Hey guys,

I'm having a dilemma over which of these two courses to take second term, I would like to know which one would be better for me considering the factors that I don't like essays, but can manage them, and I also have a slight interest in computer science and want to learn atleast the basics. I've heard a few things about the difficulty of comp sci 1FC3, is it insanely difficult or realistically difficult?

Just pick what's more interesting. I don't think you'll need to know the evolution of humanity as a Business major. But, knowing some basic computer science might be helpful, especially if you're interested in it.

Special Upper Year Pro-Tip: Bird courses become hard when they're boring.

Comp.Sci 1FC3 is not a basic computer science course on how to program or use office programs; it's a course on discrete mathematics. If you're looking for an easy course, that's definitely not a good choice... unless you're reasonably good at math and/or like math.

You could say I'm reasonably good at math, but what kind of math is it? Is it like calculus where theres more thinking involved or is it more systematic kind of like where its based more on knowledge than thinking? Because I def feel comp sci would be more worthwhile to me then Anthro but I don't want to put myself in a situation where I wouldn't understand whats going on in the course

It's discrete math. That includes set theory, combinatorics, probability and graph theory among other things.

I would say it's math more applicable to real world situations. With combinatorics and probability for example, you can learn to count cards .

I dunno, for some people this type of math just 'clicks'. Personally, I had a lot of trouble with it.

People really into strategy gaming I find do well, lol.

Oh wow sounds like stats, that stuff is torture haha. Thanks for the help though this really helped. Any further inside would be appreciated as well

comp sci 1fc3 is very hard. The averages for our midterms were under 50% (two years ago). The course may have improved since than however. Even though it was hard i think it was one of my most important courses in 1st year.

Anthro 1A03 is an easy course.
3 classes a week, I only attended about 50% of them, and am maintaining about an 85% average going into the exam.
Just make a friend and swap notes for when you can't make it to class.
There's chapters to be read in the textbook, nothing too hard to grasp. I had Dr. Geer, and she did a decent job at teaching.

With her you do not get review notes or anything, just read and study the notes. Exam is not cumulative, only what is after the midterm.
2 Discussion paper, and 1 research paper.

I'd go for Anthro 1A03 (though it can get quite boring).

Comp Sci 1FC3 is somethin' fierce, no one in their right mind would take it by choice if they knew what it entailed. Just look at my answer to the first question of one of the assignments:

a) ∀x¬∃i(i^x=x), where x∈R, i∈R
b) ∀n∀x¬∃y∃z( ( (n|2=y)∧(n>0) ) → ( (n|x=z) → (x|2=y) ), where n,y,x∈N
c) ∀x∃b∃y( (x>0) → ((x=b*b*y)∨(x=b^y)) ), where x∈R
d) ∀x∀y∃d(x|d=y|d), where x,y∈N
e) ∀x∀y∃z((x|y=z)↔ (x=0)), where x,y,z∈N
f) ∀x∀y∀z(((x>0∧y>0∧z>0) ∧ (x*x+y*y=z*z)) → (x|2=0∨y|2=0∨z|2=0)), where x,y,z∈N

Originally Posted by Mazer

Comp Sci 1FC3 is somethin' fierce, no one in their right mind would take it by choice if they knew what it entailed. Just look at my answer to the first question of one of the assignments:

a) ∀x¬∃i(i^x=x), where x∈R, i∈R
b) ∀n∀x¬∃y∃z( ( (n|2=y)∧(n>0) ) → ( (n|x=z) → (x|2=y) ), where n,y,x∈N
c) ∀x∃b∃y( (x>0) → ((x=b*b*y)∨(x=b^y)) ), where x∈R
d) ∀x∀y∃d(x|d=y|d), where x,y∈N
e) ∀x∀y∃z((x|y=z)↔ (x=0)), where x,y,z∈N
f) ∀x∀y∀z(((x>0∧y>0∧z>0) ∧ (x*x+y*y=z*z)) → (x|2=0∨y|2=0∨z|2=0)), where x,y,z∈N

What's hilarious is this is a first year course...like, this is the stupidly easy stuff.

Looking back on it, some of the concepts appear easy to me but some never get easier, like relation-algebraic proofs. Regardless of the concepts, the tests can still be retarded (which they were). So in the end, I found it just as hard if not harder than engineering math 1ZZ5, which most people will tell you is no walk in the park.