<p>My friend last year had to miss the first 2-3 weeks as well and had to get a friend to do the assignments for him. So to some extent, it would affect your performance. </p>
<p>For those who have taken this course… what’s the point of the textbook if they’re not necessary/important? Are there assignments from the text?</p>
<p>I’ve taken online courses before and some classes require you to post discussion posts the first week or you will be dropped from the course.</p>
<p>no assignments from the text book except this small book called the double helix but I didn’t read it and could still do the hw. They just give you credit for doing hw, no grade or anything</p>
<p>dee-91, you should have gotten an email from the online course coordinator with a bunch of stuff, from login info to the syllabus.</p>
<p>I don’t remember getting the syllabus in the email…</p>
<p>you won’t need the textbook since he covers everything he tests you on in his lectures…</p>
<p>have you tried emailing one of the gsi’s? i’m sure they can work this out with you better than we can… they might be able to give you a separate assignment to make up for the 2 weeks you miss, or something like that…</p>
<p>I just added the class on friday, so that’s probbably why I haven’t received anything. i’ll see what i can do.</p>
<p>Well the grades on the final came out on bspace… I hope it’s weighted favoring the midterms :/</p>
<p>have you guys gotten your final grade for this class yet on bearfacts?</p>
<p>I got my grade back from my GSI. She said they should be on Telebears soon. So disappointing… I took it as a fun breadth :l</p>
<p>What was it that really made the class difficult? Were the exams too specific?</p>
<p>Honestly, I expected the final to be like the midterms. It wasn’t… thus I became unprepared. Basically topics that were not emphasized on the midterms were emphasized on the final.</p>
<p>“Fun” classes always turn out to be such a drag. I’ve had my share of “fun” classes go wrong. Never again! Never again I tell you!</p>
<p>Anyone get started on the discussion question? Does anyone know how strict/lenient they are about these discussion responses?</p>
<p>^^ cake yo. i would write like a paragraph for mine compared to the few sentences others write, but they give the same credit regardless as long as you submit them on time.</p>
<p>And the exams are “closed book?” – How exactly is this enforced?</p>
<p>secret: its not (with the exception of the final)</p>
<p>I’m really only willing to take a letter grade for MCB N61 if I get an A. I’m a pretty good student but my background in the sciences is sub-par at best and I’m kind of apprehensive about this being a really easy class until the final and then your A gets turned into an A-/B+ and I’m just not really willing to take a hit, however minimal, on my GPA for this class.</p>
<p>Do you guys think this is one of those classes where part of your grade just depends on chance? Thanks.</p>
<p>Lol, idk why he doesn’t just make it open-notes BUT you get like only 1 or 2 hours to do it.</p>
<p>well, I do not think that your grade in this class depends on chance at all… and you really do not need any background in sciences either – at least I don’t have, just took it, and got an A+. The secret is to buy online lecture notes (summer 08), not wasting time with lectures (misleading emphasis) – you can occasionally come to check where the class is in the notes though–, and not reading the textbook (irrelevant).</p>