I'm looking to get an idea of which courses from Poli Sci, Communications Studies, or Geography, don't have an exam. They would have to be second term courses for general studies (i.e. not "Geography Internship", or some 3rd or 4th year course with a massive field-trip and/or group component). "No exam" won't make or break my decision to take a course, but it may factor into my decision.

While I highly encourage people to choose courses they like, I actually find myself interested in a lot of courses from these departments, as complimentary studies, so this may be helpful to narrow down my selection :s .

Any shared experiences would be helpful.

Thanks

Does is matter what year? I've only ever had one course without an exam, and it was a Creative Writing class.

I took Music 2II3 which is a cross list for CMST 2R03 as my Complementary Studies Elective, it does have an exams, but I found it really interesting and not that difficult...show up to lecture, take down notes, regurgitate notes on tests and exams, nice break from my eng courses

Edit: I just checked the timetable, its not offered in the second term this year. Sorry

Originally Posted by mike_302

I'm looking to get an idea of which courses from Poli Sci, Communications Studies, or Geography, don't have an exam. They would have to be second term courses for general studies (i.e. not "Geography Internship", or some 3rd or 4th year course with a massive field-trip and/or group component). "No exam" won't make or break my decision to take a course, but it may factor into my decision.

While I highly encourage people to choose courses they like, I actually find myself interested in a lot of courses from these departments, as complimentary studies, so this may be helpful to narrow down my selection :s .

Any shared experiences would be helpful.

Thanks

Year doesn't matter so much. There's a lot of flexibility in Eng & Society. I have Geog 1HA3, 2UI3, and 2LI3 under my belt, so I have some prerequisites too.

I'd take it as a bonus to not have to regurgitate much next semester... That's why I'm looking. I want to focus my efforts on studying / understanding some core concepts that will be coming up in Civil for me.

Nothing eh? No lighter-course loads in any of these Poli Sci, Geo, or Comm Studies courses?

There's a health sci course available for all majors that has no exam...I believe it's called Health Sci 1PA3.

There is reviews on this course and I'd check them out if I were you.

Originally Posted by mike_302

Nothing eh? No lighter-course loads in any of these Poli Sci, Geo, or Comm Studies courses?

I've never had a Political Science course that doesn't have at least one exam. And the ones that don't just substitute with a take-home anyhow.

Any 2nd year ones that aren't overly heavy? I'm actually really interested in the content... Especially:

POL SCI 2F03 POLITICS, POWER AND INFLUENCE IN CANADA
and
POL SCI 2J03 GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY

not so much 2xx3...

Originally Posted by mike_302

Any 2nd year ones that aren't overly heavy? I'm actually really interested in the content... Especially:

POL SCI 2F03 POLITICS, POWER AND INFLUENCE IN CANADA
and
POL SCI 2J03 GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY

not so much 2xx3...

2J03 is great but there is definitely an exam. You're best to look at third year poli sci courses if you're looking to get away from exams, most of them that I've taken don't have them. Try Pol Sci 3J03, it has a take home (but you may have to be in the program to take that one since it's an honours seminar).

2J03 and 2XX3 are both great classes, I really enjoyed them both. But you'll pretty much always see exams in 2nd year classes, and in poli sci they'll all be written exams too.

Ah, an exam would probably not be the worst thing in the world. A heavy course load leading up to it would be I'll see if there are any reviews on those 2 courses. If not, I'd appreciate some input on the course loads.

2J03 is guaranteed to have a 10-12 page essay in addition to a completely written (think 2-3 short answers plus at least 1-2 essay style questions) final exam. Also, there's a quiz and essay proposal. Is that something you'd want to handle?

I took 2J03 last year and thought it was decent-not my favorite class and it can get pretty dry if you have no interest in international economics...

Nope! Absolutely not my interest Thank you!