The RYERSON UNIVERSITY thread

[Shimso]

Thanks for the info and YES blinders lecture is sooooo disorganized.

Even my friends who've graduated say to ignore his lectures and just study the book, especially if its a common exam (as in multiple profs, same exam).

However, if for some reason he changes and isn't like that don't blame me if you fail

What pissed me off was how he was always (as in every single class after the third week) late last year, sometimes 40+ minutes late

[omega11]

I am in ITM/BTM and thinking about minoring in Finance. Any advice on how I should decide like I have FIN300 this sem. are future finance courses going to be harder or more straight forward etc. And I have Prof. Scott D. Anderson for FIN300 right now

[omchow]

Thanks for the info and YES blinders lecture is sooooo disorganized.

You don't go to Blinders class to take down notes, you go to his class to listen to his stories about the real world of finance. You gotta read the book and do the questions in his classes.

[omchow]

I am in ITM/BTM and thinking about minoring in Finance. Any advice on how I should decide like I have FIN300 this sem. are future finance courses going to be harder or more straight forward etc. And I have Prof. Scott D. Anderson for FIN300 right now

If you get past FIN 401, which is an elective for BTM's ... then your in the clear. The rest of the finance electives you have to take after are not as hardcore as FIN 300 and 401. Since you have Anderson for FIN 300, I suggest you take FIN 401 in the winter term with him as well because 1. You'll retain what you need to know for FIN 300 to do well in FIN 401 and 2. His teaching style doesn't change so you'll be used to it when you get to FIN 401.

[Skip2MyLou]

My 414 class average after the first midterm was around 32% and according to the TA a 53 our 80 on the midterm 1 was either the highest of second highest mark in that timeslot for 414 (and my friends say I had the easy prof...).

lol i think we were in the same class cause the TA literally screwed everyone over with her marking. Because she was not an accounting student, she was majoring in something else and just simply helped mark all the midterms according to a guideline. We got absolutely no part marks, only marks you get were if the resulting numbers matched the answers. So one mistake on a question = 7-8 marks gone.

Zathy is not a bad prof per say, her tests are pretty straight forward, no tricky stuff and she's a generous marker. But if you have a TA like we did, watch out cause you'll get screwed over.

[Shimso]

lol i think we were in the same class cause the TA literally screwed everyone over with her marking. Because she was not an accounting student, she was majoring in something else and just simply helped mark all the midterms according to a guideline. We got absolutely no part marks, only marks you get were if the resulting numbers matched the answers. So one mistake on a question = 7-8 marks gone.

Zathy is not a bad prof per say, her tests are pretty straight forward, no tricky stuff and she's a generous marker. But if you have a TA like we did, watch out cause you'll get screwed over.

yup, that TA pissed off a LOT of people after midterms were handed back the lineup outside the profs office was over an hour long because of how many people had issues with it

she adding up my marks wrong too so I checked blackboard and saw an awful mark and only 5 days later did I find out there was a 20% discrepancy in the marks on blackboard and what i actually got...

Zathy's not the best prof to learn from, but she's a very nice person.

[mr_toast]

Isn't 706 mainly theory though?

Don't let the word theory fool you. There's implications to consider, like accounting in ideal conditions, and probabilities, and the capital assets pricing model, and all the fun stuff. So yeah, so far there's a bit of math but mostly theories and concepts

[79vincent]

how is the business and law major? Anyone here taking it?

[Fluid]

Don't let the word theory fool you. There's implications to consider, like accounting in ideal conditions, and probabilities, and the capital assets pricing model, and all the fun stuff. So yeah, so far there's a bit of math but mostly theories and concepts

I can't believe I got a B- basing everything on relevance vs. reliability.

[hangage]

PM me if you want the test bank for FIN300. i.e. over 2500 multiple choice questions/solutions that are used for the exams. lol

[~SauFung]

Thanks but whats hard about the class. Im guessing the online homework will be on lyryx which I THINK will be a breeze. Quizzes/Midterms/Final.. are they multiple choice? Short answer? Cases? or are they similar to ACC 110/410?

I am actually taking this class now. It's not Lyryx, it's Wiley and the answer bank for one of the questions is broken. Augh, there goes the chance of getting a 10% unless the profs can do something over the minors errors. It's the first time they are implementing the online homework and it is bound to be vulnerable to errors which is understandable. Nothing we can do, but the recent error is rather minor and it's not like the entire question is broken.

Lyryx is different- it offers questions with the same concept but within every attempt, the numbers and a bit of wording in some cases are different. Sometimes different numbers/wording can change everything so watch out. Lyryx always records the highest attempt. They will tell you what steps were correct and provide feedback over the steps. Even after the deadline is over and your highest attempt was already recorded, you can always come back and redo the questions for practice.
Wiley- for some questions, the values are the same. So even if 3 parts were wrong, the correct numbers will remain the same and will remain unchanged. You only need to fix the incorrect portions until you get perfect and you don't have to redo the entire question (Contrary to Lyryx). However, some questions may change the numbers around after each attempt until a student gets perfect. Once you get perfect, you don't have to attempt it again.

Wiley is like Lyryx in a sense that it records the highest score out of the unlimited attempts within a week. And they are both based on selected textbook questions.

Final should be short answer I think with financial statements, journal entries and some theory/IFRS stuff. I heard someone say that it had a bit of MC and the exam overall was pretty tough. Also, it's much more intense and I can imagine it being harder than 110/410 along the way so manage your time well. I still have to do some extra problems but definitely keep up with the homework and do not get behind otherwise you will be screwed. I am on schedule but the pace is definitely fast so watch out. I remember a finance prof who was a substitute for a class saying that if you are a week behind, just drop. Don't ask anything else.
PS: I heard that 514 is much harsher.

lol i think we were in the same class cause the TA literally screwed everyone over with her marking. Because she was not an accounting student, she was majoring in something else and just simply helped mark all the midterms according to a guideline. We got absolutely no part marks, only marks you get were if the resulting numbers matched the answers. So one mistake on a question = 7-8 marks gone.

Zathy is not a bad prof per say, her tests are pretty straight forward, no tricky stuff and she's a generous marker. But if you have a TA like we did, watch out cause you'll get screwed over.

yup, that TA pissed off a LOT of people after midterms were handed back the lineup outside the profs office was over an hour long because of how many people had issues with it

she adding up my marks wrong too so I checked blackboard and saw an awful mark and only 5 days later did I find out there was a 20% discrepancy in the marks on blackboard and what i actually got...

Zathy's not the best prof to learn from, but she's a very nice person.

Yeah Zathy. All I can say is practice, practice, practice

And be quick on her exams; all the midterms and tests seemed to need a lot more time than was given.

Will take note of the time for sure.
Yikes, thanks for the heads up. Stupid question since it is obvious that the TA marks them but just want to confirm: Does Zathy do her share of marking as well? I better watch out and fight for the partial marks in case that TA marks mine. Shouldn't Zathy tell the TA about the 'correct' way of marking the midterms/final after these incidents?
I will agree that she isn't the best lecturer so far, but she is nice.

[flaggerofred]

anyone in 2nd year ITM doing co-op?
can you verify the due date for applications?
and also...i dropped 1 course from first year (bloody itm 200)
and still haven't taken it...am I still eligible to do
co-op or no?

thanks

[thetis]

i think u need to complete all 1st year courses before 2nd year to get qualitified

[flaggerofred]

^^before starting 2nd year? or before finishing 2nd year?

[AirCarnivore]

anyone in 2nd year ITM doing co-op?
can you verify the due date for applications?
and also...i dropped 1 course from first year (bloody itm 200)
and still haven't taken it...am I still eligible to do
co-op or no?

thanks

From my understanding, you need to take and pass itm200 before you can apply for co-op, but in my year, since everyone did very bad in itm200, they didnt count your mark toward the co-op cutoff gpa, but you still needed to have taken it.