I'm definitely not looking forward to next term now...

Desolate

I already knew I had Katherine Regan for PSYC 100 and I've heard her class is quite hard... but I decided to stick it out because I want to do PSYC 100 and 102 before CRIM 103.

I am taking CRIM 104 and 135 in Surrey. Outlines haven't been posted for either and the profs aren't on the SIS. So today when I was checking to see if the textbooks are in I discovered that 104 is being taught by Stoneman and 135 by Bowbrick.

Now, granted, a friend of mine loved Bowbrick... but I've heard absolutely terrible things about Stoneman... that she is improving, but her lectures are all over the place. So keeping my GPA above 3.5 for my scholarship is starting to worry me.

Guess I'll have to make up my marks in 135 and POL 241 DE. :\



PS. Sorry about turning the Academic Lounge into my personal area to bitch and complain. hahah

Makall

Take CMPT 165 DE if you want an easy A+.

wh0whatwhere

135 with Bowbrick is an interesting/good course but don't expect to make up your marks in this class. It is NOT a GPA booster.

He was a completely inconsistent marker and his exams were quite hard for a first year course.

He doesn't use the textbook at all, so don't bother buying it, and he does his exams purely off his lecture, which he does not provide notes for. He basically talks off of overhead points (1.5 years ago at least) and you have to just write/type out what he says.

All in all, he was an amazing lecturer, and made the course very interesting/bearable, but as a marker, definitely not the easiest; many of the other people on here can vouch for that.

wh0whatwhere

Oh and I took neither psych 100 or 102 before crim 103 and I did fine. Just don't EVER take it with Boyanowski, worst professor ever.

I hear Jennifer Wong is a horrid teacher but her class was so easy (for crim 103). Had a friend who ended up with 98% as a final mark and something like 110% on the midterm (15 bonus marks or something)

GPA booster + interesting course = criminology 210 with Corrado, definitely easy A. With a little effort, A+.

Desolate

Makall;62395 said:

Take CMPT 165 DE if you want an easy A+.

How many times have people said this on here and how many times have arts/social science students failed?

I mean, I was top of my class in grade 10 when I took a class about HTML. But then in CMPT 165 you move onto Python and I have absolutely no experience doing that.

And thanks for the advice about Bowbrick. If I end up next term with under a 3.5 I think I'll take 2 classes that people find are GPA boosters (like HSCI 140 if it's being offered, or CRIM 210 like you said) and make sure I meet the 3.5 CGPA requirement by the start of the fall term. And yeah, Jennifer Wong worries me. Those sub-2.0 scores on Rate my Prof don't exactly leave me thinking I should take any classes with her.

kc2k8

Desolate;62397 said:

How many times have people said this on here and how many times have arts/social science students failed?.

This happens because arts and the ultimate oxymoron (social science) students are not used to thinking at such a high level all at once. The classes in arts courses use a different part of your brain then the science part. When your so used to thinking in a certain way(art way of thinking) your brain begins to plateau. In science your brain is constantly confused, and is pushed to to greater lengths. I'm sure you've heard that we only use a very small percentage of our brain at any given time.

If you are comfortable with a lot of things on your plate at once and love new challenges (small or big) then 165 is for you. Otherwise its a big no no because your brain wont be able to handle it.

anonymous1

I'm looking forward to next semester because I'll have a long weekend for the first time ever. Fridays off!

That has been impossible so far. I've always had at least one MWF class...calculus, physics, numerous chem courses...

They've changed some of my lecture courses to two times a week for two hours instead of three times a week for one hour + a tutorial.

Desolate

>_>
Next term I have Monday, Wednesday and Thursday off.
CRIM 135 + PSYC 100 on Tuesdays, CRIM 104 on Fridays, POL 241 through DE.

xxk1nky

Haha. Have fun with Bowbrick's 135 class! You don't need the textbook but he provides no notes whatsoever and that was the only Crim course I have gotten a C+ in. He is, however, a GREAT lecturer and absolutely hilarious and I really did enjoy his class... just not the material and marking schemes. Good luck!

And you definitely don't need to take PSYC 100/102 before CRIM 103...

Desolate

I know I don't have to, but I figure it will help... and I need to take them anyways since I refuse to do X99. I have to take 103 and 131 in the fall as part of CrimOne anyways, so I'll probably only have 100 under my belt at the time.

wh0whatwhere

PSYCH X99 > PSYCH 100 and 102

1 pre-req + 1 elective > 2 pre-reqs

I heard X99 is writing intensive but the workloads (while not necessarily difficult) are insane for the 100 and 102 psych courses.

Better off going hard with one course and a complete GPA booster for the other.

Trust me, as a future crim major, focus on getting your writing skills up there, forget the kinda material that psych tries to teach you. Covers so many spheres of social phenomenon that are completely irrelevant and you won't ever come across in crim again. Unless, of course, you want to do it for pure interest, then feel free.

I recommend Daniel Rjistic (sp?) for crim 131. One of the easiest teachers ever.

Desolate

Yeah I am doing it for interest. I wanted to take both 100 and 102, not just to fulfill the prereq, but because I'm genuinely interested in it.

Any good GPA boosters I should take in the summer, DE preferably?

wh0whatwhere

I've taken 3. HIST 338 and CRIM 312 - heavy reading loads, overall not difficult, just tons of reading and assignments. Super interesting though if your into WWII and social phenomenon (murder, drug use, euthanasia, etc)

SA 358 - easiest upper division 4 credit class I've ever taken. What a joke

Ok I have an exam tomorrow I should finish studying -_-

Desolate

SA 358 looks mighty tempting.

anonymous1

wh0whatwhere;62420 said:

I heard X99 is writing intensive but the workloads (while not necessarily difficult) are insane for the 100 and 102 psych courses.

Insane? Really? I took psych 100 and I didn't find it to be much at all.

wh0whatwhere

anonymous1;62437 said:

Insane? Really? I took psych 100 and I didn't find it to be much at all.

I'm not sure, maybe its just all the little things that I found annoying. I'm so used to the upper div Crim courses with 3/4 parts midterm/paper/final or midterm/paper/presentation/final.

I hated how there were so many little quizzes, assignments, etc. It was an easy class and all but just a lot of little things that made me study more frequently. Maybe its cause I'm a procrasinator...haha

Not to mention I think Day is a fuckin retard who cant teach worth shit. He should really just stick to the textbook instead of going and trying to teach his own shit. Sometimes the way he explains things is just so wrong.

xxk1nky

I've taken PSYC X99, 100, and 102. 100 and 102's workloads are totally fair... kind of on the light side, actually. I like the quizzes that we had (and mind you, I took 100 in the summer so I had to read a chapter by EVERY class because quizzes were scheduled every class because it's 6-week intensive). Exams were fair and the research assignment for 102 was super easy. I had Arthur Adler for both and he's a very good prof.

For X99, obviously I had that retard, Vernon-Rose or whatever his name was. There were papers due every week (2-pages) and every two weeks, you were required to add on and write your final paper which was easy. There was also a debate portion which I aced and schooled my partner. The midterm and final were a little tricky and despite my A-paper and perfect scores on my weekly articles and debate portion, I still ended up with a B. The two-hour tutorials were brutal though.

wh0whatwhere

xxk1nky;62440 said:

I've taken PSYC X99, 100, and 102. 100 and 102's workloads are totally fair... kind of on the light side, actually. I like the quizzes that we had (and mind you, I took 100 in the summer so I had to read a chapter by EVERY class because quizzes were scheduled every class because it's 6-week intensive). Exams were fair and the research assignment for 102 was super easy. I had Arthur Adler for both and he's a very good prof.

For X99, obviously I had that retard, Vernon-Rose or whatever his name was. There were papers due every week (2-pages) and every two weeks, you were required to add on and write your final paper which was easy. There was also a debate portion which I aced and schooled my partner. The midterm and final were a little tricky and despite my A-paper and perfect scores on my weekly articles and debate portion, I still ended up with a B. The two-hour tutorials were brutal though.

I think it was all the little assignments distributed throughout the course that really fucked with me as I couldn't procrastinate to the usual extent that I normally did.

In hindsight, it was actually a fairly easy course load (yet ironically the class average seems quite low) but for me it was just the little assignments everywhere that were a pain in the ass.

Anyhow, to the OP, GL w/ the crim major. If you got any questions about courses I can help with what I know.

Bonus: Plan your major surrounding 369/462. 369 is the pre-req but basically 462 is a 15 credit field study. You just work in the field (whether you get paid is up to whoever your working with so that can be another bonus) and learn while doing some journals. You get the educational aspect and some criminology related experience which can be quite beneficial and helpful in terms of helping you graduate quicker and applying what you've learned.

I'm finishing up this summer so I'll let you know how that goes in 6-7 months time.

anonymous1

wh0whatwhere;62438 said:

I hated how there were so many little quizzes, assignments, etc. It was an easy class and all but just a lot of little things that made me study more frequently. Maybe its cause I'm a procrasinator...haha

Oh right. I took it before they cut arts funding, haha.

We still had tutorials, and instead of many little quizzes, we had one tutorial presentation. We had 4 exams in total (including the final) and they took the best 3 out of 4, and one paper.

wh0whatwhere

anonymous1;62446 said:

Oh right. I took it before they cut arts funding, haha.

We still had tutorials, and instead of many little quizzes, we had one tutorial presentation. We had 4 exams in total (including the final) and they took the best 3 out of 4, and one paper.

I would've much rather that setup.

The little quizzes amounted to 18% (so not exactly ignorable) and they made you keep up with the readings...which is good in its own respect I guess

Desolate

wh0whatwhere;62444 said:

I think it was all the little assignments distributed throughout the course that really fucked with me as I couldn't procrastinate to the usual extent that I normally did.

In hindsight, it was actually a fairly easy course load (yet ironically the class average seems quite low) but for me it was just the little assignments everywhere that were a pain in the ass.

Anyhow, to the OP, GL w/ the crim major. If you got any questions about courses I can help with what I know.

Bonus: Plan your major surrounding 369/462. 369 is the pre-req but basically 462 is a 15 credit field study. You just work in the field (whether you get paid is up to whoever your working with so that can be another bonus) and learn while doing some journals. You get the educational aspect and some criminology related experience which can be quite beneficial and helpful in terms of helping you graduate quicker and applying what you've learned.

I'm finishing up this summer so I'll let you know how that goes in 6-7 months time.

I'm double majoring in Crim and Political Science so I'm already gonna have a delayed graduation... and I plan on going to law school so I dunno how beneficial that would be for me (that is if I can maintain a good GPA and own the LSAT).

I'll play it by ear. :P

mjm

hey how's Katherine Regan for psyc 100?
i've taken all science courses (physics, math, bio) first term,
and after literally failing all of them, i think maayybe i'll
go in a different direction.. lol... is it a very hard course? interesting?

Desolate

Only thing I've heard about her is that she makes the class harder than it should be. I dunno if that's too big of a deal since you should have to read the textbook and expect to be tested on some stuff that isn't covered in lecture. I'm still taking it with her in the Spring regardless, I can't always try to avoid classes because some people did not like them.

Sidenote: For those who had Bowbrick, did you choose the midterm exam or the term paper? Gabriel (Crim advisor) just sent me the outline for the class and it's 40% final, 20% participation and the last 40% is your choice of the midterm exam or a term paper.

Myname

mjm;62484 said:

hey how's Katherine Regan for psyc 100?
i've taken all science courses (physics, math, bio) first term,
and after literally failing all of them, i think maayybe i'll
go in a different direction.. lol... is it a very hard course? interesting?

She's related to Janice Regan and Janice is one of the hardest instructors at SFU.

Ether

She's related to Janice Regan and Janice is one of the hardest instructors at SFU.

Hahahaha hahaha ha ha.

Hilarious.

Janice Regan is far from the most difficult instructor at SFU.

Thanatos

Eh I don't know if anyone is still even talking about Psych 100 anymore but I took Psych 100 and Psych 102 with Russell Day and I got an A+ in both classes. In fact, Russell Day was the best prof I've had so far, and is probably the reason I decided to major in Behavioural Neuroscience instead of just going into Biology. Originally I just planned on taking Psych 100 as an elective, but because of Russell Day I took Psych 100, 102, just finished 280 and am enrolled in 201 for next semester.
So if you're going to take Psych 100 or Psych 102 with anyone, take it with Day.

Ether

I second that assessment of Day. He was a great prof and usually answered questions after lecture even though he was dealing with multiple classes of 500 students.

EDIT: and I'm taking 102 next term because he made 100 so interesting.

anonymous1

I loved Day too. His class lead me to toy with the idea of taking more psych courses.

I didn't...since I'm a big chemistry nerd, but the idea was still there. :P

NukeChem

\o/ Fellow chemistry person in the hizzouse. :tongue:

Desolate

I can't back out of 100 with Regan, but I definitely plan on waiting to take 102 when Day is teaching it (likely in the Summer or Fall).