Getting Ready For McMaster: 4. Picking Your Courses & Registering On SOLAR
06-10-2008 at 10:33 PM
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heyChad, if possible and you have room on the front page. maybe include a visual explaining the difference between the lab sections from my reply above? Specifically th eone where you can only take certain labs in certain core sections?
I'm not good w/ uploading visuals yet... still playing around and figuring out how to. haha.  I think visuals will be alot easier for ppl to understand. and its not being able to see what we are talking about that makes them confused, worred and stressed. I love the new ones you've posted. |
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06-10-2008 at 10:47 PM
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Hey Eva!
Sounds good. I just made a diagram to try and explain what you were saying in your post.
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06-10-2008 at 11:02 PM
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Awesome idea Eva!
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06-10-2008 at 11:06 PM
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that was quick!! haha. very efficient Chad. hopefully it clears up alot of the confusing. it seems like alot of ppl had trouble w/ the labs/tutorials stuff. 
pictures are worth a 1000 words!! |
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06-10-2008 at 11:25 PM
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I have another question: if I choose C01 Mo We Th 13:30 - 14:20 for Biology 1M03, should I choose THREE Labs and THREE Tutorials since my core lectures are on Monday Wednesday and Thursday every week?
...and does it matter if the tutorials and labs are on BEFORE a core lecture?
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06-10-2008 at 11:35 PM
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If you pick C01, then from that entire list pick ONE LAB and ONE TUTORIAL....
I can't image you doing three labs and three tutorials and 3 hours of lecture just for one class. that is too crazy.
Also, tutorials and labs DO NOT start the first week of class. It really doesn't matter. The materials covered for the labs/tutorials are usually covered already in class the week before, if not they try to make it as consistant as possible to be fair to all students. |
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06-11-2008 at 02:05 AM
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Hi
What happens if I have a conflict and I am unable to solve it during registration and Mugsi even tells me that there is a conflict in my course selection.So then wont I get a time table at all?
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06-11-2008 at 06:20 AM
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You will have to re-arrange your schedule so there are no conflicts...ie pick new classes or new sections until something works.
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06-11-2008 at 09:45 AM
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I've had a few conflicts in the past and sometimes you have to get rid of a course that you were really excited about because you need to take the mandatory course instead. But there's a ton of other courses you can take instead!
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06-11-2008 at 02:08 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Eva C
If you pick C01, then from that entire list pick ONE LAB and ONE TUTORIAL....
I can't image you doing three labs and three tutorials and 3 hours of lecture just for one class. that is too crazy.
Also, tutorials and labs DO NOT start the first week of class. It really doesn't matter. The materials covered for the labs/tutorials are usually covered already in class the week before, if not they try to make it as consistant as possible to be fair to all students. |
My question was: If you have a lecture 1:30 - 3:30PM can you have a lab and tutorials before that like say 9:00 AM or does tutorials and labs has to be after the lecture?? |
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06-11-2008 at 02:10 PM
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tutorials/labs can be before or after lecture
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06-11-2008 at 03:05 PM
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as i mentioned before too. Tutorials and labs start a after the first week or so after classes start. The tutorials/labs will usually be on material the previous week before. so you do not have to worry if it is on new material that specific week. any time that fits your schedule is good. |
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06-11-2008 at 03:25 PM
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I finally got a schedule that works out!....took me a couple of hours though....I can see why you recommend sorting everything out before you go onto SOLAR. It takes way longer than 45 minutes lol.
There is one course that doesn't have its times posted (I believe its engineer saftey training, worth zero credits), so I hope this course doens't screw up my whole schedule. Also, there is a course offered first year called ENGINEERING CO-OP. Im hoping to do a co-op as soon as possible, so, though Ive never heard of this course before, should I add it into my shedule?
Btw, I dont envy engineering students who aren't taking LEAP who have to somehow work in 1C03 and 1P03 into their schedules. Mine was hard enough without these two classes!
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06-11-2008 at 03:35 PM
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All those labs really can mess a schedule up! The engineering safety thing I believe is just a 1 hour session that you go to when you have spare time, and they run it often so you'll be fine; just make sure you actually attend it or you can't get into second year!
You need to take the co-op course before getting access to the co-op job list thing, so it's probably in your best interest to take it, though I've heard it's vaguely like the safety course thing in that it runs multiple sessions. Or at least a couple sessions... I put it into my schedule just in case.
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