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The Joker
October 12th, 2010, 01:05 AM
I would like to know. Specifically British Columbia, if possible. I can't find anything.

Sage
October 12th, 2010, 05:14 AM
See your university's website. For political sciences, I'd recommend Simon Fraser University. I imagine it'd generally require a good mark in social studies, civic studies, and/or english however.

The Joker
October 12th, 2010, 05:45 AM
Alright, I'm looking into it now. Thanks, Sage.

Jean Poutine
October 16th, 2010, 02:15 AM
a bullshit stat class and generally good grades. at least here.

it's not a terribly difficult major to get into, but tons of people gtfo.

The Joker
October 16th, 2010, 02:39 AM
it's not a terribly difficult major to get into, but tons of people gtfo.

Any general reason why? Do they find it too hard?

Jean Poutine
October 17th, 2010, 02:00 PM
it's like all humanities : since universities can't justify any prerequisite classes for humanities undergrads (except sometimes said bullshit stats class), you have the lowest common denominators getting into them since they won't be accepted anywhere else.

however, it's not because they do not require any special prerequisites that they are bullshit majors that people can just cruise control to diploma. in lots of ways they're just as hard as any other field. almost all humanities have terrible retention rates afaik. my own field, linguistics, is famous at my university for having lots of dropouts, so is law.