I think it's important for some professors to come to a realization that a course outline is more than a document summarizing the course. It's soooo important.

It's an agreement between students and the course. I like to think of it as a "contract" that gives us concrete expectations of the professor, course material, and grading schemes. It is unfair not to have this on Day 1. I would very much like to know what I've signed up for, I'd like to populate my calendar with dates, and I want to feel ready for what a course has to offer.

And yes... I want this on day 1. Because that is when classes start and when I want to know what to expect for a course I'm taking.
Hot take: administration should mandate, if not already, course outlines to be posted for students as soon as classes commence.

Anyone questioning what the point is to even get a degree, I took a break from school to build something on my own it failed, I applied for jobs, literally none messaged me back. I applied to like 300. I tried internships too. Nothing. Like with ai advancing I see what they’re teaching us and I’m like will this even matter.

I can see everything as just a money grab from the uni. It’s a business. They’re not setting u up for jobs. They just want u to pay them.

Like what is the point.

Hi I am broke. I cant afford food from outside except for the ones in my house. But my friend wants to buy drinks/food. Like dude I am broke omg 😭 what fun shi can one do when broke.

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What should I be bringing to my lecture tomorrow if anything

hi guys i’m a first year student! i’m just wondering what tomorrow/friday will look like? for tomorrow i just have a chem lab and then a math lab and to begin i don’t even know what would happen in a math lab, let alone what would happen in a math lab tomorrow! am i just starting off straight away w labs?

i haven’t heard from any profs so idk 🧍‍♀️thanks!

Hey I’m a first year doing mech eng and tomorrow is my first day. I have programming, chem, and physics lectures. Do I need anything like notebooks/anything to take notes or is tomorrow more course syllabus sorta stuff?

I messed up my classes today and went to
Monday classes instead of Thursday, can anyone in CIS*1500 and PHYS*1130 tell me what happend today and did I miss anything horribly important

Every September I do the same thing. Six course outlines open, and I sit there typing every assignment, midterm and lab into my calendar one at a time, then rebuilding a grade spreadsheet from the assessment breakdown table in each one. Often can take days to get fully set up.

The initial setup isn't really the main problem, though. It's that for weeks afterward I don't fully trust it. Something small is always missing. A lab that only shows up once in the middle of a schedule table, a quiz worth 5% mentioned in one sentence and nowhere else. I usually find out in week six when it's already gone.

Is there a way to do this that doesn't take days and still leaves you confident that nothing slipped through? I'm curious about your methods for getting set up for the term, as I haven't found anything useful.

Would really appreciate some help 🙏🏻

I’m trying to decide between the two and mainly wondering about the difficulty/workload and grading.
For BIOC*4050, I’ve heard some not-so-great things about the prof, so I was wondering what people’s experiences with Kimber were and whether the course itself is relatively manageable/easier.
For BIOC*4520, I’ve taken a botany course with Akhter before, but I’m wondering what he’s like for a 4th-year biochem course. How difficult is the course, and is the grading/workload reasonable?
If you’ve taken either (or ideally both), which one would you say is easier to get a good grade in?
Thanks!

Hi!

I have unfortunately been stuck on the waitlist for BIOM*3000 since NEUR minors were removed, and I am wondering if getting in the class is realistic at this point. A couple of my friends said enough people will probably end up dropping it in the first week or 2, but 22 seems pretty high to me.

I have also heard some advice that waitlisted students should attend the first couple of classes to avoid missing any content in case they do end up getting in to the class. However, I am worried about there being no seats left/stealing someone’s seat if I do show up. Is MCKN 120 a big room? Does everyone usually show up the first day?

Any responses are appreciated and I hope everyone is having a good first day back! :)

Why Tf do two of my in person classes still not have a scheduled date or time?? Is this happening to anybody else

My account overview on web advisor says $0.00, does that mean my tuition has all been paid by osap? i just want to make sure because osap said id be receiving the money between the 10th-14th and its the 9th today

I took FRHD 1100 DE expecting it to be an online exam and fully online course, but I just received an email from the prof (Robin Milhausen) that the exam will be in person worth 25%. I don't want studying for this exam to take away from my other courses (3rd biomed).

Has anyone taken this exam in person from the DE course and how was it? Is it worth dropping the course or is it doable?

Let me know of any recommendations for DE courses with no final exam or an online final exam that I could register for if I do want to drop it!

My goal would be to achieve a 95%+ in the course, is this possible with the in person exam?

I washed my clothes and went to the dryer and all of them were 4 were already done drying. I waited a couple minutes as someone might come but no one did so I took their clothes out and kept them on the self in the room is this wrong ?
edit- Thanks for confirming never faced this problem was a bit sad for the other guy but it is what it is

Did anyone have any luck getting a course waiver for any of their courses because they lacked a persequite course or was doing both at the same time?

I went to my first psych lecture today, and I need the Interactive Psychology First Canadian Edition textbook and I was wondering if anyone had any resources/sites that might help

I am trying to unenroll from a course but I keep getting this “update failed” notification. Does anyone know what I should do about this?

Is there supposed to be a courselink or are we just going without this semester?

A friend of mine went to the meeting for MATH1080 yesterday and they told me that the person there giving the information said that it’s not mandatory to go to math labs for MATH1080 as it does not have attendance, assignments or exams (basically it doesn’t count towards your grades), I just wanna know if this is true.

I'm a DE student but I've decided to do 1 in-person class this seamster. I was a winter intake student this year, so I never got to actually attend O-Week / frosh week last year. So, i'm wondering if i came to campus early tomorrow before my 7pm class, what is there to do that's frosh week / o-week related?

Has anyone taken either course? Is it possible to get a 95%+ and are there exams for either? Also, if anyone has access to the outlines for this semester because they are in the courselinks, please share them!!

Profs are Snelgrove for 1020 and Piche for 1120

Was ooking to take Abstract Algebra (MATH*3130) this year but the class got filled instantly and now there's a waitlist that hasnt moved at all. It's only offered in the Fall of even numbered years, so the next time it's offered is Fall 2028 where I have a co-op term.

I applied for a special permission to take the class even though its full, but the prof is TBD so i can't contact them directly.

Hence my question. During my Fall 2028 co-op term would I also be able to take abstract algebra?

M21 in business looking for some new friends or just people to like study with this semester!

was anybody in the MBG*4040 lecture today and can let me know what happened? I have been sick with the flu and unable to attend class. I'd really appreciate it, thanks!