Well that was a fucked up midterm. How do you think you did ?.

It was better than I expected... Most of the questions were pretty straightforward unlike the sample midterm. Going to study like crazy leading up to final now..

What did you think ?

I did a similar schedule, but with 5 courses while working 2 part time jobs (20-30 hrs / week):
Bus 360
Bus 207
Bus 303
Bus 320 (intermediate accounting)
CMNS 110W

Ended up doing decent (B or higher) in all of them, and it's definitely not easy but not as tough as people say. I'll break down each course according to my experience:

BUS 360 - Shauna Jones - takes effort and quick learning to wrap yourself around business writing, but very manageable. I spent ~3-8 hours per week on this course and was like <0.5% from an A-.

BUS 207 - Karen Ruckman - easy class, just know your supply & demand curve and some of the other concepts from the course. She is very theoretical based teacher and has simple calculations. No homework at all. Spent ~1-3 days studying for the 2 midterms and final.

BUS 303 - Robert/Bob Korth - easy class, 7 written assignments including 3 case essays (i heard its only 3 case essays now). Lecture is completely useless, i only went to 2 of them. Cases are extremely easy to write and take ~2-5 hours each and his grading scheme is easy. The journal assignments (i heard he got rid of em) take a bit more time. No midterm/final, just assignments.

BUS 320 - not relevant but for reference, i spent ~3-4 hours / week on hw
CMNS 110W - not relevant but for reference, i spent ~ 1 hour / week on hw



I still managed some free time while working and taking these 5 courses and I'm no where near smart, so it's very do-able. Go for it.

BUS 393 - Colin Hawes - I didn't do that well in this one, but its not a hard course, spend a few days before MT and Final reading the book (open book) and understanding your terminology and concepts. No HW, but 1 presentation.

Finance 312 is nothing like 254. If you take it with George Blazenko and put in some effort, the class is a joke. Super easy, open book. Do all his past exams and you'll own it up. The class is essentially a few big calculations that you have to understand and practice a lot and you'll be fine. Very straight forward.

I'm a TA for 254 (not this semester, working a FT summer position) and I can tell you 254 and 312 have nothing in common. Pre-req's often have little to nothing related.

Never TA'd for Masood before but I can tell you from my TAing experience that this course requires a lot of understanding. The questions on the exams aren't straight forward and often require you to think beyond the homework/lecture examples. But if you know each of the concepts and calculations inside-out, you'll do good on it.

Feel free to shoot me a PM before your final if you have any questions about the concepts or want a few examples/methods that I used in my tutorials.

edit: oh feel free to pm me about any business course/elective in general. I'm heading towards my 5th year so I've taken most of them :P

Wow really. Shit. I found some multiple choice questions a bit difficult, so I had to guess. I was able to do the 3rd and 4th open ended for sure. I manage to do some of the second open ended but had no clue as to the 1st one. Honestly I just hope to pass this class but according to his grading scheme, 12% of the class will fail which is 20 students.

You can thank me for the low class average lol.

Thanks a lot. I will definitely utilize your expertise. O and what is the minimum grade to become a TA in any of the business subjects? I heard that it was at least and A.

The only business class that I got close to an is is bus 272 with an A-. Rest are either B+ or B-.

I've TA'd for two different classes before and I got an A+ in both of those ones. But the minimum to apply is an A-. They prefer you if you've taken it with the same prof and then go by grades. So you'll most likely get less priority.

Minimum is a B+. I have a friend that TA'd with only a B+ in that class. They take into consideration a wide variety of things (altho I still don't completely understand how they select candidates): availability, grade, experience, English competency, professor you took it with.

I see. Thank you.

This next question is for those that applied for co op and landed a position.

What was your cgpa ?

How much related or non related work experience did you have ?

How competitive is it to land a postion ?

How useful are the resume and interview workshops that are required for co op ?



My status so far

cgpa: 2.79 ( probably will decrease this semester)

Work experience: Held 2 part time temporary jobs that lasted 3 months and the other 3 weeks.

extra ciriculars/sports( not sure if that's really relevant): martial arts

What are my chances of landing a co op job with these stats ?

If it's slim to none then I won't even bother applying for co op.

Very slim.

What are some fun things to do at SFU Surrey and Burnaby campus? :alone:

@Burnaby: Work out. Sleep in the library on those black chairs :fullofwin:

@Surrey: Go downstairs and shop at zellers :ilied: Grab some mediocre bbt at bubble 88 across the street? Check out the video game room if you don't mind getting stared at awkwardly when you walk in :suspicious:

Good luck, have fun :P

@Burnaby: do psyc experiments, burn time and earn money, the driving sim was alright

^ agree in lincolnboi, surrey game room is a must visit. first time i went there I was like :sweetjesus::fullofwin::fuckyea:

BBY: Go for a run or a hike! I go at least once a week during the summer up on the mountain.

SRY: Games room and shopping!

Anyone in Zitron's BUS 312 this semester?

:rukidding: has a PHD with a penmanship of a grade 5. only university prof

Is anyone going to take or have taken ECON 383 Health Economics?
Anyone know if it's easy??

if you take a course via distance education and the course has a required tutorial, what happens to the tutorial?

^ You might get e-live instead where you talk in a discussion through a microphone or you just post stuff online.

stupid question, but I think i heard that you could take UBC summer courses even if you are in SFU, is that true?

yeah i'm in the burnaby one

Me too, hows studying for the MT coming along?

Just wondering, how did you become a TA for 254 and what are the requirements? I kinda want to TA for that course too but I hear it is a little competitive. I got an A+ in that course so grade should not matter, but are there any other things that may help? I'm entering 3rd year in september.

Did the sample yesterday... redoing assignments 4 and 5 tonight and tomorrow.

How about you?