Elective Change Process and what ones to choose

beautifulmeath · 08-11-2008 07:41PM #1

Hey everyone, I'm a first year wanting to change one of my electives. What's the procedure? And can anyone recommend a really really really easy one?

Thanks!

Thomas_S_Hunterson · 08-11-2008 08:04PM

Probably too late to change your semester 1 electives.

Intro to Quantitativ Economics is run in both semesters and is apparently one of the easiest things out there.

There's also Study Skills which is a Level 0 module.

rainbow kirby · 08-11-2008 08:41PM

Same thing I always say in these threads - any level 1 language module. I can vouch for Japanese level 1 being piss easy and a lot of fun.

bnt · 08-11-2008 09:58PM

I have an alternative view, which has served me well so far, look for something interesting that's "in-programme". That should let you avoid potential scheduling clashes when it comes to lectures and exams. (One in-programme Engineering elective I took last year is paying off this year, because there's a major overlap in the material.) If you're on one of those general Arts degrees, however, I suspect that this might not help much (because of the number and diversity of Arts courses).

As for the process, here's what the Registration page says:

Online module registration for all students is now closed.

The online registration `change of mind´ window for Semester 2 modules will open on Monday, 17 November 2008 and close at 5.00 pm on Friday, 6 February 2009.

Browney7 · 11-11-2008 06:50PM

Ya Quantitative economics is about as easy as they come.

Sounds harder than it is

dyl10 · 18-11-2008 02:03AM

Henry Mcloughlins, Algorithmic Problem Solving. I don't think I could overstate how enjoyable and easy this class is.

This one's a keeper :pac:

Thomas_S_Hunterson · 18-11-2008 04:20PM

dyl10 wrote: »

Henry Mcloughlins, Algorithmic Problem Solving. I don't think I could overstate how enjoyable and easy this class is.

This one's a keeper :pac:

+1

conbob · 18-11-2008 05:37PM

blackboard says theres a cost for changing your semester 2 elective...... is this a mistake. my friend changed his elective and it didnt charge him. so it must be free i suppose?

rainbow kirby · 18-11-2008 06:43PM

dyl10 wrote: »

Henry Mcloughlins, Algorithmic Problem Solving. I don't think I could overstate how enjoyable and easy this class is.

This one's a keeper :pac:

Henry's lovely too

Xhristy · 18-11-2008 10:31PM

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samsamson · 18-11-2008 10:51PM

Is that course just easy because you guys are good at maths though? What sort of puzzles are they?

Did ordinary maths in the leaving but wouldn't mind a few brain teasers :P

conor563 · 19-11-2008 12:25AM

Has the 3rd assignment been given out yet for that problem solving module?

Donald-Duck · 20-11-2008 12:16AM

Just to add to people recomending Henrys course. Do the assignments and you will get 100% in the exam. The exam is the assignments with different names.

Unfortuantely in his third year module he stopped doing the assignments being worth a huge amount of the marks

Intro to programming I/II are pretty much a gaurenteed A for anyone who just goes to the labs every week and does nothing else. You don't need to know anything about computers/programming/maths/anything.

randomchild · 21-11-2008 08:47PM

Global Justice: Towards an Egalitarian Global Order (EQUL10020)

Anyone do this course before? Easy/intresting?

GobBass · 13-12-2008 02:03AM

Is there any possible way I can get into Perspectives on Film II (FS10020)?

I really enjoyed it for the first semester but I have made the terrible mistake of putting in Literary Genre instead:(.If there is ANYONE willing to drop this module,please tell me so I can get in.:rolleyes: I just hope someone does because it is something I have found of considerable interest unlike my other modules.

Mushy · 13-12-2008 11:52AM

That algorithmic Problem Solving module...anyone wanna throw up some examples of the problems? It might then tempt me to do the module.

Thomas_S_Hunterson · 13-12-2008 12:25PM

You do stuff like the towers of Hanoi, a generalisation of the problem of the farmer with a goat, a cabbage and a fox and Knights & Knaves puzzles.

PM me your email address and I'll email you a pdf of the textbook which has most of the problems in it (the author, Roland Backhouse, distributes it freely, but the copy on his website is in PostScript format).

The module doesn't cover the harder parts of the textbook.

btw if anyone else wants the textbook, pm me.

Thomas_S_Hunterson · 13-12-2008 01:00PM

Here's a link to the postscript format version on Backhouse's site:
http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~rcb/G51APS/aps.ps

McNuggy · 14-12-2008 02:33PM

i was thinkin of doin this. heard so much bout the puzzles an what not... sounds good..but i did ordinary maths for the leavin... did really well in it .. but do you need honours maths for it ??

kev_s88 · 14-12-2008 05:54PM

according to the website its only possible to do the Problem Solving module in Semester 1

Elective Change Process and what ones to choose

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