<p>Im enrolling in IB 117 but another class has a clashing final time. (PH 107 lec is from 2-3) while IB 117 is 2-4 so i can only attend for one hour of IB 117 lecture</p>
<p>so does IB 117 actually have a final or is it just two midterms or something since it is only 2 units?</p>
<p>and is it necessary to go to lecture to do well (A- or better) or is memorizing Carlson's reader enough?</p>
<p>I took it Fall 2009 and it did have a final during the regularly scheduled final exam date. However, practically everyone finished early and left after 1-2 hours. The final is not cumulative but it’s worth 55% of your grade.</p>
<p>There’s a lot to memorize from the reader if you try to study all of it. I went to lecture to find out what Carlson says to study and what not to study. He’ll talk about some plants and chemicals but later say, “oh this is interesting but not required for the exam”. You can get an A by memorizing the entire reader but you’ll waste some time studying excess information.</p>
<p>that helped a ton!!! thanks alot :)</p>
<p>If you can’t make lecture, it would be highly inadvisable for you to take the class.</p>
<p>ethan, so the other 45% is one midterm then, right?</p>
<p>and how thick exactly is this reader are we talking?</p>
<p>hundreds of pages, it is a huge reader. It was about an inch thick with thin pages.</p>
<p>duck…with an F</p>
<p>ah, man maybe next semester. so is your grade made of just two midterms then? and does carlson teach in spring too?</p>
<p>In spring he teaches IB 140 (Human Reproduction) and IB 169 (Evolutionary Medicine). IB 140 is not too hard to get into for non-majors, but IB 169 is near impossible to get into unless you are declared IB.</p>
<p>I am contemplating taking IB 169 next spring.</p>
<p>the reader is thick enough to kill a bug when you smack it</p>
<p>LMAO. It’s probably too slow to do even that.</p>