Elective Change Process and what ones to choose

beautifulmeath

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

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

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

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

Ya Quantitative economics is about as easy as they come.

Sounds harder than it is

dyl10

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

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

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

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

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samsamson

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

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

Donald-Duck

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

Global Justice: Towards an Egalitarian Global Order (EQUL10020)

Anyone do this course before? Easy/intresting?

GobBass

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

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

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

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

McNuggy

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

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