WQB
It’s best to finish WQB courses as early as possible
July 26, 2020By: Michelle Young, Staff Writer Writing, breadth, and quantitative (WQB) requirements are sometimes pushed to the end of a student’s degree due to scheduling conflicts and looming dread. These courses can be intimidating because they force students to explore outside their departments, and will often require students to utilize skills in areas they haven’t yet refined — for instance, thesis and proposal writing skills in writing-intensive courses. However, completing these requirements first has some benefits over leaving them until the very end, and can be ultimately beneficial for students’ overall education. As mentioned, students are exposed to different departments and subject…
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SFU should lessen the number of electives needed or get rid of them entirely
May 14, 2018Written by Dustin Jorgensen Education has been commodified and turned into a product like everything else. Post-secondary institutions force students to take more credits than needed for their major in the form of electives. It has gotten to the point…
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Political science should replace WQB requirements
February 15, 2016[dropcap]S[/dropcap]FU’s WQB requirements should be replaced with practical knowledge courses that will help us students become more responsible adults in our communities. In particular, Introduction to Political Science (POL 101) would be the best alternative course to our current WQB…
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WQB requirements are pointless
November 29, 2015[dropcap]W[/dropcap]QB — writing, quantitative, breadth. Since I began at SFU in 2012, I have spent way too much time investing, financially and otherwise, in classes that have had nothing to do with my degree, my interests, or my academic skill.…
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