<p>Are there discussions during the first week for these classes?:</p>
<p>EPS 170AC
Math 1A</p>
<p>General rule of thumb for ANY class with discussion:</p>
<p>ALWAYS GO TO THE FIRST SESSION. If there isn't class, there will usually be notification posted on the door or something. A lot of these really popular classes have a policy where if you don't show up the first few times, you'll get dropped from the class. This is especially important if your schedule is such that in the first week of class, you'll have discussion before lecture.</p>
<p>For EPS 170AC, I actually have a discussion (on the first day of instruction) before the lecture (2nd day).</p>
<p>Should I email the professor for this class about whether or not there is a discussion for his class the first week?</p>
<p>I looked at his syllabus from last year and it said:
Week 1:
No Discussion Sections in first week
Thurs. Aug. 28. L-1: Road map of the class; earth resources in current events, Hubbert’s Peak,
Humans in a geological context, Age of Earth, Geological Time scale, Ice Age Americans,
Human time (Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age), Preview of field trip, Grading policy.
Reading: TWM p. 1 -18, and CA p. ix- 16 </p>
<p>The link to his syllabus from last year is: <a href="http://eps.berkeley.edu/%7Ebrimhall/EPS170AC_LNS170AC/documents/Syllabus.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://eps.berkeley.edu/~brimhall/EPS170AC_LNS170AC/documents/Syllabus.pdf</a></p>
<p>Dude. Come on. Just show up to the correct classroom at the correct time and if there's no discussion, then that's the way it is. Stop freaking out. The syllabus last year could be different from this year. Again, general rule of thumb: ALWAYS GO TO THE FIRST SESSION. Is that really so hard?</p>
<p>Ok. I didn't mean to frustrate you. I'll plot out and go through my route to McCone (discussion) on the first day, even if there is no discussion.</p>
<p>Someone's got someone in check.</p>