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Originally Posted by Torture
So uh....Sait gets SIXY times more than UofC....I'd love to see their reasoning for how they decided to split up the money.
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SAIT gets more qualified people into the work force for jobs this province needs sooner than UofC does. 2-3 year technical degrees, tradesmen, administration etc. These people don't need a 4 year degree.
Considering it seems the money is earmarked for a major capital project, I hardly think you can complain about fair, since there are 3 major construction projects going on at the UofC right now, and AFAIK only the one at SAIT ( I could be wrong though, I seldom go on campus there).
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Originally Posted by Locke
I'm taking 4 classes this semester and I'm not graduating because the last class I need to finish my degree isnt being offered.
It must be nice to live in the world of black and white.  |
Agreed.
I am on the 6 year program. 1 year is my pretty much my fault, since I took a semester off when I was married and took 3 courses when my baby was born. Even counting that, it is 5+ years to get my degree.
As I see it the causes are 3 fold and can be placed on both students and the Universities shoulders.
-Some first year courses are over booked, and impossible to get in. There is nothing that is going to change that short of offering more sections. This leads to pre-reqs being missed. This scenario is rare though, since first year students have priority is selecting most classes.
- Students are unable to plan their degree beyond 2 semesters ahead ( including the current one). I can't figure out what is even likely to be offered beyond winter semester. This means I am guessing which pre-reqs I need to take based on the courses that I hope are offered, and some times are not.
- Sometimes a set of 3(or 4th)rd year courses will have a set of 'gateway classes' that you need to take most of them. So there is a group of courses that second years are scrambling to get, but often 2 of them are either offered in exactly the same time slot, or they have labs that conflict with each others lectures or labs. This means that while there is room in the class, you cannot even sign up for it since the only open lab (that no one is signing up for since they all need the same 2 classes) .
Now the UofC recognizes the problem and have started a program for new students who started this year. They are offering to pay for any courses you need to take past the 4th year, if you counsel with UPO and ensure that your course selection is optimum.