<p>Does homework get assigned often, or is most "homework" just studying? Also, does it depend on the majors that one has? I understand that Math majors have different types of homework than English majors. Maybe more, maybe less. This question would just be relative to the caliber of the college.</p>
<p>It totally depends on the class, your major, your year in college, and your personal learning style. </p>
<p>In my French classes, for example, we have homework every night. We either have to read, write or listen to something in addition to working on our textbook’s workbook on our own time. Au contraire, in my writing courses, we have articles we have to read and understand along with papers to write, but it doesn’t necessarily entail daily homework. I’ll spend one night reading the article and then I’ll be done until a couple days later when I read another one. My papers take typically between 3 and 5 hours of direct writing (from the first draft to the final version and all the revisions), and that’s spread over weeks. </p>
<p>Along these lines, a French major will always have homework while a writing major may not. Likewise, since you have daily homework, there’s less “studying” in French courses, as is the case with writing since it’s based on class discussions and stuff. Test-based classes without daily homework (maybe history, biology, etc.) require more studying of the basic concepts since you’re not practicing it all the time. </p>
<p>You’ll typically receive less busy work once you’re in upper-level courses, and by then you’ll be expected to engage with the material on your own anyway. </p>
<p>Also, if the homework is optional, you might find that you don’t have to do it if that’s how you learn. If you can pay attention in class and retain most of the information, you might not have to work as hard outside of class. </p>
<p>It all really depends.</p>
<p>Sometimes there is homework that is not collected, not discussed, and not even graded. But if you don’t do it, it will be very, very difficult to pass the exams.</p>
<p>In many classes, the “homework” is on the syllabus, e.g. “read chapter 12” or “complete the questions for Case #4.6” but is never mentioned in class. You are expected to keep up on your own.</p>
<p>Yeah it depends on the type of class.</p>
<p>For language classes, your teacher might assign you reading and listening exercises. For math classes, you have problems in the textbook you have to do. For other classes, you might have reading assignments.</p>
<p>For math and math-based sciences, you’d better be prepared to do the problems right and show all of your work. All of the teachers I’ve met so far actually grade the homework.</p>