Once you’ve got your timetable, you may be wondering what you’ll actually be doing throughout your day. This page will teach you about lectures (LEC), tutorials (TUT), practicals (PRA), and office hours – plus what to expect for each one.    Note: Not every course will exactly follow these descriptions. For example, some instructors may encourage more questions during lectures and fewer during tutorials. Make sure you follow these instructions. If you’d like to learn more … Read More

You’ll have a timetable for each semester of university. In first year, your timetables are made for you. You can access your timetables in late June on ACORN, U of T’s student information service and a hub for everything you need to manage your student life. Your timetable provides the times, locations, and sections for … Read More

Praxis II is a continuation of Praxis I. In this course, you’ll apply the concepts and processes you learned in the fall to improve the lived experience of a community in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Praxis II is all about teamwork. You’ll be divided into teams in the third week, and the rest of Praxis II will be based on team activities.   Your first team project will be to … Read More

99 little bugs in the code 99 little bugs 1 bug fixed, run it again 100 little bugs in the code Photo by Emile Perron on Unsplash ESC180 is an introductory computer programming course. The course is taught with the assumption that students have no prior programming experience. Python will be the only programming language used for this … Read More

Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? Aristotle: It is the nature of chickens to cross roads. Isaac Newton: Chickens at rest tend to stay at rest, chickens in motion tend to cross roads. Albert Einstein: Whether the chicken crossed the road or the road moved beneath the chicken depends on your frame of … Read More