<p>Trigonometry MWF 8:00
Public Speaking MWF 9:00
Biology TR and lab on Friday 11:00
English TR 2:00
Psychology R 5:00</p>
<p>I have had some issues with scheduling...but they have been resolved, and my schedule now looks like this...</p>
<p>I like it because on Monday and Wednesday I am through for the day at 10, and on Tuesday and Thursday I do not start class until 11.</p>
<p>Can anyone tell me what a typical Biology lab is like?</p>
<p>Before a lab I would be given a lab manual that would contain background information and the steps involved in the lab. Most were from 5-10 pages. So I would study those before hand and make a flow chart of the steps I have to take. Some of my labs had a quick quiz on the background info at the start of lab.
Depending on what sort of biology class you can be doing anything from examing bacteria samples or doing PCR.
As long as you study the manual before hand and are up to date you can’t go wrong.
The problem is the lab reports. Start the same day!!! That way if a problem comes up with data you can ask the prof/TA for help.</p>
<p>i know for me at least, i would never go to a 8am trig class.</p>
<p>Quick question what about chemistry?? Not taking it?</p>
<p>^ There were no spots open for Chemistry. So, I am hoping to get in Spring semester…</p>
<p>And, well, I’m a morning person who works better and learns better in the morning…so the Trig class is perfect.</p>
<p>I had no clue they gave out a manual before lab, thanks for that! That helps a lot…</p>
<p>We had a lab manual that we had to buy for the course.</p>
<p>Did you take any biology in high school? If you’re taking intro bio, the labs will be pretty similar, except they’ll go into more depth and there will be less hand holding. Grading of lab reports will probably be much harsher.</p>
<p>Yes, I excelled in Biology in high school…but we did not do a lab report (We had worksheets we had to do)…</p>
<p>What does the typical lab report have on it?</p>
<p>It depends on the course. If you’re doing one for every week, then it’s probably going to be much more informal than if you only do a few over the course of the semester. If it’s a formal lab report, then you’ll probably have to do an abstract, an introduction, methods, results, and discussion, along with a works cited page. You’ll be expected to find articles in journals that relate to your hypothesis or your findings (and they’ll teach you how to find these). If it’s an informal report, you probably wont have to find any background material to write the report (other than what was written in the lab manual). You’ll still have the same sections, but they will all probably be shorter and less in-depth (except your results section, which is usually pretty short anyway). They’ll give you detailed instructions before you have to hand one in.</p>