Discussions

<p>I was looking at Just the Facts at the different courses for the fall, and noticed that, for some, it says that students are required to sign up for a "discussion" session. What exactly goes on during these sessions?</p>

<p>A lot of larger lectures have a discussion section component. There's only so much time in a large lecture class for questions and for the professor to teach you every single thing. The discussion sections, which are about 50 min long, have about 10-20 students and you're free to ask questions and work on small assignments to learn new material.</p>

<p>It's a section usually run by a TA and, occasionally, the professor. You go over the previous week's course material and work on problem sets or discusses the week's readings if a humanities type class.</p>

<p>Thanks for clarifying it for me :)</p>

<p>Do upper division bio, chem (such as orgo), physics, stats have such sections?</p>

<p>almost all science classes have sections (and labs)</p>

<p>do you have to consistently go to the same discussion session?</p>

<p>orgo does not have section</p>

<p>chendrix: depends on the course. Some that take attendance or have assignments or have strict enrollment limits do require you to go to the same session. Most of the classes I've taken don't really care; actually, I rarely go to section for my classes...</p>

<p>On the online pre-enrollment page, it lists both the lecture and discussion as have 4 credit hours each. Does this mean that if I take the LEC + DIS, I will enroll in 8 credit hours?</p>

<p>e.g.

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PHIL 2410 DIS 203 Ethics 4.00 Credit Hrs F 01:25:PM0 2:15:PM
PHIL 2410 LEC 001 Ethics 4.00 Credit Hrs MW 01:25:PM 02:15:PM

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<p>i don't think so. it should just be 4 credits for the class and discussion
but correct me if i'm wrong</p>

<p>You only get 4 credits total</p>