participation grade in college??

Alix2012
Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:28:33 +0000

Presentations are pretty common in business classes from what i hear. In Humanities classes, which are often smaller and seminar-like discussions, I understand a participation grade is common. In Art classes (like fine/studio arts) participation is obviously important since you have to show up to do the work.

I’m a science major and my grades are usually done like Final Exam= 40%, Midterm=30%, Labs= 20%, HW=10%. Lectures are optional, Recitations are optional too but you have to show up to take a weekly quiz and hand in your HW. Labs are mandatory and you can only miss 1 (with a doctors note) so that’s a lot more important than going to class. The majority of students still go to class regularly because it’s worth showing up for…the idea is you go to class to learn stuff, but you don’t get points just for dragging your ass there. Anyway I can understand how participation is a lot more important in humanities majors because so much is based on class discussion. Not participating in a Humanities major is like not bothering with labs in a science major.