Infs1000 (2 Viewers)

[ToO LaZy ^*]

i think all B.Com students got an email about this.
anyone planning to change theirs to semester 1?

EDIT: and for any past students...what is this course like?..computer based course?

 

[lo_ol]

i did....so i can have monday free

 

[zannaz]

I'm a 3rd year student, but still haven't done infs1000....and yeah i got the email, but i'm not changing it.

Its largely computer based, workshops are held in the computer labs, im pretty sure you do basic programming using excel and study VBA?

My friends that have done have described the lectures (and most of the subject) as dry and pointless, which may affect you motivation to do well in the subject. But as with any subject, they say if you keep up from the start then it should be no problems.

 

[elizabethy]

infs lectures are of no use, the lecturers just go thru the textbk chapters in the lectures.....but the workshops and tutes are very important coz if u fail the second vba test , u fail the unit ( well this was the rule last yr, mite change this yr) and vba might get annoying if u don't understand whats going on....so pay attention in the workshops n tutes.....u can miss the lectures ( they r pointless) n u don't need to print the lecture notes either coz lecture notes r a copy of the text

anywayz goodluck!!!

 

[Mejc]

For any one who has done any form of programming the VBA part will b a sinch for those who haven't pay attention in the workshops and tutes as people have been saying and if ur sturggling or dont get go to the supplementary tutes! The other part of the course is total BS all i remember is going to the final lecture with Paul saying I worte my questions so if u went to the lectures you will find it easy which is BS if u can BS u can get a D or a HD(like my mate and I she didn't turn up to ne lectures) no questions asked with in mind that you were able to get your head around the programming and do well in that

 

[xiao1985]

from several credible sources: infs will be the most f***ed up course u will ever do...

 

[ToO LaZy ^*]

how exciting..! -_-"...

 

[s.m.i.t.h]

how do u add this to my current timetable so I can see what it would look like if i did pick up INFS?

 

[Mejc]

from several credible sources: infs will be the most f***ed up course u will ever do...

and the easiest HD u'll ever get

 

[elizabethy]

and the easiest HD u'll ever get

very true

 

[xiao1985]

and the easiest HD u'll ever get

serz?! goodie... look fwd to it nxt yr...

@smith: u can't... however, u can access the central timetable and try to fit the sessions into ur current tt...

 

[Ultimate]

I did INFS last year and I have to say it's worst unit i've done to date. Its very very boring, and the final exam is basically all bs. I hated the vba stuff, so much so that I failed both vba tests but still managed to survive the unit with a mid credit

I personally don't believe that its an easy hd subject despite what everyone else thinks (well maybe if you've done previous programming before it is). I only attended 1 infs lecture the whole sem, but the tuts are important.

 

[elizabethy]

the final exam is basically all bs. I hated the vba stuff, so much so that I failed both vba tests but still managed to survive the unit with a mid credit

I personally don't believe that its an easy hd subject despite what everyone else thinks (well maybe if you've done previous programming before it is). I only attended 1 infs lecture the whole sem, but the tuts are important.

i gotta agree, the final exam was no way related to the text bk material ( kinda good for me in a way coz i had not covered the entire bk one night before the exam )

well i got an hd easily without putting in much effort.....and i had not done excel vba programming before....
yeah the tutes are VERY important

 

[Mejc]

And make sure you get a tutor that knows what they are doing 'casue mine admitted she had no clue....so i started teaching the class and helping people, which she didn't like (had it in for me badly) especially when i walked in half and hour late and knew what was going on

 

[Mejc]

i gotta agree, the final exam was no way related to the text bk material ( kinda good for me in a way coz i had not covered the entire bk one night before the exam )

The only thing related was the MC which was from the weekly comp MC tests The rest was BS thoughi only bothere to write on the given space for the case studies i am pretty sure all i did was re-write the same thing over and over and i looked around and saw all these people writting a 14 pg Thesis

 

[elizabethy]

The only thing related was the MC which was from the weekly comp MC tests

yeah, the MCQ were from the weekly quizzes...

 

[dprs]

hey guys, i got the 4th edition INFS textbook for really cheap (the fat one, not the VBA one), but apparently theres a 5th edition, which has some new case studies or something... but i looked at the contents, they both have the same structure

from someone who's done the course before, will it make much of a difference???