Someone emailed this to my friend's Biology 152 lecture. - Page 2

Fyacin · 12-11-2008, 01:53 PM

Seconded.
Maybe if there was a puppy or cute kitten story, but he didn't even make that effort.

manasecret · 12-11-2008, 02:10 PM

I would give him advice on how to get access to his hard drive without having to run Windows. Tell him to look up BartPE.

Bube · 12-12-2008, 03:37 PM

I don't think people shouldn't have to beg this much for other people's notes. We give each other our notes all the time..

Angrist · 12-12-2008, 03:55 PM

Yeah same here, I don't really recognize that atmosphere... If you can't make it to a class, you ask a friend to take some handouts, or copy his notes. If you lost everything, you just ask a friend if you can copy his stuff. Big deal.

Unless you really don't have any friends I guess.

manasecret · 12-12-2008, 04:05 PM

It's a 100 level class. It's very likely the guy doesn't have any friends in the class. If it was a 400, 300, or even 200 level class, then I'd agree.

Angrist · 12-12-2008, 04:39 PM

What's that level system?

manasecret · 12-12-2008, 04:53 PM

Generally, 100 is 1st year, 200 2nd year, 300 3rd year, and 400 4th year. Generally if there is a 200 level course, you are required to take the 100 level course before it or test out of the 100 course. Similarly, if there is a 300 level course, then you are required to pass the equivalent 200 level course before taking it, and the 100 before that.

So for example, Calculus III is designated as MATH 352, Calculus II as MATH 215, and Intro. to Calculus as MATH 101. The last two digits are arbitrary.

In many cases, though, once you get to the 3rd and 4th year, the courses aren't a direct progression from previous courses. For example, for electrical engineering, Overvoltage and Insulation Coordination may be designated EENG 412, but it's not as if there were three courses before it that led directly up to it. Instead, you are required to have a whole mix of courses completed before you are eligible to take that one.

Angrist · 12-12-2008, 05:08 PM

Ah ok, thanks. Makes sense.

I guess we have a similar service, we just don't put that much emphasis on it. The course codes here look something like MAT-10406. The last 2 digits stand for the amount of credits, the first digit indicates the year or difficulty. That code would be an introduction to statistics. MAT-20406 is a direct follow-up. We don't have much of those at all. I don't think I've done one. We usually have courses that focus on 1 topic, so there's not much to follow up to.