I'm looking for some electives for first year and I've already decided on Anthro, Psycho, French, and Communication. Any ideas on Linguistics or Philosophy, Law and Society? I saw that Philosophy has a load of essays. And any comments on the already selected electives?

I only have so many electives b/c I've already taken Data and Calculus in high school so those spots are converted into electives.

I'm going in for nursing and I am choosing linguistics 1A03 as my elective...seems interesting and it's supposedly a bird course. It also has no essays....thank god because I hate essays lol.

Yup, Linguistics 1A03 is interesting (in my opinion) and has no essays, just weekly assignments and occasional quizzes in tutorial. Dr. Moro is amazing, and I'd recommend her with anything :]

Linguistics was a really interesting course and I recommend it. I took philosophy 1B03 last year and I found it extremely boring. There were three essays during the term and the final exam also had an essay and short answer questions. The prof from last year (Dr. Scarafa or something like that) was really boring, but I think if there's a different prof teaching it this year it could be really interesting.

Originally Posted by Nikki03

Linguistics was a really interesting course and I recommend it. I took philosophy 1B03 last year and I found it extremely boring. There were three essays during the term and the final exam also had an essay and short answer questions. The prof from last year (Dr. Scarafa or something like that) was really boring, but I think if there's a different prof teaching it this year it could be really interesting.

Agreed - the professor last year was pretty much the university equivalent of John Madden.

What Feona said.

Originally Posted by reeves

What Feona said.

Just to add further emphasis, I too agree with her! Dr. Moro is awesome -- she presents material in such an organized and easy-to-understand manner, so you shouldn't have a lot of difficulty in her classes. Don't get me wrong, she's not easy; but if you put forth the effort and know what she tells you to know, you will do well in her class -- she doesn't try to trick students like some other profs.