Schedule Questions

aeromom
Thu, 30 May 2013 23:17:45 +0000

Just asked S about this. He took Chem 101 and said that every single week they met during this extra recitation time (and it was pretty mandatory, because that was when they took quizzes, reviewed stuff, and actually did work). It was def every week, not just 4x a semester. And, recitation is diff to the chem lab, most definitely.

For Calc, recitation was for taking tests (he had Calc III, tho, not I), and he only had it a few times in the semester (and his schedule did not distinguish which distinct dates, as some of the Calc I sections do). Different profs obviously have different ‘rules’ for recitation.

For his other classes which had recitation (Intro to Aero and Statics were examples), attendance was set by the professor - in his Statics, attendance was mandatory if you had an 85% or lower on the previous week’s quiz; in Aero, while it wasn’t mandatory, he found out pretty darn quick that he needed to attend in order to keep up with the material.

In short, budget on always having to attend the recitations (i.e., there can be no schedule conflicts w/ any other classes), and if you don’t have to go every week, great.