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Old 04-01-2009 at 01:55 AM   #1
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Social Science 2nd Year Courses...HELP!!
Hey guys, so iv slacked super hard on this "picking majors" for 2nd year thing and now im behind with absoloutley no clue how to pick a major for second year

Im a first year social science student so if anyone knows how to go about this your help would be greatly appreciated.

I logged onto SOLAR yesterday and came across a page that give me 4 choices. I want to major in political science so where exactly do i go from here and how do i say that i want to major in Poli Sci....and what are the 4 options for? incase i dont get into the major of my choice??

The day is fast approaching and i really need to know how so if someone can briefly fill me in on the next step i should take on mugsi/solar please help me out!
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Chad....Anyone???

Im so ****** for this
Old 04-01-2009 at 02:06 PM   #3
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Hi there,
-Search for political science in the search bar
-It will come up with options list(Eg: I searched for Econ and it came up with 20 choices)
-Select your choices: You can either go for a BA Polisci Or Honours BA Polisci. I'm still not 100% sure between the pro's and con's of each, only that Honours is more prestigious(And a Four year program)
- The other 18 or so options would be for a Double Major with Poli Sci Eg: Polisci and Econ Polisci and Art history and so On
-Similarly If for example you are interested in other Subjects as backup, You can search for them too.
-But most importantly Visit the Social Science office in KTH if you have questions, they are pretty helpful!
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Old 04-01-2009 at 06:30 PM   #4
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Oh, and they have drop in counselling from 1-3 everyday... you would think that it's super busy right now, but I went and got through in like 20 minutes. =]
Old 04-05-2009 at 01:19 PM   #5
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Alright thanks alot guys, although i had 1 more question.

Ok now since i want to major in political science, i entered it in the search bar and it gave me all the possible majors.

I first option is simply a major in political science (B.A) but after that it gives me a combination of say Linguistics and Political Science or Philosophy and Political Science.

If im majoring in Poli Sci, should all four of my options be from Political Science section or can my 2nd or 3rd option be say Sociology or Economics.

If theres anyone whos already done this can you please let me know how you did it
Old 04-05-2009 at 01:52 PM   #6
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Hey, when you're choosing a major, you should choose some different ones as well, in case you can't get into the program of your choice. I want to do a combined honors in Health Studies and Sociology, but I also picked Honors sociology, honors Health Studies and a B.A. in sociology as a back up. hope that helps!
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Ok thanks so much!, also when you've picked your 4 choices are you done or is there more too it?

And anyone know the cut-off to get into an Honours program?
Old 04-05-2009 at 03:40 PM   #8
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If you go here, and search within the faculty, you can found out all the program information and what the requirements are. Hope that helps.

http://registrar.mcmaster.ca /calen...2008/index.htm
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Thanks....and so i ranked my top 4 choices and pressed submit...and it didnt ask me for supplemntary application links so i just exited.

Does this mean im done picking my programme for next year or is there other things i have to do
Old 04-06-2009 at 03:22 PM   #10
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Yep, you're done! Just wait for your grade report in like May, and it'll tell you on there which programs you've been accepted into.



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