<p>How long do most science discussion classes usually take up? Is attendance optional or mandatory?</p>
<p>Info on math discussion classes would also be appreciated.</p>
<p>"Info on math discussion classes would also be appreciated. "</p>
<p>never showed up for any single class for calc 2-4 except when I need to turn in my homework (team or individual). Even when I do, I leave after I turn in the stuff. Attendance doesnt really matter, and you can basically self learn everything and get A.</p>
<p>Very nice to know. I was getting antsy about my 8AM math 215 discussion.</p>
<p>What about chem and bio?</p>
<p>While some people might be able to learn everything on their own, I find some discussions to be rather useful. Orgo discussion, for instance, I thought helped quite a bit as far as answering the questions I had. Ditto for chem 130. </p>
<p>Calc 3 and 4 both have labs, so you have to stay for those. As far as those discussions, I like to get the extra practice (this was more true for 4 than 3…in 3 if you’re lost I would recommend office hrs). </p>
<p>Bio 162 (now split into 171, 172, 173), when I took it, the discussion was not useful, but that was because my GSI was awful. I only went when we had quizzes. I think that for most classes where discussion isn’t mandatory (almost all discussions), whether or not you go will depend largely on your gsi.</p>
<p>“Calc 3 and 4 both have labs, so you have to stay for those”</p>
<p>You dont HAVE TO go to calc 3 labs. There’s nothing that counts gradewise there. At least it’s true when I took it. </p>
<p>I took math 214 for Calc 4 instead of 216. So maybe that’s different. but 214 was just a big lecture.</p>
<p>We had to type up detailed lab reports that were worth a substantial portion of our grade. I took it back in Winter 2007 though, so maybe things have changed.</p>