Class style at HMC

<p>It depends on the class. For discussion/seminar style classes, attendance is expected. Else, for lectures, the teacher won’t notice–but you should go to classes because it’s just way easier to learn there than to make it up later. Also, sometimes teachers give out take-home tests in class.</p>

<p>Because it’s college, teachers expect students to take charge of their own lives. Teachers (for seminars) are accommodating about being late, but it’s just impolite to be late more than a couple times.</p>

<p>Homework is very important for learning, so there’s usually a decent amount. For my Math 61 class I get a homework set a week, of which each has four problems. For Physics 23, I have two problem sets a week, which amounts to about four problems a week.</p>

<p>Classes are not web-casted. If you miss a class it generally doesn’t affect your grade, but you have to make up the learning somehow (or get left behind…)</p>

<p>My classes are:
Math 61 - 1 hour 3 days a week
Spanish 1 - 1 hour 4 days a week
Physics 23 - 1 hour 2 days a week
Chem lab - 4 hour 1 day a week
Computer science - 1.25 hours 2 days a week</p>

<p>I think it’s like most colleges… :/</p>