GEOS1701
Ease: 9/10 <--several lab assignments, but everyone collaborates on them and depending who you get as lab demonstrator, some pretty much give you the answers. Water use assignment is the only one that really differentiates, but everyone in our class passed. Midsem exam was great in that we were given midsem break to study for it (not that it stopped me from cramming anyway) and any stuff that was examined in it is not examinable in the final. So pretty easy to pass and do well in, but conversely I've got a suspicious feeling it'll scale negatively because of this.
Lecturer(s): 10/10 for everyone. They're all great communicators and all really passionate about what they teach. Rob Brander, the course coordinator, is really genuinely nice--he was like don't sweat if you can't make midsem, just email in and we'll see what we can do, and the midsem was exactly as he said it would be.
Interest: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
PSYC1001
Ease: 8/10 <--there's not many assessments, but two of them are just *sigh*--the ILS and half research report. I know they're necessary because they develop our skills in reading and writing scientific reports, but it's just so tedious, especially if this is not your first science subject. Experimental component is easy to get full marks for, just need to be organised. I got all 10hrs done I think by week 6, and only 6 of those hours are compulsory (the other 4 you get bonus marks for). Midsem was very specific, and I didn't like that the questions were the same for all tute classes, so obviously those later in the week would be advantaged, but it's ok.
Lecturer(s): we've had so many I can't remember their names, but I doubt the lecturers or topics would change much from year to year--developmental (10/10), consciousness (6/10)--he just wasn't very engaging but I think it was also the most abstract and hardest topic to comprehend so I'll cut him some slack, social (10/10), personality (8/10)--he wasn't particularly approachable when I asked him a question at the end, cross cultural (8/10), health (only given one lecture, but 10/10 so far). Oh and I suppose experimental (5/10)--very boring lecturer.
Interest: If I could--11/10
Overall: 9/10