just thought i shud share mine from last year's first sem
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/812/46689101502539351051875.jpg
Computer Science Canada Waterloo Schedule |
| Author: | jrcdude [ Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Waterloo Schedule |
So I can see my schedule now, but it seems awfully bare. I know I only have 2.0 / 2.5 units so I still have to add one class, but without it, its still only approximately 11 and a half hours of classes. I do not see this going much above 15 hours even with my fifth course added to the schedule. http://cl.ly/0B471Z0N1g0k432y0k1N is the link to my schedule. Does this look like a normal first year schedule? |
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| Author: | Tony [ Sat Jul 09, 2011 2:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Waterloo Schedule |
Yeah, pretty much. Typically you are looking at 2x time if you include assignments/readings, more for projects and tests. Although 1st year is there to bring everyone up to the same level, so the difficulty will vary, depending on how strong you are coming into University. |
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| Author: | unoho [ Sat Jul 09, 2011 10:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Waterloo Schedule |
just thought i shud share mine from last year's first sem
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/812/46689101502539351051875.jpg |
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| Author: | jrcdude [ Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Waterloo Schedule |
Damn, is that first year electrical engineering? Looks so much more intense haha. |
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| Author: | Sur_real [ Sat Jul 09, 2011 2:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Waterloo Schedule |
that's SE and that's what my schedule will look like in sept...crap, hopefully I have time to social :/ |
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| Author: | Tony [ Sat Jul 09, 2011 2:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Waterloo Schedule |
You can socialize during all of those labs/tutorials  Actually it's in your best interest to do so, as it's a lot of work to do on your own. |
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| Author: | unoho [ Sat Jul 09, 2011 7:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Waterloo Schedule |
ya that's for SE.. i didn't even bother showing the 2nd sem we had no breaks on tuesday.. :/
its not that bad if you think of it as having a full time job? haha dont worry..i still managed have some good times with my roommates and my friends. maybe a bit less than others but still did 
EDIT: @sur_real, post ur schedule if u dont mind plz. i really wanna see if they improved it by any way. |
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| Author: | Sur_real [ Sat Jul 09, 2011 7:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Waterloo Schedule |
hehe...gotta wait until the 11th though, our schedules aren't out yet... I'll post back when I get it but I'm not getting my hopes up though :/ |
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| Author: | Fasih [ Sun Jul 10, 2011 12:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Waterloo Schedule |
@Sur_real yeah I'm still waiting for my SE schedule. I've seen my friends for tron and im freaking out... |
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| Author: | Sur_real [ Sun Jul 10, 2011 12:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Waterloo Schedule |
well don't be too eager to get it, it's gonna be a killer lol anyways, the website says to start checking quest for your schedule beginning july 11 so until then, I'll wait... http://www.findoutmore.uwaterloo.ca/thenextstep/admitted/classes.php |
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| Author: | Sur_real [ Sun Jul 10, 2011 2:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Waterloo Schedule |
O_O it's up... http://i.imgur.com/4UF1Y.png that lunchtime...  |
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| Author: | ProgrammingFun [ Sun Jul 10, 2011 2:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Waterloo Schedule |
Sorry to interrupt but...is all the environment stuff necessary? |
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| Author: | Tony [ Sun Jul 10, 2011 3:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Waterloo Schedule |
That's just the location of the lectures, which are still MATH/ECE |
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| Author: | Fasih [ Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RE:Waterloo Schedule |
Sur_real @ Sun Jul 10, 2011 2:22 pm wrote:
:S Mine's still not up |
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| Author: | jrcdude [ Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Waterloo Schedule |
Why do I have so few classes compared to SE.  and I noticed under the description of say, CS 135:
CS 135 LAB,LEC,TST,TUT 0.50 yet theres no lab on my schedule. Or for Math 135: MATH 135 LEC,TST,TUT While I do not have a tutorial, only a lecture. What's up with that  |
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| Author: | Tony [ Sun Jul 10, 2011 6:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Waterloo Schedule |
You have the same number of Lectures. Engineering TUT/LAB time is kind of like scheduled assignment-work time. |
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| Author: | Sur_real [ Sun Jul 10, 2011 6:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RE:Waterloo Schedule |
Fasih @ Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:29 pm wrote: Sur_real @ Sun Jul 10, 2011 2:22 pm wrote:
:S Mine's still not up well tomorrow's the official date anyways. Are you checking the "enroll" tab for the schedule? |
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| Author: | Fasih [ Sun Jul 10, 2011 9:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RE:Waterloo Schedule |
Sur_real @ Sun Jul 10, 2011 6:48 pm wrote: Fasih @ Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:29 pm wrote: Sur_real @ Sun Jul 10, 2011 2:22 pm wrote:
:S Mine's still not up well tomorrow's the official date anyways. Are you checking the "enroll" tab for the schedule? Yeah, ill just wait till tomorrow |
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| Author: | Cool.Breeze [ Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RE:Waterloo Schedule |
jrcdude @ Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:56 pm wrote: Why do I have so few classes compared to SE.
and I noticed under the description of say, CS 135:
CS 135 LAB,LEC,TST,TUT 0.50 yet theres no lab on my schedule. Or for Math 135: MATH 135 LEC,TST,TUT While I do not have a tutorial, only a lecture. What's up with that For CS 135, there is no scheduled lab. By "LAB" they just mean the assignments that are due every week which you have to do on your own time. As for math 135 there are no tutorials anymore. If you look on the official schedule of classes you will notice there are no tutorials schedules either. I strongly suggest you use the math tutorial center though, it is really helpful for the assignments, which can be pretty challenging. |
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| Author: | z_cross_fire [ Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Waterloo Schedule |
Here's what my schedule looks like: http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/9774/timetablee.png Also, I have a Phys 121 Lab every other week  |
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| Author: | Fasih [ Mon Jul 11, 2011 2:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Waterloo Schedule |
What the... my schedule is still not up... :S |
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| Author: | jrcdude [ Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RE:Waterloo Schedule |
z_cross_fire @ Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:52 am wrote: Here's what my schedule looks like:
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/9774/timetablee.png Also, I have a Phys 121 Lab every other week Holy shit dude, we have a ton of stuff together! My new schedule:  |
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| Author: | Cool.Breeze [ Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RE:Waterloo Schedule |
z_cross_fire @ Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:52 am wrote: Here's what my schedule looks like:
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/9774/timetablee.png Also, I have a Phys 121 Lab every other week Nice, you got Craig Kaplan for CS 135, awesome prof. |
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| Author: | z_cross_fire [ Mon Jul 11, 2011 5:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RE:Waterloo Schedule |
jrcdude @ Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:46 pm wrote: Holy shit dude, we have a ton of stuff together! Hehe, looking forward to meet you!
I might change my courses to advanced ones though. Cool.Breeze @ Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:49 pm wrote: Nice, you got Craig Kaplan for CS 135, awesome prof. Yea, I heard he is good. Isn't he into computer graphics or something?  |
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| Author: | apython1992 [ Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Waterloo Schedule |
This isn't my schedule seeing as I'm not going to Waterloo, but I have a twin brother who's going there, and hey, we're basically the same person. So here it is, posted entirely without his permission. It's pretty nasty. |
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| Author: | crossley7 [ Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Waterloo Schedule |
Seeing how full these schedules are is scaring me for once I get there At least I have some time to figure out if I feel that I can handle software engineering before I get there |
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| Author: | jrcdude [ Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Waterloo Schedule |
Haha, just changed my schedule around to get CS later in the day so I can sleep a bit: 
I guess Kaplan will be a bonus? |
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| Author: | Tony [ Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Waterloo Schedule |
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| Author: | z_cross_fire [ Tue Jul 12, 2011 5:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Waterloo Schedule |
^ Lovely Schedule |
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| Author: | jrcdude [ Fri Jul 15, 2011 1:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RE:Waterloo Schedule |
z_cross_fire @ Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:52 am wrote: Here's what my schedule looks like:
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/9774/timetablee.png Also, I have a Phys 121 Lab every other week Hmm.. I'm not sure if I should take that Phys 121 Lab... Can I ask why you took it? And does that mean you have 2.75 units this term? |
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| Author: | z_cross_fire [ Sun Jul 17, 2011 12:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Waterloo Schedule |
^ I don't have any clear purpose of taking the physics lab. Also, after reading what monkey had to say... monkey @ Sun Nov 01, 2009 12:48 am wrote: PHYS121: Most of what we`ve learnt is an extension of the mechanics we learnt in high school, with significantly more challenging problems. There is content in this course that is not present in the Ontario high-school curriculum (at least I dont think so) e.g. rotational dynamics and angular momentum. They used to teach special relativity in PHYS 121, but unfortunately they removed it this year. And Endless, this course IS NOT super-easy. It is the standard first-year course for physics majors. For some reason, some of the assignment questions require integration, which we have not covered in math. PHYS121LAB: Don`t take this course if you don`t have to . It is a waste of time. We are expected to write our lab report during the lab itself. There simply isn`t enough time to write a good lab report. I find that the lab-reports I write in this class are sub-par to even the lab-reports I wrote in high-school. There is no time to do the calculation for uncertainties, nor enough time to do a proper analysis of your results and evalution of experimental errors. They ask the TAs to mark the lab reports easy, but there is simply no point to taking a course in which nothing is learnt. It is almost like the opposite of learning since our lab reports are worse than in high-school, due to the time constraints. I am very dissapointed with this course. Source: http://compsci.ca/v3/viewtopic.php?t=22023&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=60 ...I think I shouldn't take it. Edit: Yes, Lab counts as 0.25, so I currently have 2.75. |
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| Author: | cheese_cake [ Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Waterloo Schedule |
according to my list view, i have got: [2741 003 LEC Th 19:00 - 21:50 RCH 101 Larry Smith 12/09/2011 - 05/12/2011] however it does not show on the weekly calendar view. what does it mean? //just curious, hare there any opinions on the following lecturers; Robert Mann(phy); Edward Vrscay(calc); Rahim Moosa(algebra); Troy Vasiga(CS)? |
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| Author: | Tony [ Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Waterloo Schedule |
cheese_cake @ Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:33 pm wrote: what does it mean?
schedule view's default hours cut off night classes. Adjust the hours, and refresh the view. |
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| Author: | z_cross_fire [ Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Waterloo Schedule |
@cheese_cake Vasiga is good. I had him for a sample lecture (showing 3 sorting algorithms) during March-break Open House. For others, you can check Rate My Professors. |
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| Author: | crossley7 [ Mon Jul 18, 2011 9:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Waterloo Schedule |
Vasiga came into my high school one morning this year and he seemed pretty good even though most of the material he covered I already knew. (I think our teacher picked the content that was going to be covered and Vasiga just came up with the problems and presented it) I still learned a bunch about stuff that i thought i knew |
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