cultural studies is the study of culture which focuses on several subject areas -- pop culture, the media, race, gender, politics -- and takes from several disciplines, including english, psych, anthro, and sociology.

Ooh. That sounds really interesting. Does this fall under humanities?

Yup! CSCT is cross-listed with english.

The two first year classes are 1b03 and and 1bb3.

what is the difference between the 2..?

the subject matter?

1B03: http://registrar.mcmaster.ca /CALEN...07/crs_655.htm
1BB3: http://registrar.mcmaster.ca /CALEN...07/crs_656.htm

Basically, one is media culture, and the other is the history of mass/pop culture.

do you hav to take pysch 1A03 before you can take 1AA3?
I'm in Kin
First year i hav my 6 Kin course Math 1A03 Bio 1A03 and 1AA3 and i signed up for Geo 1HU3 but im not sure how i should fill that last elective. Any ideas?

Yes. As with all xAA3 classes, you need to take the xA03 section first.

Well, what kind of a class are you thinking of, and how many credits do you have left, three or six?

Also, what are you good at, and what are you interested in?

ya i only hav three units left. i think im gonna take HEALTHST 1A03. thanks for the advice

Originally Posted by AF89

ya i only hav three units left. i think im gonna take HEALTHST 1A03. thanks for the advice

Sounds like a great choice Alex

Hey just wondering if anyone knew anything about GERONTOL 1A03? is it easy/hard?

For those going into Social Science, here is an old PowerPoint I dug up that is from 2005 and has some really great info in it.

Here's some of the career paths the presentation lists:
* Civil Services
* Education
* Environment
* Finance
* Health Care
* Human Resources
* International Affairs
* Law
* Marketing
* Social Services

With regards to GER 1A03, I haven't taken it, but have heard that all GERONTOLOGY courses are on the easy side, and are also interesting. If I come across someone who has taken the course I'll let you know!

hmm that was useful still, thanks chad

I agree with Lorend regarding psych, whether you do well is based on the TA you get.
My TA wasn't very good, but the material was VERY interesting. I got a 12, even though my TA gave me a 64% on my midterm project.
Regarding the Multiple choice tests and exams, I can tell you this: if you are keen on performing well on those, you should do all the online practice Questions. Dr. Day pulls questions directly from that, and I previously saw almost every question on my test and exam beforehand. Those who didn't bother spending too much time doing the online practice tests, didn't do so well. However, I agree that his questions are very strange, which is because he did his PhD in multiple choice, but if you practice his type of questions you should have no problem.

I would also like to note, you can switch into another tutorial if you don't enjoy your current TA. This is true for almost all courses, not just psych.

Good luck deciding,
Paul

I picked my courses but had a hard time decided to take two second year courses. An anthro and a religious studies course. I'm thinking about majoring in psychology. I'm taking the 2 psych courses, bio, math, gerentology, a classics, inquiry and one more......
Do you have any advice....? Should i think again about taking those 2 second year courses?? I just found them really interesting.
Thanks
Kelsey

which anthro course? i'm an anthro major and i have a good idea what most of the courses are like by now.

however, from my own experience, i took a second year class in first year and got a little bit of a shock. i took pol sci 2XX3 having not taking pol sci 1A06, and there was material that was assumed knowlege from the first year class. as a result, i did poorly on my midterm. but, i did well on my paper.

depending on the course, this may happen to you as well.