<p>Hello. I am hopefully transferring Fall 2013 to a UC.</p>
<p>One thing I just realized I have not thought about was the lecture vs class room settings.</p>
<p>I have visited my friends in the past at UCSB and sometimes have sat through their lectures with them. On the other hand I have seen pictures of one of my friends classes at UCI and it is in a small classroom setting. </p>
<p>Does the Classroom and Lecture setting with each UC or does it change with each campus? Does anyone know what campuses have the Lecture setting and what campuses have the Classroom setting?</p>
<p>Does it depend on what classes you take? For example I am a CS major so would I usually be in lecture halls or small classrooms? I am wondering because all of my CS classes at my CC are in small classroom settings.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I’m at Cal, we get a mix of both. My last CS class had about 500 students in the lecture. My discussion was at a weird time, so it usually had 7-ish people towards the end of the semester, though the discussion technically had 30-ish people. There’s also a lab, which is also around 30 students. Lecture is 2-3 times a week, discussion and lab are once a week. Most of my EECS classes have been (more or less) the same format as that. It’s nice, you get amazing professors for lectures, and the GSIs and TAs (for discussion and lab) are generally really helpful too.</p>
<p>It is NOT from school to school. Every school has both big lecture halls and classrooms. Upper divisions are usually small classrooms. Go to your target school, search for classes, and see how many people can enroll. If there is less than 50 people than can enter into a course, it is in a classroom. If there is more, it may be a lecture hall…</p>
<p>UCI has lectures (takes place in a large lecture hall with up to 400 students) as well as corresponding discussions (smaller classroom settings with about 20-30 students per section). Depending on the professor, the discussion may or may not be optional but you must enroll in both to be officially enrolled in the class. There are also some classes (not necessarily upper division) that have enrollment of around 50 or less. Those usually take place in smaller classrooms. I’ve had one in a portable unit at UCI before =/</p>
<p>It depends on the class itself.</p>