<p>Do professors in General Chemistry, Physics, or other formula-rich classes provide formula sheets? Must students memorize the formulas? Hmmm... there are a lot.</p>
<p>I've had formula sheets provided for my physics and some of my math courses. I would actually prefer that they did not provide formula sheets. Memorization/regurgitation problems are the easiest types of problems you will encounter on prelims. If the professor gives you a formula sheet, they will make the problems much harder.</p>
<p>to each his own, man, I hate having to memorize stuff... it feels pointless because outside of class (e.g. actually trying to solve a real-world problem, write a program, etc.) you'll always have reference materials. as for how hard a test is, it's a different kind of "hard" if the difficulty lies in remembering where the x squared goes and what the limit of integration is instead of which tools from your formula toolbox really apply.</p>
<p>I've taken: PHYS 112 (formula sheets provided), PHYS 213 (formula sheets provided... same prof), MATH 192 (write your own formula sheet) and MATH 293 (some formulas provided). A couple other classes like my nano class had questions that involved formulas, and usually they're given. Don't worry, you'll be much more irritated by the no-graphing-calculators rule.</p>
<p>General Chemistry (207/208) gives you a sheet.</p>
<p>What type of calculators are permitted? May students use scientific calculators or are all calculators banned? If students may use scientific calculators then what if it is a programable scientific calculator?</p>
<p>No one checks them at the door. As long as it looks more like a scientific calculator than a graphing calculator you'll be fine.</p>
<p>Bad idea, nekkensj. I would never want a TA to discover that I was using an illegal calculator for an exam.</p>
<p>Yeah, you get cheat sheats for Chem...I think for Physics you can bring a your own cheat sheet (haven't taken it yet, so I don't know for sure)</p>