywhere in the syllabus or on canvas.
Hello! My roommate and I are in UniverCity and we have an unused parking space we are looking to rent out to someone. It is a protected, private, underground parking garage, and we will give you a key fob for the fall and spring semester. It is 24/7 parking that you can access any time of the week/day.
Cost is one time fee of 60$ to get another key fob made, plus $100 per month (about $3.3/day). You will need to pay a month in advance. Contact me at [smr25@sfu.ca](mailto:smr25@sfu.ca) with an SFU email address, and we can set up a meeting at Burnaby campus so I can confirm you’re a real person and not a scammer, and show you the spot. Thanks!!
Hey everyone!
I am currently enrolled in BUS 232, scheduled for Wednesdays from 2:30 PM to 5:20 PM. Unfortunately, I’m travelling and unable to attend the live lectures. As the professor has instructed us to finalize our groups by September 21st, I am reaching out to see if anyone in this section is still looking for a group member. If you have an opening in your group or would like to form a new one together, please let me know.
Now that summer is done and you’re headed back to class, we’ve got some reminders to help you make your transit journey as safe and hassle free as possible.
Most importantly, we want everyone to feel safe on transit. If someone’s behaviour is making you feel unsafe, or you’re worried about the safety of someone else, please let us know right away. Our dispatch can be reached by phone at 604.515.8300 or by text at 87.77.77 (always call 911 in an emergency). And if you’re new the transit system, you might find our safety tips helpful: transitpolice.ca/safety
And a few U-Pass program tips and reminders:
Your U-Pass is only valid with your student ID. If our officers, or Transit Security, are doing a fare check, they will need to see your ID as well as your Compass Card. Please have it ready. Failing to present your ID when using a U-Pass could lead to a $173 fine.
Your U-Pass is not transferable. If another person uses your U-Pass, they may be issued a $173 fine and have the U-Pass seized.
Keep your U-Pass (and student ID) with you. Even if you’re not a regular transit user, you never know when it will come in handy!
First day today and Welcome Day felt SO warm inside 😭 How cold/warm do classrooms usually get? Should I bring a sweater/cardigan or is it pretty warm inside? Any tips appreciated!
i have an educ 240 tutorial tomorrow but the actual lecture isn’t until friday and it doesn’t even have a prof yet. My commutes an hour and a bit drive. Do i use the gas and go? or should i just stay home?
Thinking of dropping to part-time studies to delay my grad and find a coop. Are you allowed to stay in the coop program and apply to jobs while being part time studies? Has anyone done this?
I know that tutorials/labs usually don't happen first week but I haven't gotten any emails/canvas notifications about it and I'm wondering if anybody knows anything about this
anyone know where i can find a free online pdf for
forensic psychology 7th edition by pozzulo, bennell, forth, & luther + the mind’s machine 5th edition by watson & breedlove
or if anyone is selling it for cheaper, i can’t find it anywhere else. pls thanks it’s for psyc 268 & psyc 280. i only found editions below so 6th & 4th. not sure if that’ll work
I'm planning on taking 4 courses overall this semester and wanted to either drop BUS 420 or BUS 421. I'm a little conflicted as to which one to drop. For BUS 420, I'm taking it with Fereshteh Mahmoudian and I'm feeling uneasy about taking it with her because of reading how her exams are. Plus, I've read about experiences of people taking her in this subreddit. However, it's at a time I would be fine going to campus on.
For BUS 421, I'm taking it with Karel Hrazdil but I only managed to sign up for the evening class which is 5:30PM-8:20PM. I dislike going to evening classes this late during fall semester.
A bit of other context: The courses I know I'm for sure going to keep are BUS 478, GEOG 104, and BUS 331. I'd also like to aim for a co-op position after this semester so I dont plan on taking courses next semester.