Sara,

I will ask Emma Davis, the Welcome Week Planner for nursing...

All you will hear is

"Go to classes" WIIIIIIIINK!

Classes happen every week for the next 4 years, you can afford missing one for a class. The first class is just introductory anyways, you will not be penalized for skipping out. They look at the first year schedule and try their best not to interfere with their time limitations.

100% go to the events, the people you'll meet with effect your entire University experience!!!

But even though we aren't taught new material during the first class, don't the professors use this time to tell us important information and give us important documentation?

Profs usually give the overview of the course, and hand out the syllubus. However, they also give out copy of the syllubus during the next class, or have them available online (this is dependant on the prof, however).

Syllubus = description of the course, tells you the required text(s), tells you all the deadlines/due dates/test dates for the course, explains the plagerism policy, gives you the profs contact info and hours, class location and times...some other things i'm probably forgetting...

so i just checked my timetable, and i have like 8 conflicts.
how am i going to fix this?
i'm on vacation in maine right now, and i might not have access to the internet on the 7th.
am i screwed?!
my thing looks like this:
ACTION REQUIRED: - Hide
Subject Crs Term D/E Comp Message Subject Crs Term D/E Comp
ENVIR SC 1G03 1D C01 Conflicts with NURSING 1F04 1D C03
ENVIR SC 1G03 1D L06 Conflicts with HTH SCI 1H06 3D L01
ENVIR SC 1G03 1D L06 Conflicts with HTH SCI 1H06 3D T01
GERONTOL 1A03 2D C02 Conflicts with NURSING 1G04 2D L06
HTH SCI 1AA3 1D T01 Conflicts with PSYCH 1A03 1D C54
HTH SCI 1BB3 2D Sectioning conflict - Core HTH SCI 1BB3 2D Sectioning conflict - Tutorial

1) make sure all the courses needed for your degree are covered
2) i noticed one of the conflicts was due to a tutorial, switch the tutorial
3) see what other elective courses fit around your core classes

okay.. ugh, i looked up the courses and thought they fit...
but i guess not.
theyre we're so many different times for the pysch course, that i thought it would fit in some where.
on the 7th will i be able to call someone to help me figure this out?

you just need to switch into a psych section that fits then.

i'm not really sure how all of this is going to go down on tuesday, as this is a new system for all of us upper years as well!

oh okay.
thanks for the help!
my only concern is that if i cant fit in my electives, then all of the other options that i was interested in will now be full.

indeed, that could definately but a damper on things.

once you've got your core classes figured out, you can also try and see what courses are available when you don't have anything else scheduled.

Hey Sara! Yea, psychology has sooo many available times that you should be able to fit into one of them, you just gotta have the patience to find that one. Last year, I found that a lot of nursing students were in the same psychology class, so if you are having trouble, maybe ask some other first year nursing students what psych section they are in, cuz it will probably fit into your schedule. And you may not get the elective you want, it sucks, but the nursing schedules are so set (tutorials and labs and lectures) that you can't change those, you may have to pick another elective.

so i was just wondering what other nursing students have as their electives, as i'm finding it quite difficult to find courses that don't conflict with the core nursing subjects!

i've got a handle on how to work it out now, it's just finding the right courses now.
i'm my own guidance counsellar now!

Sara, at least you are lucky enough to be able to get into the MUGSi server. I waited an entire day, until 1:00 AM to get connected. Ugh!!I have the same prob as you: my elective doesn't fit my schedule.

well, after 4 hours and dropping my original electives, i found 2, liguistics and geography.

i know another person who is taking a full year course of world religion in the evening.

it was definitely difficult to find electives that fit. i ended up choosing world religions but i think that women st 1A03 Women, Culture, Power and anthrop 1A03 Culture and Society also worked