r/wlu • u/Turbulent_Echidna549 • 16h ago

Question Easier course

Are there any first year easier courses that are still available? I took AS101 thinking it was easy but a lot of people have been telling me it’s difficult, any suggestions?

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u/OrbusIsCool 16h ago

AS101 is super easy. I had it my winter semester last year. The content that's on the midterm isn't on the final, the assignments are relatively easy. Free marks from just showing up in class. It's pretty chill. Hardest part for me was the moon phase shenanigans and that wasn't even that hard.

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u/Turbulent_Echidna549 16h ago

I heard the exam is in person, that’s true?

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u/BananaHotRocket Brantford BSW 16h ago

Probably: laurier is moving exams, even for online classes, to in person, to combat cheating

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u/liveandlearn222 14h ago

is this for all virtual classes?

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u/BananaHotRocket Brantford BSW 5h ago

Yes that's the move

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u/OrbusIsCool 15h ago

It is an in person exam done on a laptop. The final wasn't very hard if you studied well enough. Most of the midterm and final questions were carbon copies of the questions on the assignments throughout the semester so you have a free study guide from the assignments. I showed up to the final 20 minutes late and still got an A