<p>hey, you all talk about doing homework during the week and I was wondering what kind of homework college sets for you? </p>
<p>Here in the UK, I don't get homework really, I have usually one essay per subject (for the whole year) and probably about one lab reports for each of my 6 modules). That's it. This is for a biology degree; I don't know whether it's different for other degrees. Is the homework you guys get like this, or is it like short answer questions like you get in high school.</p>
<p>I know I'm being kinda vague here, but just generally how much do you get and how long does it take you? I would spend about 2 days doing an essay for example and about 2 days on my lab reports.</p>
<p>On a normal day I spend anywhere from 3 to 6 hours on homework/studying. Engineering courses are homework intensive. I’m surprised that a biology major would have such little homework.</p>
<p>3 to 6 is probably pretty average. It obviously depends on your major and program. I’m a PPE (Politics, Philosophy, Economics) major and i don’t usually have a lot of “homework” I would say I have about 4 hours of reading per day plus papers/projects when those arise.</p>
<p>I would guess that biology homework is NOT just reading. There is a big difference between regular science a nd social science.</p>
<p>My fiance is studying for a medical technology degree, and most of his classes are biology and chemistry. He has a lot of reading, plus lab reports and sometimes essays, too.</p>
<p>I am a Comp.E major. And yes there is a considerable amount of homework in comparison with some majors, but homework is all relative, what takes me 2 hours to do might take you an hour to do and vice versa.</p>
<p>If a major class is only a lecture; for the most part I don’t have any homework other than to keep up with the reading. Honestly, 95% of all my major lecture courses consist only of exams.</p>
<p>If a major class consists of a lab, then we’re talking LOTS of homework with normally a big project at the end of the semester. Not to mention a 6hr/week lab that gives me only ONE unit is practically homework in itself.</p>
<p>Most of my bio lecture classes have no real homework other than studying for exams [all of the grade]. My chemistry and math classes have online homework modules that are due every other day or every week, depending on the class. My labs all require 8+ lab reports and conducting an individual research project. English classes usually involve writing 4-5 essays.</p>
<p>I’m also in the UK, but I get coursework assignments. Well, I did this year; junior honours will change that somewhat.</p>
<p>In any case, for maths courses we would get an assignment every other week to be handed in, whilst for physics courses we would have an assignment every week, plus a lab report every three weeks. </p>
<p>my experience is that science/engineering classes usually carry a steady diet of homework. Engineering coursework is almost always math related, so problem solving is the way you learn. </p>
<p>English/LA classes usually have writing assignments, either small weeklies or one/two large deliverables.</p>