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From Illustrious-Mix948:
I am taking MATH302, MATH215, STAT 200 and BIOL 111 together in term 1. Can anyone know what will be the difficulty level and workload? I want to add another STAT/MATH/ECON course, should I? Please help!
I am taking MATH210, ECON 102, STAT 305 and STAT 306 together in term 2. Can anyone know what will be the difficulty level and workload? I want to add another STAT/MATH/ECON course, should I? Please help!
From georgebush0000: Hello, has anyone ever taken CPSC 121 and MATH 341 (introduction to discrete math)? If so, did you find that CPSC 121 alone gave you adequate preparation for the course? Because I was kind of surprised to see that MATH 341's pre-reqs are just "one of MATH 220, 223, 226 or CPSC 121". I've only taken math up to MATH 12 or precalculus 12 but did quite alright in CPSC 121 and found the course content super interesting. I appreciate any advice!
I've taken CPSC 121, not MATH 341, so I'm basing my answer off the syllabus at https://personal.math.ubc.ca/~solymosi/341/341.html. I have also worked through part of generatingfunctionology, which is mentioned in the syllabus.
Based on the course outline there doesn't seem to be much material you need to know that you didn't learn in 121. The other courses also have little to no focus on the topics in the class, so I think the point of the pre-reqs is the ability to think mathematically and prove things (as 223 and 226 are both honours courses, and 220 is a proof course). It might help to read a mathematical proof book (I hear How to Prove It by Velleman is a good starting point).
From Educational_North384: Changing specilization in 4th year? Unfortunately, I got rejected by all three specializations I applied to in my second year of science. Currently, I have 54 credits. I really want to get into the math/stats major, but the only option available to me now is the Combined Major (3096): Science. Is there any chance for me to change my specialization in my fourth year? Thanks for any suggestions.
You can probably change before your academic fourth year (end of second or third). If you've already taken all the credits to be promoted to fourth year it might not make a lot of sense to change your degree in fourth year and have to worry about taking more courses and hitting credit limits (I would study the academic calendar and maybe talk to an advisor). Of course this depends on what major you're going to be in, especially if it doesn't have a lot of requirements. If it has a lot of requirements it might be a better idea to aim for a combined major between your favoured specialization and your current one, or to do a minor instead.
From LoveCPen:
Hello fellow third or fourth years in cpen or cpsc. I was able to register for CPSC320 but all the tutorial sections are full. One of them is blocked and as far as I know they create another section depening on the number of students registered.
Since CPSC320 is a core course for me, i cannot drop it. So the issue is, out of the 5 tutorial timings (including the blocked one) 2 of them conflicts with my other courses. I really dont want to drop other courses as it will make my proceeding to 4th year standing at a risky point.
Who should I reach out to to request for adding me to a tutorial that does not conflict? And When does cpsc usually release tutorial sections for poeple in my situation who is not in the waitlist but could not register for the tutorials.
Any input will be appreciated since I am really worried
a) When I took this course tutorials were not marked at all and had material released, and personally I only went to one, though I found the course easy overall. b) If there are more lecture spots than tutorial spots they will open them up, no need to worry. You probably do not need to reach out yourself and they will move you in to one or release a new section. I couldn't actually find a source for this but this is what has been repeated on the community.
reddit.com/r/ubccsss/comments/15a3ge4/do_i_really_need_gpa_boosters/
Hi, here is my program for both terms. I added EOSC111, ASTR101, and applied for the waitlist for PHYS119, and ATSC113. I actually took an ECON course but everyone told me to drop it and take easier courses for my GPA. I wonder do I really need those GPA booster lectures. It seems like a waste of money to take classes that do not attract me and does not meet any of my science reqs. Also WDYT about my program overall? Do you have any opinion?
First off, you do have elective requirements you have to meet, for example you need 12 arts credits and 3 credits from each "category" of science minus one (https://science.ubc.ca/students/requirements/faculty, see academic calendar for more details). Speaking from a GPA perspective, I find that if you're actually interested in a subject you can probably do better in those courses than so-called gpa boosters (I heard ATSC 113 is no longer a GPA booster anymore, as well). Another thing to note: I haven't checked, but I would not recommend taking WRDS 150 with a bad professor because of how much the syllabus differs and the class sizes are small. Much better to take an ENGL course IMO.
