hie. i've just received a transfer to mac and i've done 2 years of electrical engineering in my previous university...so i'll be going into engineering level 2 or 3 this fall depending on the number of transfer credits that i can get...
what's confusing me now is that should i refer to the 2008/09 or 2007/08 or 2006/07 undergraduate calendar to register for courses? seems like they're all slightly different...
and what's the maximum number of units that i can register for in a term as an engineering student? is 15 units the max?

I'd refer to the 2008/2009 calendar

Engineering can exceed the maximum of 15 units. I don't know the limit to it, but I usually end up with 18 or 19 units per term.

its 21 units per term i guess
i ended up with 21.5 and it gave an error

can anyone please explain what is the logic or explain how the part marks are given for a multiple choise type questions?

You shouldn't have 21 units per terms unless your courses aren't evenly distributed. I personally have 18.5 per term. (1P03 runs all year,so it adds 1.5 to each term.)

If your getting an error message it might mean that either you have registered for to many courses, or maybe it gives are error if you have too many courses in one term.

yeah i know... i have sorted that out
now i have 18.5 each
before i had 21.5 and rest i guess 15.5 in second term
then i rearranged things [which was easier because i changed one electives and now had a term 2 elective]

what are engineering with society or International studies?
what do they teach apart from Engineering?and is it helpfull
its not a dual degree though right?

For the part marks on multiple choice questions, this is how I understand that it works... the answers that you can choose from are not random answers they are answers that you would get if you did have of the process right. So if you choose the completely correct answer you get full marks but if you choose the answer that was calculated from half the process being correct then you'll get half of the marks.
As for the engineering and Society/International Studies... this is to allow engineering students to give a different perspective to their technical work. When in these programs you choose a concentration which could be just about anything, there's only a few concentrations that are not allowed (such as more engineering courses). In the end you do not end up with another major, but if you take enough courses in your chosen concentration then you could end up with a minor in that field.
I'm just going into my second year of engineering and I'm doing the Society program. I'm doing a minor in french for mine. It's just a way to do courses in another subject that you like and that you believe will help you with your work later on.

This one's a little off topic and probably shouldn't be here, but I'm gonna go ahead anyway.

Are there any recommendationsn that any upper level students could give as far as computers go. I'm currently looking into computers/laptops and I'm not really sure what are the basic requirements or if I even need a laptop to begin with. My two electives don't really involve any essay writing(atleast I don't think they do, I'm taking two econ courses). Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Im taking a summer course right now (Engineer 1P03 and 1C03) and I can tell you that having a laptop is extremely useful.

I bring mine to class everyday, and not only do I use it to take notes, but I use it for research and referencing WebCT (online tool where profs post assignments etc.) Though a laptop can be a bit of a nuissance to carry around, if you use it to take notes it actually save you from carrying alot of stuff (I havn't used my binder once during the past 3 weeks).

One thing you might want to look into is getting a tablet PC. Its what I have...basically a laptop you can flip the screen and use it as a pen and paper. I havn't actually used it much yet, but I imagine it will become more useful in september when I have math and physics classes with lots of diagrams and formulas.

I have an HP tx2000 tablet and it works pretty well. Mot HP tx series have gotten pretty good reviews, and I picked mine up last month for about $1000. Ive also heard good things about Lenovo (IBM) thinkpads because they are virtually indestructible (though no tablet option unfortunately).

I wouldn't recommend getting a mac though. Ive heard from some engineering students here that most of the software you need for engineering is difficult to get on macs. I also recommend investing in a baterry that is larger than 4 cells...its what I have now and it doens't last long enough.

Originally Posted by J-Met

Im taking a summer course right now (Engineer 1P03 and 1C03) and I can tell you that having a laptop is extremely useful.

I bring mine to class everyday, and not only do I use it to take notes, but I use it for research and referencing WebCT (online tool where profs post assignments etc.) Though a laptop can be a bit of a nuissance to carry around, if you use it to take notes it actually save you from carrying alot of stuff (I havn't used my binder once during the past 3 weeks).

One thing you might want to look into is getting a tablet PC. Its what I have...basically a laptop you can flip the screen and use it as a pen and paper. I havn't actually used it much yet, but I imagine it will become more useful in september when I have math and physics classes with lots of diagrams and formulas.

I have an HP tx2000 tablet and it works pretty well. Mot HP tx series have gotten pretty good reviews, and I picked mine up last month for about $1000. Ive also heard good things about Lenovo (IBM) thinkpads because they are virtually indestructible (though no tablet option unfortunately).

I wouldn't recommend getting a mac though. Ive heard from some engineering students here that most of the software you need for engineering is difficult to get on macs. I also recommend investing in a baterry that is larger than 4 cells...its what I have now and it doens't last long enough.

I agree about the tablet, but disagree with you about the Mac for this one reason.. If you can afford it, having an Apple laptop with Windows XP installed is a great combination. This way, you can have the best of both worlds - great components, a strong operating system (and a weaker one when you need it) so that you can have full support of any software you may need. My set-up by school time will be a MacBook Pro with Windows XP installed via Boot Camp, and a Wacom tablet for those times when diagrams are necessary. I understand that's not a setup for everyone, but if you have the means - I'd go for it. Also, for anyone planning on buying a MacBook Pro, there is a strong likelihood of a new one being announced within the month of August or September.

Originally Posted by J-Met

Im taking a summer course right now (Engineer 1P03 and 1C03) and I can tell you that having a laptop is extremely useful.

I bring mine to class everyday, and not only do I use it to take notes, but I use it for research and referencing WebCT (online tool where profs post assignments etc.) Though a laptop can be a bit of a nuissance to carry around, if you use it to take notes it actually save you from carrying alot of stuff (I havn't used my binder once during the past 3 weeks).

One thing you might want to look into is getting a tablet PC. Its what I have...basically a laptop you can flip the screen and use it as a pen and paper. I havn't actually used it much yet, but I imagine it will become more useful in september when I have math and physics classes with lots of diagrams and formulas.

I have an HP tx2000 tablet and it works pretty well. Mot HP tx series have gotten pretty good reviews, and I picked mine up last month for about $1000. Ive also heard good things about Lenovo (IBM) thinkpads because they are virtually indestructible (though no tablet option unfortunately).

I wouldn't recommend getting a mac though. Ive heard from some engineering students here that most of the software you need for engineering is difficult to get on macs. I also recommend investing in a baterry that is larger than 4 cells...its what I have now and it doens't last long enough.

hows the mac courses?..damn your course load is gonna be easier to manage..

The courses are pretty easy, but tedious. The sketching assignments for 1C03 can sometimes be very tricky, but there never worth a whole lot. The computer modelling portion we do with Solid Edge, which seems to be ridiculously easy for me, can also eat up quite a bit of time...for our final project we have to model a toy fire truck.

1P03 is kind of interesting...its basically about all the steps used in engineering design...we also cover a bit on engineering ethics too. For this, our final project is to design a more effecient way of doing something in third world countries (our group is doing roof tiles made of recycled tire rubber). Again, the work in this class is easy, but tedious andtime consuming.

I'd have to say Im really happy Im taking them in the summer. My TAs say that the group work/group meetings can get really annoying when you have all your other important courss like physics and math to worry about.

My course load still wont be incredibly easy. I decided to add a philosphy elective (ill have 3electives) because it turns out having less courses lowers your calculated average. But then again, i assume taking one philosophy course is still way easier than taking the two courses im taking now.

Are you given tests/quizzes in these courses? I hope it's also "easy" during regular school hours. I don't know what happens at Mac Summer School but all our courses at Summer/Night school is a joke around here, and much harder during normal school. But it seems the payment to attend these courses was worth it, from what I heard it wasn't cheap.

1P03 used to have small multiple choice quizzes in class two years ago (mainly for attendance), but the course changed last year and I don't know if it's still the same.
1C03 used to have weekly take home assignments (which were cancelled last year, correct me if I'm wrong) plus weekly assignments in tutorial. We also had labs that were marked. This course had a midterm for tutorial and one for the lab.

Both of these courses may have changed from when I took them (06/07 year).

1P03 now doesn't have any quizzes or tests. Alot of assignments though and the final design project is a pain.

For 1C03, we have tutorial assignments, marked labs and another final project that is also a pain.

Neither of these courses had midterms (which may be because it is summer school). 1p03 has awritten exam at the end, and so does c03. c03 also has a lab we took earlier than the final exam.