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Comment on Course Update (POLI 328A, PHIL 449A, POLI 308A, BIOL 344) by Tyler

Tyler — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:48:16 +0000

I think stats are relevant in most majors, and in life in general. If people see a pattern, they tend to extrapolate things from it that often aren’t real. Stats can help people understand how reliable various observations are.

Comment on Course Update (POLI 328A, PHIL 449A, POLI 308A, BIOL 344) by miriam

miriam — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:38:57 +0000

Many major programs where stats are relevant, have mandatory stats courses. Ex: POLI 380.
I took Math 12 >_>

Comment on Course Update (POLI 328A, PHIL 449A, POLI 308A, BIOL 344) by Tyler

Tyler — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:37:26 +0000

I think science literacy courses are important, yes, but also math and stats courses, at least.

Comment on Course Update (POLI 328A, PHIL 449A, POLI 308A, BIOL 344) by miriam

miriam — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:20:50 +0000

the value*

Comment on Course Update (POLI 328A, PHIL 449A, POLI 308A, BIOL 344) by miriam

miriam — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:19:33 +0000

I took easy ones because making the most out of my education means having the time and energy to actually focus on the classes I care about and am here for…I quite like science, but I don’t feel it belongs in a BA (especially these days when we surely must re-evaluate the degree of a BA) in the same way as English courses belong in a BS. The only science courses I can think of that possibly should be mandatory are science literacy ones…

Comment on Course Update (POLI 328A, PHIL 449A, POLI 308A, BIOL 344) by Tyler

Tyler — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:03:55 +0000

On your last paragraph, I don’t think they should get rid of them, but I do think that they need to tweak how they go about them. As it stands, students choose to take courses that will be easy and that they won’t necessarily learn anything from. I think this defeats the purpose (but it doesn’t seem a lot of students really care about making the most of their education, so it’s not really all that surprising, eh?).

Comment on Students of UBC: I’m probably just as busy as you, and I’m voting in the AMS Elections. Also, shit-giving. by AMS Elections 2012 Cheat Sheet » 夢と愛の千夜一夜

AMS Elections 2012 Cheat Sheet » 夢と愛の千夜一夜 — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:06:18 +0000

[...] The Bald TruthI guess I was never vocal about it here, but I share the same concerns as Miriam… [...]

Comment on Students of UBC: I’m probably just as busy as you, and I’m voting in the AMS Elections. Also, shit-giving. by miriam

miriam — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:14:41 +0000

Thanks, I’ve made my decision and voted

Good luck!

Comment on Students of UBC: I’m probably just as busy as you, and I’m voting in the AMS Elections. Also, shit-giving. by AJ

AJ — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:13:06 +0000

Hey! I’d love your vote and if you have any questions for me to help convince you, I’d love to hear them so shoot me an email. =)

I think the blog squad is such a cool initiative on campus and I’m so glad you’re voting!

Comment on Cool free lectures coming up by miriam

miriam — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:14:02 +0000

Sweet, I’ve definitely heard of the Philosopher Cafes around town but not in French (and it’s free!) Thanks for letting me know, I’ll have to go sometime. *Bookmarked*