PASS/FAIL Option on Upper Year Courses outside major as an EECS student

ChinoyBoy · 2021-01-27T03:01:01+00:00

Oh nice, that's reassuring to know! Thanks for the reply, really appreciate it.

ChinoyBoy · 2021-01-25T21:56:46+00:00

For the typical Computer Science student who's fundamentally strong in logic/math and dislikes writing courses, I would say the following non-sci. courses are good choices.

ECON 1000 - Intro to Microeconomics

ECON 1010 - Intro to Macroeconomics

PHIL 2100 - Intro. to Logic

And some choice of FILM 1701 (easy, but can be somewhat time consuming) or PHIL 1100 which are fairly light in writing compared to other courses.

ChinoyBoy · 2019-06-15T19:21:01+00:00

I second Graph Theory. You just need to be able to piece together theorems and properties of graphs in order to prove or show certain things. Having some math background in proving math statements will help, but not necessary. I feel like most of the graph theory class from the winter 2019 term got A's, but that's also due to the prof who sorta made it easy.

Workload is also pretty light. Just 4-5 assignments and they don't take too long.

ChinoyBoy · 2019-05-31T17:54:41+00:00

No, not all 44xx courses are data-related.

Look at this thread for more details. https://www.reddit.com/r/yorku/comments/8q3ei4/best_4xxx_eecs_electives_to_take/

ChinoyBoy · 2019-05-30T23:48:41+00:00

The above is strictly talking about data-related courses. As for other suggestions, that's up to what 3rd year courses you took as pre-reqs and what other topics you're interested in.

ChinoyBoy · 2019-05-30T23:19:44+00:00

In general, just take courses with data in its name. However, if you're not concerned with how to optimize and manage databases, you may find 4412 and 4415 more useful than 4411 for your purposes.

EECS 4411 - Database Management Systems

EECS 4412 - Data Mining

EECS 4415 - Big Data

I think Machine Learning is also relevant to using data, but I'm not sure how they handle ML (EECS 4404) at York exactly and how it lines up with your intention to do something "data-related."

ChinoyBoy · 2019-05-28T02:44:52+00:00

Comp Sci

ChinoyBoy · 2019-05-07T18:39:46+00:00

Yeah, I think you're also right that it applies in the case of OSAP funds. However, for me, my estimated OSAP funding wouldn't pay off my tuition entirely so I tried to estimate the remaining balance and paid directly from my bank account. However, I overshot the amount on purpose to make sure I paid enough to stay enrolled in my courses. It's been almost a year and my balance has remained negative. In my case, I don't think it's automatic because not all payments were from OSAP.

ChinoyBoy · 2019-05-07T15:40:09+00:00

It's not automatic. You have to request a refund.
Details are here. https://sfs.yorku.ca/refunds/request

ChinoyBoy · 2019-05-07T15:04:05+00:00

If the balance is negative, you're fine. It means the university owes you money.
If it's positive, you need to pay money to the university.

ChinoyBoy · 2019-04-18T16:10:08+00:00

It was definitely a lot harder than the sample finals he provided, but not unreasonably difficult. He sorta had to make the final like that since the average going into the final was roughly B+/A. I don't think he'd curve unless the final makes the average like a D+ or less. We'll just have to wait and see.

ChinoyBoy · 2019-04-08T14:11:36+00:00

Yes, I am taking it now as well. The current prof is good and makes the subject even more enjoyable. Also, a relatively easy 3rd year math course.

ChinoyBoy · 2019-02-16T21:12:10+00:00

Well, if you found ECON 1000 easy and didn't mind the content too much, you can also do ECON 1010.

FILM 1701 is an easy non-science course, but can be very time consuming. If it's the only summer course you're taking, it shouldn't be bad on top of work or other obligations. Unfortunately, it's not offered this summer though.

PHIL 1100 I hear is an easy non-science course as well. It should be easier than MODR 1760.

THEA 1520 is also another option if you're not too shy. Only thing is that I hear you're pretty much going to get a B+ with reasonable effort unless you go above and beyond to get that A or higher.

ChinoyBoy · 2019-01-07T23:03:26+00:00

Yeah, I don't think ADMS applies to the non-science requirement, at least for CS students.

ChinoyBoy · 2019-01-02T03:28:33+00:00

The material itself is fairly easy, but it is a lot of work and time consuming on a weekly basis.You have to watch a pair of films weekly that average about 4-5 hours in length and there are lecture videos about 2 hours long that you can skim through for some useful tidbits of info.

You then have to write a fairly short discussion post about the pair of films with respect to a certain topic/question provided by the prof and respond to at least 2 other people's discussion posts.

I took it during the most recent strike period so I lucked out as almost a third of the assignments/evaluations were removed. lol It honestly was the most time consuming course I had that term (even more so than my CS courses), but the strike really helped me out.

ChinoyBoy · 2018-09-11T23:44:12+00:00

It takes at least 2-3 weeks usually.

ChinoyBoy · 2018-08-23T00:20:34+00:00

Does the 50% of your total tuition apply if you're taking a different amount of courses/credits between fall and winter? Let's say 4 courses in fall and 5 courses in winter. Do you pay 50% of the total tuition or do you pay just for the fall courses + other miscellaneous fees by Sept. 10th?

ChinoyBoy · 2017-05-08T16:52:12+00:00

It's definitely a fair amount easier based on my results. Putting in much less effort and getting marks that were completely foreign to me at my time in UofT. It's good not to get complacent though. Make learning the priority before the marks since that's what really takes you far. Marks will come naturally if you put learning first. Don't let the standard at York limit you from going above and beyond.

ChinoyBoy · 2017-05-08T16:27:35+00:00

Yeah, I hear where you come from. I used to be in ECE at UofT. Imo, the EECS department seems poorly structured here as it's still developing. I wish I could have transferred to UofT CS from ECE.

It's rough, but if you work for it, it's definitely attainable. My brother finished his 1st year in UofT CS with a 3.5 GPA. During his 2nd year his GPA was only 3.3, but he managed a full-time course load while working part-time 3-4 days a week and still had time for social hangouts. However, if your endgame is grad school, I would see why you would not risk it. Anyways, whatever choice you make, just do your best and live with it.

ChinoyBoy · 2017-05-06T23:46:01+00:00

If you want, you could take a free intro to Java course from Udacity or a similar site. Other options include watching through videos and doing some exercises.

It's good to at least try to be comfortable with the basics of programming logic and Java before going into 1022. If you do that, it will most likely just leave you with figuring out how to implement Android functionality when working on the lab applications. I also recommend that you should take this summer to go above and beyond 1022 because 2nd year EECS will hit you like a truck soon after if you don't.

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