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Old 12-12-2009 at 12:25 PM   #1
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Course with no final exam?
Are there any courses, esp. 2nd year science ones, without final exams? I only know one, which is Life sci 2A03...
Old 12-12-2009 at 01:08 PM   #2
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I think Inquiry doesn't have exams. But apparently the workload during the term is very heavy.
Old 12-12-2009 at 02:08 PM   #3
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Generally speaking, courses with no exam have a larger year long course load, they're not necessarily easier, the work is just redistributed.
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Old 12-12-2009 at 02:32 PM   #4
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Yeah, except I always mess everything up in my finals...
Old 12-12-2009 at 03:02 PM   #5
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You may also have a take home exams, which are marked harder than normal exams, seeing as how you have more time and the resources in front of you.
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Old 12-12-2009 at 03:38 PM   #6
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Love and religon has no final exam but its a final essay... take home
Old 12-12-2009 at 04:27 PM   #7
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phys 2G03 has a in-class 50 minute exam worth 20% but I wouldn't consider it a final exam.
That's a scientific computing course.
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Old 12-12-2009 at 05:09 PM   #8
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Bio 2L03 -Experimental Design- small class (this was its first year as a re-vamped course)
Its so amazing, you learn so much about how science/research works.
Exam: 20% (65% of the exam mark is take-home and you hand in on the day of the exam) So thats pretty close to no exam. Not sure if they'll do this same weighting next year....
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