<p>Can someone tell me about this class? I'm taking it, but I'm a little nervous about the 3 prelims being the only way to determine the grade. Anyone whose taken it before...how difficult are the prelims? Do they get most material from the textbooks or from his notes in class? For most of my classes, I usually just study the notes from class and do fine (but I also usually have quizzes to gauge if I'm doing fine or not..). Any info?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>ive never taken it but seeing how its a low level AEM class i dont think you should be nervous. 3 prelim to decide grade is very normal...</p>
<p>Hey, </p>
<p>Intro to Business Management's tests are mostly from the professor's notes and little from the textbooks. The most important thing to do is take detailed notes because all the lists he puts on the board show up on the tests. It isn't really that hard it is just important to go to class and listen to what he says because on the tests the "right" answer will be what he said in class and not necessarily be would the best answer would be.</p>
<p>you'll find that perez is quite frustrating when it comes to tests and answers. his answer is the only right one, despite the fact that there are often many questions in which there are more than one correct answer.</p>
<p>also, that optional project might prove to be a godsend, as, if you get a really good grade on it, it can replace a not-so-great prelim/final grade.</p>
<p>So the prelims are hard? Are they confusing? What?</p>
<p>many classes have 3 prelims to decide grades. thats probably closer to the usual rather than the unusual, actually. difficulty depends on the professors, which vary from term to term, and the level of preparation, obviously. ive only ever taken 1 AEM class, and it was lower level. although i dont think you should be too worried about not being able to grasp the material, as a general rule, it is not advisable to plan in advance NOT to read or study from the texts- in any class. i would suggest either keeping up with the reading or at least binge reading the required text material before exams. are you basing your previous study habits on high school or cornell classes? some of the posters above say that this particular class is more note based, which they would know more about than me, but i couldn't imagine you got by doing well at cornell for a long period of time just from taking notes while in lectures for all of your classes- unless you know of some secret, mad easy classes i don't know about.</p>
<p>prelims are tricky. sometimes you'll have to decide between an answer that is right if you go by the textbook and an answer that is right if you go by what perez says in class. 99% of the time, go with what perez said in class.</p>
<p>So far nothing in the book has been different from what Perez says in class. It's hard for me to study by reading a book - I don't really know how. I try taking notes, but then I end up with like 10 pages of notes from one chapter, and one chapter is assigned every class period. That would be 30 pages of notes a week - impossible to memorize. I then wonder exactly WHAT I should be studying and writing down, and can't tell. So I simply go with the in-class notes and study those. For Microbiology class (BIOMI 290) last semester, I only studied the notes and made an A-, but I think it's supposed to be an "easy A" class, so I don't know.</p>