SFU (Second Degree)
Introduction
I will be talking about the courses I took each semester as well as some information regarding the application process as a second degree student.
Application
SFU goes by a trimester system, meaning that school runs from Fall 20XX to Summer of the following year. Because of this, there are three chances for
a degree holder to apply to SFU. With that said, it is fine to take a lesser course load in the summer so you can work on personal projects/work/find co-op.
The following webpage: http://www.sfu.ca/students/deadlines/admission_scholarships.html
is constantly updated and should be referred to to see current deadlines for the upcoming semester.
You should look into applying around the time applications open up (usually around October). Like most other schools, this gives you time to apply for scholarships, get
considered for early acceptance, and have enough time to gather any supporting documents for the application. With SFU, you can apply for the Summer or Fall term
within the same deadline and the application opens at the same time as well. For example, the deadline for the Fall 2020 and Summer 2020 application was January 31st.
Because you are a post-secondary student, you don't have to worry about self-reporting grades. After applying, you should refer to the
Resources
page to waive any courses that you have completed in your first degree. One thing to note is to set any incoming SFU emails to be non-spam. My acceptance email was found in my
junk mail and I almost missed the deadline to accept my offer.
Academics
Semester 1 (Fall 2019)
CHIN 100 (Billie Ng) - Mandarin I
| Grading Scheme |
Weight |
| Test 1 |
10% |
| Test 2 |
15% |
| Fianl Exam |
25% |
| Online Homework |
15% |
| Quizzes |
10% |
| Character Sheets |
8% |
| In-Class Participation |
7% |
| Oral Exam |
10% |
In general, any 100-level language course is an easy A as long as you are interested in learning the language. There are easy
marks to obtain through the exercises given for the class and the weekly quizzes just test you on the vocab you learned from the
previous week.
CMPT 125 (Igor Shinkar) - Introduction to Computing Science and Programming II
| Grading Scheme |
Weight |
| Midterm |
25% |
| Final |
50% |
| Assignments |
20% |
| Participation Quizzes |
5% |
CMPT 127 (Anne Lavergne) - Computing Laboratory
| Grading Scheme |
Weight |
| Lab Assignments |
44% |
| Weekly Tasks |
16% |
| Quizzes |
40% |
MACM 201 (Mathew DeVos) - Discrete Mathematics II
| Grading Scheme |
Weight |
| Midterm 1 |
20% |
| Midterm 2 |
20% |
| Final |
50% |
| Weekly Quizzes |
10% |
Semester 2 (Spring 2020)
| Grading Scheme |
Weight |
| Midterm |
40% |
| Final |
40% |
| Tutorial |
20% |
| Grading Scheme |
Weight |
| Midterm |
40% |
| Final |
40% |
| Assignment |
20% |
CHIN 101 (Billie Ng) - Mandarin II
| Grading Scheme |
Weight |
| Test 1 |
10% |
| Test 2 |
15% |
| Test 3 |
15% |
| Online Homework |
15% |
| Quizzes |
10% |
| Character Sheets |
7% |
| Blogs |
6% |
| In-Class Participation |
7% |
| Oral Exam |
15% |
CMPT 225 (David Mitchell) - Data Structures and Algorithms
| Grading Scheme |
Weight |
| Midterm 1 |
20% |
| Midterm 2 |
20% |
| Final |
40% |
| Assignment |
20% |
MATH 2121 (Distance Ed at TRU) - Linear Algebra
| Grading Scheme |
Weight |
| Assignment 1 |
8% |
| Assignment 2 |
8% |
| Assignment 3 |
8% |
| Assignment 4 |
8% |
| Assignment 5 |
8% |
| Final |
60% |
Semester 3 (Summer 2020)
CMPT 300 (Brian Fraser) - Operating Systems
| Grading Scheme |
Weight |
| Midterm |
15% |
| Final |
15% |
| Assignments |
45% |
| Quizzes |
25% |
CMPT 354 (Bobby Chan) - Database System I
| Grading Scheme |
Weight |
| Midterm 1 |
15% |
| Midterm 2 |
15% |
| Final |
34% |
| Assignments |
36% |
CMPT 363 (Paul Hibbitts) - User Interface Design
| Grading Scheme |
Weight |
| One-minute Summaries |
5% |
| Weekly Quizzes |
20% |
| Usability Inspection |
15% |
| Final |
20% |
| Group Work |
40% |