Second Year Kid in a Fourth Year Course

Student0667

Hi,

Thanks to my registration date, I was unable to get into single history course that I wanted. However, for reason unknown, I was able to bypass the waitlist (possibly the guys on the waitlist forgot to leave room open on their schedule) and enroll in HIST-486, fourth year seminar course.

Right now, I am enrolled in that course and intend to stay in the course unless I can get into HIST-355. However, since I am just a second year kid with no experience in seminar work or presentation, should I stay in the course?

The arrogant/ hot shot side of me is telling me to stay in the course. During high school, there are always the Asian math magicians who are taking math course two years ahead of themselves. They are often the focus on contempt and respect. I always wanted to experience something like this and this is my chance!

The reserved side of me is telling me to get out of the course. Since I have no experience in seminars and my writing is not top notch, I should practice more before I enroll. Also, by being in that course, I could very be solely responsible for delaying the graduation of a fellow historian. Since I do not intend to degrade myself to the level of the SFU registrar, I am considering dropping out of goodwill.

Broken Lizard

i always thought u needed 90 credits to get 400 level courses, lol
but yeah i'd imagine the writing level is much higher.
I know from 100 to 300 crim the writing needs to be much better.

DaNoobie

Triple;19643 said:

i always thought u needed 90 credits to get 400 level courses, lol
but yeah i'd imagine the writing level is much higher.
I know from 100 to 300 crim the writing needs to be much better.

False, I just got worse marks!

Insatiable

Stay. If it's a seminar course, so it'll definitely be easier than a lecture course. As long as you do better than most people in the class, getting an A-range mark should be no problem.

p51dray

Insatiable;19649 said:

Stay. If it's a seminar course, so it'll definitely be easier than a lecture course. As long as you do better than most people in the class, getting an A-range mark should be no problem.

what's the difference between the two?

Insatiable

Seminars contain no more than 25 students (many third- and fourth-year classes are offered as seminars). Lectures can contain over 200 students and are usually first- or perhas second-year classes. Much easier to do well in a seminar-type class with fewer students. Of course this applies mostly to arts.