Major Courses During the Summer

dhl3
Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:08:50 +0000

I’m afraid I won’t be able to provide you with much of an answer regarding your dilemma since I’ve never taken any classes during the Summer. HOWEVER, I took one during the Winter Intercession (which runs for 5 weeks), and although I got an A on it, I barely recall anything I learned in the class. The course I took was the Introductory Statistics (4 unit class), and my schedule was Monday through Thusday from 6 pm to 10 pm. Yup it was a killer schedule. It was extra hard for me since I was occupied with work during the day, so I barely had any time to review or do my homework. And when you are slashing through 3 sections a day and two chapters every week… the workload can be immense. I pretty much survived through short-term memorization and cramming for the exam, and I’m sure you know how uneffective that can be in terms of maintaining the course material for long term. Although I finished the class as the top of the class, if you ask me to solve a basic stats problem I’d probbaly struggle through it.

I know Summer classes are longer than 5 weeks, but it’s still uncomparably short to the regular classes. I don’t know how hard the Intro. to Poetry or Shakespeare classes are, but expect heavy courseload, and make sure you have time to review through the lecture and textbook material. This is not only good for preparing yourself for the exam, but also for maintaining the knowledge.