Peter Norris

Only 1 month till university starts and I move into res! I can’t wait! Besides that, nothing new is happening in my life, except for the fact that I finally got to see Pirates and I might (probably) be getting a Macbook Pro soon (for those of you who care). I’ll post more later.

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Well- I got in! I decided to call the registration helpline cause I wasn’t getting anywhere with emails. So when I called (using Skype I might add cause it was free long distance) the person I talked to said talk to the science advisor person and they would put me in the course. So I emailed her and a little while later I heard back. All I had to do was fill out an Add/Drop form and send it as an email attachment. So I did that and now I’m in. It’s showing up in my schedual so it’s official. I’m so happy!!!

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In the fall term at university I get one choice in my courses. There are only a limited number of courses available that don’t require prerequisits, which is the first problem. I had very little choice among the ones that even looked remotely interesting. There is a course, called Science in Context (basic bio, chem, physics, computer science), which I considered taking but I didn’t feel like doing chem and physics so I decided against it (plus there are only like 3 people enrolled in it). So, at first I enrolled in biology because I’ve always enjoyed it and it’s basically a repeat of grade 12 bio so it wouldn’t be too hard. The only problem is there are 2 lectures a week plus a lab. On Wednesdays alone I have 4 hours of bio- and I’m there for information technology. I don’t want to have to take bio if I don’t have to. So I set about looking for an alternative. And I found it: Scientific Computing Tools. This course looks at things like spreadsheets, databases, html, LaTeX, and other applications and is partially taught online- my kind of course. So I go to register for it and I get an error. It appears that I have to be a science student to take this course, even though nowhere in the catalogue or course description does it say so. However it does say I might be able to take it if I get permission. I emailed a student advisor who I had talked to about something earlier and he said he wasn’t aware of any restrictions on that course. He said they might just be restricting it to science students right now to give them a chance to enroll first (it’s a mandotory course for them). He’s going to talk to the science and registration people to see what’s up. Hopefully when I hear back from him It will be with good news. If I can’t take this course I guess I’ll just have to stick with bio. Anyways, I’ll keep you posted.

Peter

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