<p>an upper division psychology class at UCSD - Pscyh 105.</p>
<p>there was about 200 kids in the class and the professor didnt know any names. the class was pretty interesting, three hours of talking about attention and perception and looking at optical illusions.</p>
<p>btw incase your wondering there were alot of good looking women, some asian men and very little white guys in the class</p>
<p>It's worth mentioning (because someone will inevitably ask) that the 3-hour lecture is only held ONCE a week.</p>
<p>The majority of UCSD's 4-unit classes consist of ~3h of lectures a week, presented as</p>
<ul>
<li>three 50-minute lectures MWF</li>
<li>two 1h20-minute lectures TTh</li>
<li>one 2h50-minute lecture M or W</li>
</ul>
<p>Is it hard to be in such a big class? Everyone is freaking out about that, but I've always been sort of an independent learner so I'm not too concerned. But I just want to know the real deal.</p>
<p>there were a BUNCH of people, probably like 50% if not more, just chatting on aim and surfing the net, with the other half actually typing or writing notes down.</p>
<p>(the professor went a little bit too quickly but it was still manageable. I was told that other professors are alot faster.)
he also said he would post the power point slides online later so the people not paying attention are probably relying on that. also, the last half of the class there was a graduate student teaching the class.</p>
<p>i dont know any UC where the professor would know everyones name unless it was a smaller class... like a language class or a seminar... so its not unusual</p>
<p>true, but i knew one professor who knew the names of ~95% of the students in his full-size, 300-person chem 6 lecture. </p>
<p>mike hale -- impressive fellow! too bad he's gone ...</p>