'What papers should I do at UoO for graduate entry' Chat, Enquiries and Help

[moufou]

I appreciate if anyone can share notes and past papers for STAT110 and STAT115
Without your help I may fail!!

 

[DrDrLMG!]

I appreciate if anyone can share notes and past papers for STAT110 and STAT115
Without your help I may fail!!

There are lots of people in this thread who’ve done STAT courses and have widely recommended them. Maybe someone can help.

 

[oceansong432]

Kia ora! Looking into papers for my second year (2022) and was wondering if anyone has done the summer school paper MATS204? It can be a distance paper, and looks quite interesting, so was wondering if anyone here has done it!! Thanks

Hi just wondering if you ended up taking this paper (MATS204) , and if so, how did u find it?

 

[gregheffley]

Hey might be a long shot but has anyone here done MFCO 224, RELS 214, or RELS 237 for summer school? If so would you recommend any of them over FORB as I'd rather take distance papers than go back down early...

 

[mani]

Hi just wondering if you ended up taking this paper (MATS204) , and if so, how did u find it?

Hey, sorry for the late reply, i just saw this. I ended up with an A+ in the paper, it's all internally assessed and as I'm interested in sustainability I really enjoyed it!! As long as you dedicate a couple of days for the main assignments and do all the little ones you should do pretty well tbh if you have any more questions feel free to reply

 

[mani]

Hey might be a long shot but has anyone here done MFCO 224, RELS 214, or RELS 237 for summer school? If so would you recommend any of them over FORB as I'd rather take distance papers than go back down early...

Hey, if you haven't done it already I did MATS204 and it's also distance and has no exam(!!) and is quite interesting if you are interested in sustainability. If you have any questions reply

 

[gregheffley]

Hey, if you haven't done it already I did MATS204 and it's also distance and has no exam(!!) and is quite interesting if you are interested in sustainability. If you have any questions reply

Yupp, I took it this year and I would 100% recommend it! What other ss papers did you take?

 

[MassMovesMass]

Hey I would be interested to hear what people would recommend between CMCH201, EDU252, or MAOR202, thanks!!!

Hi there, I took EDUC252 in 2021. In short I would highly recommend doing this paper as it was easily one of the easiest papers I've done.

Just a few notes with my experience. I screwed up the first assignment and got like 74% in it because of lots of stupid mistakes like grammar, referencing etc. (HSFY didn't really prepare us well for written assessments haha). However, for the last two assignments I got 90+ for both and ended up with an A for the paper. If I had not made such silly mistakes with the first it would have been an easy A+.

As for others, many of my friends took the paper in 2022 and nailed it and all got A+.

Good luck!

 

[pieface]

Hi, I did MAOR110 in Semester 1 in second year (this paper can also be taken in Summer School) with a couple of friends and it is the easiest A+ you'll ever get to bump up that GPA (I got 95% and the others got 93% and 91%). I found this paper very straightforward as the paper simply regurgitates Maori words that I have learnt in primary school like counting (e.g. tahi, rua, toru, wha.......) as well as greetings (e.g, Kia Ora, Tena Koe) and the sentences are incredibly easy to remember. There are only 2 lectures per week and the tutorials are extremely chill. The tutors are incredibly helpful and will always try to help out. Also, the best thing about this paper it is all internally assessed meaning that there are no exams at the end .

However, for people who are not fond of languages, a friend of mine took HUNT141 in Summer School and said that the assignments and weekly quizzes were very straightforward and simple. He scored 93% (A+). The benefit of taking HUNT141 in summer school is that it is a distance paper if you decide to take it during summer but you take it in either semester 1 or semester 2 if you wanted to.

Hope this helps

 

[genie333]

Hi there, Just wondering if there is someone who has done BSc (Genetics) for the graduate entry and if you could pls provide some advice regarding workload and how hard the papers are to get A+?
Thanks a lot.

Hi although I have completed my Bsc. Here are my experiences regarding the content and workload on some of the GENE papers as well as some MICR papers I have taken.

Some 200 level papers that I took:
- GENE222: Was probably the easiest 200 level gene papers out there since all the assignments are spread out nicely (I remember having 3 weeks to complete each assignment, so its pretty chill) and I found the content very similar to high school biology (e.g. Mendelian genetics that you would have also covered in CELS191). For Module 1 (Jon Waters), all you need do is to remember the hardy Weinberg equation p+q=1 and substitute numbers into this equation and you'll be fine for his question in the exam. The phylogenetic assignment is worth 10% and is literally the most easiest assignment to ace because the assignment that is shared to you on blackboard will show you what you need to take to complete the assignment. I got full marks on this assignment and many others got 8% or 9%. For the drosophila fly assignment (worth 15%), it is really straightforward since most of the assignment would be covered/done in the lab and you essentially have to copy the results in your lab book and then submit your assignment. I scored 14%. For the final assignment, it is a simple blackboard test that you can repeat as many times you like to get 5%. I scored 93% (A+).

- GENE223: Not too much to say about this paper since the material for this paper is similar to what was taught BIOC192 as well as CELS191 (e.g. genetic editing, vectors, promoters and genetically modified organisms). In terms of the workload, it is similar to GENE222. I scored 96% (A+).

- MICR223: I kid you not, for this paper they essentially regurgitate the immunity module that was taught in HUBS191 and the virus model in CELS191. Many of the slides in this paper are the same as HUBS191 and CELS191 with a couple more bullet points that are easy to remember. In terms of the lab + lecture tests, most of the questions are based on the lab/lab book. So I found this paper relatively easy and got 92% (A+).
- MICR334: Again covers MICR223 content (e.g. T cells and B cells) but with slightly more in depth. The poster assignment was quite simple as most of the content/work is done in the lab and if you can describe and explain what you did in the experiment you should be fine. Also the lab demos will guide you on how to make your graphs for the results section, so yeah it is pretty straightforward. Since most of the content is repeated, I did scored higher than MICR223. I think its because I was already familiar with the content at that point ahahaha. I scored 9 (A+).

- For 300 level gene papers I took GENE312, GENE313, GENE314 and GENE315 and I would say for GENE315, the content is quite similar to GENE222 but just a little more content, in terms of the workload, like for any paper (esp 300 level) time management is important. I got an A for this paper. For both GENE312 and GENE313 I got A+. I found that the reports and experiments for these papers were fine because methods and detail regarding the assignments are very clear and easy to follow. Plus lab the demos were really helpful since they have already done these papers and would legit help you out on assignments and any questions you have regarding about the exams. For GENE314 again, like most gene and micr papers, GENE314 covers material done in GENE223 as well as GENE221. I managed to get A for this paper.

I found that MICR and GENE papers overlap with one another, meaning that the things you have learned from 200 level papers is often repeated in 300 level papers (e.g. GENE312 and GENE221) but with slightly more detail. I hope this helps.

GL

 

[mani]

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[ChoccyMilk]

Has anyone taken either PHSL341, PHSL342, NEUR303 or ANAT336? Currently trying to decide on which ones to take but I am pretty unsure. I have read some good things about ANAT336 so will probably take that one, but not sure on the other 3. Would love to here anyones thoughts

Hey, I took 341, 342, and 303 last year! I found them all to be good papers, and if you want more information on it, just flick a message through

 

[mfort]

Hey, I took 341, 342, and 303 last year! I found them all to be good papers, and if you want more information on it, just flick a message through

I'm trying to decide last minute if I want to add Neur303 to my timetable, any info you have on it would be appreciated (what was the workload like, were the lectures interesting, etc.)!

 

[mani]

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[mfort]

Doing it now so don't have all the information as we have only had two lectures BUT it seems like it'll be an interesting course. There's way more people than I expected taking it (like 50-60). The paper follows four lecturers, each with their own focus (obesity, behavioural neuroendocrinology, prolactin, and reproduction), the current lecturer seems really interesting and although the lectures are 2 hours he said they rarely last that long, and they try to ensure that some of the time is spent as a "tutorial" (i.e. discussion based). 40% internally assessed (12% writing a text explaining science to the public, 12% research proposal, 12% data analysis, and 4% group presentation) and 60% exam (3 hours, 4 essays). Honestly some of the assignments don't sound that enticing (to me) but when he explained them they sounded way more interesting!!!

The first lecturer said he doesn't have all the details about the exam but he hopes it can be open book (so do I lol), but obviously zero guarantee it actually will be. Lmk if you want to know more about the assignments and I can message you the stuff from the course outline about each one!!

Thanks so much! It would be nice to have an open book exam for sure, that would be great if you could message me about the assignments!! Have to decide whether to add by tomorrow lol so I'm just looking for whatever info I can get

 

[mani]

Thanks so much! It would be nice to have an open book exam for sure, that would be great if you could message me about the assignments!! Have to decide whether to add by tomorrow lol so I'm just looking for whatever info I can get

Alg!! I'm not sure if I did it properly but I believe I sent you the 2023 course outline for it , lmk if it didn't work though

 

[ChoccyMilk]

I'm trying to decide last minute if I want to add Neur303 to my timetable, any info you have on it would be appreciated (what was the workload like, were the lectures interesting, etc.)!

Ah sorry for the late reply! But NEUR303 was by far my favourite paper at university! It had fascinating lectures, and the assignments were really fun to do as well. Especially the research proposal, because unlike other papers such as physiology the research proposal was on a made-up hormone, so we can make up the mechanism of action e.g. receptors it acts on, effects it elicits etc. which made it a lot of fun to write up!

The workload is really chill as well, it was two 2 hour lectures a week, where the first hour would be lecture content and the second hour usually being a mini tutorial to apply the lecture content to real-life experiments, which really helped gauge a better understanding of the lecture making studying for this paper a whole lot easier! Most of my friends doing this paper got A+ and really enjoyed the paper as a whole! Hope you decided to go for it, and good luck for third year!

 

[omomomo]

Hi there, I'm in the process of switching into BBiomed (REGD) and am deciding between MICR223 or GENE222 as one of my papers. I haven't done BIOC221 or GENE221 (doing next year) due to my switch and am wondering what would be a better fit? I find MICR223 interesting but hear its quite intense, whereas GENE222 is a little more relaxed and was recommended for me to do by the BBiomed advisor as it would open up more paper opportunities in my 3rd year.

 

[gotmydegree]

Hi there, I'm in the process of switching into BBiomed (REGD) and am deciding between MICR223 or GENE222 as one of my papers. I haven't done BIOC221 or GENE221 (doing next year) due to my switch and am wondering what would be a better fit? I find MICR223 interesting but hear its quite intense, whereas GENE222 is a little more relaxed and was recommended for me to do by the BBiomed advisor as it would open up more paper opportunities in my 3rd year.

I did MICR223/BIOC221 in 2020 and GENE222 in 2021, and I can confirm that MICR223 is a lot more difficult than GENE222. I would probably recommend GENE over MICR grade-wise but I think that its important to consider the pre-reqs of whatever 300 lvls you want to do when deciding what 200 lvls to do, as well as pick papers which are interesting to you. MICR papers in general are pretty hard, but if you're interested in the papers it'll make it a lot easier to do well in them. Feel free to ask questions about the individual papers.

 

[omomomo]

I did MICR223/BIOC221 in 2020 and GENE222 in 2021, and I can confirm that MICR223 is a lot more difficult than GENE222. I would probably recommend GENE over MICR grade-wise but I think that its important to consider the pre-reqs of whatever 300 lvls you want to do when deciding what 200 lvls to do, as well as pick papers which are interesting to you. MICR papers in general are pretty hard, but if you're interested in the papers it'll make it a lot easier to do well in them. Feel free to ask questions about the individual papers.

Thanks for your reply! I think I'll prob end up going for GENE222, it does open up more 300 papers next year in case anything goes wrong - although MICR223 has a new learning approach this year where you watch lectures online and turn up for 'tutorial lectures,' I don't think it changes the fact that its pretty content heavy haha. For GENE22, is there anything you would recommend people watch out or / be prepared for?

I'm also taking ANAT243 and GENE223 this sem - if anyone has any advice it would be greatly appreciated

On a side note, I'm looking for a 4th paper to boost by grades - has anyone recently done ENGL228 and how did they find it? I heard that it used to internally assessed but after emailing the course convenor it seems like theres a 50% final exam as well as a 8 min oral presentation :,)