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Stat 101 and Kin 110

Cyrus the Great
edited May 2008 in General
I was planning to fit criminology into my schedule but I couldn't. So i'm considering to take one of these two courses as elective.

Has anyone taken Kin 110 and Stat 101 before??? how were these courses???

The stat course is only offered as "Distance Education" and the instructor is
Paul Louis Vaughan.

Thanx in advance

Comments

  • Jimmy
    edited January 2007
    i have not taken these courses before but i could probably say if your good with math and you have self discipline go for stat101 but if your a person who can memorize a lot of information go for kin110

    my $0.02
  • Insatiable
    edited January 2007
    I took Stat 101 with Vaughan via Distance Ed. It was all right. It's graded relatively so that's a relief (since there were so many people in the class who didn't understand anything). He's an OK prof because when I took it, he arranged a meeting with members of the class who wanted extra help (a few times). Which is saying a lot for a correspondence course.

    The course itself has numbers but you needn't necessarily be good at math. Maybe basic algebra (I'd tell you what but I forgot all of it).

    I can only suggest you understand everything and WORK FAST during the midterm (which is only 1 hour). The final is a bit easier but still, keep up with your readings and make sure you know everything.
  • Cyrus the Great
    edited January 2007
    Insatiable said:
    I took Stat 101 with Vaughan via Distance Ed. It was all right. It's graded relatively so that's a relief (since there were so many people in the class who didn't understand anything). He's an OK prof because when I took it, he arranged a meeting with members of the class who wanted extra help (a few times). Which is saying a lot for a correspondence course.

    The course itself has numbers but you needn't necessarily be good at math. Maybe basic algebra (I'd tell you what but I forgot all of it).

    I can only suggest you understand everything and WORK FAST during the midterm (which is only 1 hour). The final is a bit easier but still, keep up with your readings and make sure you know everything.
    how does distance ed. work???will they post notes for you to go through???do you submit assignments online???
    and overall,,, does this course take so much work or is the work load average???
    Thanx
  • Malakaiii
    edited January 2007
    If you check out the website for SFU Distance Education you may find some of your answers there!

    I'm taking my first Distance Ed course this semester, so I'm afraid I don't have a lot of information to give. You do have to go down to the campus to pick up the courseware. It's a big package that includes an outline and all the information you need. I'd take some of the quizzes on the Distance Ed site to see if you are ready for online learning... plus make sure your computer meets the requirements!
  • Insatiable
    edited January 2007
    Cyrus the Great said:
    how does distance ed. work???will they post notes for you to go through???do you submit assignments online???
    and overall,,, does this course take so much work or is the work load average???
    Thanx
    Can't speak for all courses, but Stat 101 isn't too bad. Basically you read the book and do assignments (questions from the book) and hand them in through e-mail. The discussions are also conducted through e-mail and so are questions regarding the content of the course.

    I took it using the FirstClass message system which can store a large amount of info so you can save drafts of your assignments. That system also has an instant message function (much like MSN Messenger). You submit assignments on-line but come in to do the midterm and final for that particular class.
  • sadaf
    edited February 2008
    Is any body had Dr binghman for his stat 201????? how is his final and midterm?
  • affinity
    edited March 2008
    i took kin 110 during summer session with some guy prof. it was pretty interesting and wasn't too bad, but there was a lot of memorization to do.
  • psyduck199
    edited May 2008
    Does KIN 110 considered to be an easy course?? Cuz I heard that people usually get really good marks!! Thus, you need a very high percentage in order to be above the average.

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