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Sekhon
12-10-2012, 05:53 PM
hey,

has anyone taken the following courses, and if you could give little feedback on the course or the teacher. I am looking to take these courses to boost my GPA for winter 2013.

This is for university of calgary

ASPH (astrophysics) 213 with Rene Plume

ASTR 209

GOPH 355 K. Innanen

jalalx5
01-03-2013, 08:45 PM
GOPH 355 is a fairy easy course compared to other goph classes
k innanens lecture are BOORING and you need his notes for the midterm, although the two midterms are not worth much, the practice questions are almost exactly the same as middy. the labs are worth 50% i believe and they are easy marks.

I dont know about ASTR or ASPH

euphoria
01-03-2013, 09:18 PM
I took ASTR 209 with Rene Plume, I thought it was ridiculously easy just because there's a lot of math similar to Physics 30 and if you're nerdy like me, I find the content to be pretty interesting making it easier to learn.

genesis0403
01-03-2013, 10:08 PM
i took ASTR 209 but i found the math confusing..
I'm not really a math guy though.

Tram Common
01-17-2013, 01:14 AM
Originally posted by genesis0403
i took ASTR 209 but i found the math confusing..
I'm not really a math guy though.

Similar thing with a few friends of mine who took this class with me.

I finished my first year of engineering in good standing before changing majors and I found it to be fairly easy...

... mind you, all my communications friends struggled. I find a lot of people take astronomy courses not knowing that they are somewhat heavy on math... especially the higher up you go.

I wouldn't recommend anyone take one as a GPA booster unless you're confident with your math skills.

WithTheLightsOn
01-20-2013, 03:27 AM
ASPH 213 is definitely not a GPA booster. That's the course all astrophysics majors take in first year.

J-D
01-20-2013, 11:10 AM
If I recall, It's been a while...

Glgy 209 - Rocks for Jocks
Glgy 307
Astr 209 - Scopes for dopes
Cpsc 203 - Chips for dips
Goph 375 - Quakes for flakes