time tables

[davejonesdan]

do we make up our own time tables or are they given to us or what??

[Alex Efasteyo]

Considering how poorly Dave did on his first test in college, Alex hopes this will be of great use to the Scion of Thor.

More seriously, I'd write my own if it will cut back on Griff's load. I just need some input from you current college students on the way classes are typically done these days. My practical knowledge is decades out of date, plus during my time we were experimenting with the trimester system.

[davejonesdan]

*falls of bed with laughter* "OUCH"


made me laugh that did Right well I'll get one sorted now

Monday
8-10 Biology with Dr lord
10-1 break
1- 3 Microbiology Theary

Tuesday
9-11 Microbiology labs
11-1 break
1-3 Buisness stuidys

Wedneday
Day off

Thursday
8-10 Brewery managment (theary)
10-12 Brewery engeneering
12-1 break
1-4 Brewery managment (practical)

Friday
Day off

Saturday
Day off

Sunday
Day off



and consdering how bad Dave did I'm suppried Dr lord didn't sign him up for more lessions

[Alex Efasteyo]

A couple of thoughts on that schedule... Dr. Lord's class started at 8 am and ended at 9 am, so most likely MWF classes are an hour each and not two hours. I'd guess typical TTh classes are 1.5 hours long. And of course classes worth less units/credits might be shorter or skip a day.

I also doubt a microbiology course can be taken without introductory/beginning biology (or passing tests demonstrating knowledge of same) class(es) already successfully completed.

[Ren Panganiban]

So, my classes are normally spread out because I walk from class to class and not bike. I build in padding to account for that and meals. Most classes for us start on the hour, at 15 past, half past, and 15 till (00/15/30/45) and normally last anywhere from 45 minutes to four hours, depending on the class. I have mostly 45 minute classes with a couple of 1hr 15/30 minute ones. My roommate had a chem lab class that was 4 hours long... At my school the Bio lab for the intro class is three hours long, while my friend on the East coast had a bio lab that was nearly 5hrs (this was when she massed texted me during the day last year). Most students schedule classes so they have at leaset 15 minutes between them. My smallest amount of time between classes this quarter has been 5 minutes (I was always late to my next class "/) and my longest one was 5 hours (and that's if I took the latest possible period of Japanese).

@dave :: Don't forget we have bio in the mornings Monday, Wednesday, and Friday! And the lab!

I'll sketch a table out later. I have to eat something and get working on my paper.... Ugh...

[Sean Regan]

Dec 6, 2010 6:45:26 GMT -5 davejonesdan said:

do we make up our own time tables or are they given to us or what??

I was wondering the same thing...

[griffinguy24]

I really should have made up a schedule of classes. Ah well, hindsight.

Also, apologies for my absence, but since we're nearing the end of the semester, my workload has increased exponentially.

All of you have the following class schedule:

Monday/Wednesday/Friday 8-9 AM - BIO101 Lecture (Dr. Alan Lord)
Thursday 2-6 PM - BIO101 Lab (Dr. Alan Lord)

In terms of the university, this gives you 4 credits (3 for lecture, 1 for Lab). You guys need a minimum of 12 credits per semester and may take a maximum of 18. Most courses are 3 credits apiece, lab courses are 4 (or even 5 for upper-level courses).

By and large, you guys are going to be taking gen ed courses, the starting courses for your majors and distribution courses required to graduate. Harmon sorts the distribution courses into Arts, Cultural Studies, Literature, Mathematics/Physical Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences, requiring a minimum of 6 credits in each. Dr. Lord's class counts towards fulfilling the Natural Sciences requirement

Dave, no freshman would be allowed to take microbiology. That's an upper-level bio course, requiring a number of Bio and Chem prerequisites. You're gonna need it for the brewing major, so be prepared for some of Dr. Lord's Training Seminars From Hell (patent pending).

[davejonesdan]

fine I'll re-do mine- I was basing it slightly off my own uni cource (I do food nurtrition and health so some modules kind of carry over) and I did microbiology first year

also don't you thing 8 is a bit early, most my lecture start at 9 giving students an extra hour in there favorate place (after the pub)

[Ren Panganiban]

Posted a semi-plausible schedule for Ren, BIO, two CS classes (a 4 and a 2-uniter), Calc, 1st year Japanese, and a random sewing class.

[jahierasaladin]

I need some help with figuring out my courses, to make sure that they aren't too advanced for a freshman, could we meet on mIRC at 15:00 EST or so? I'll be on for an hour...

[Alex Efasteyo]

Jahiera, just a thought, but being more advanced than a typical starting freshman might be sort of appropriate for your character and her education. Especially if the subject is related to archeology. But with home schooling, your educational level could be quite different from the norm. And I know that when I was going to Cal, they did let you take placement tests for most advanced courses instead of having taken the prerequisite courses. (Though Harmon obviously may have a different policy.)

[Sean Regan]

Total courseload: Bio101+Lab (4), Music Theory 1 (3, T,Th 8-10) + Sight Reading and Dictation (1, M,W 12-1), Intro to Acting (3, T,Th 10-12), Literature (non-major, if you have a specific one for that time slot 3, M,W,F 10-11), Voice Lessons (1, M 1-2), Chamber Choir (1, M 4-6)
16 Credits Total (Pretty standard, if low, for a performance arts major)

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8-9	BIO101	Music	BIO101	Music	BIO101
9-10		Theory 1		Theory 1
10-11	Literature	Intro to	Literature	Intro to	Literature
11-12		Acting		Acting
12-1	SR & Dict		SR & Dict
1-2	Voice Lessons
2-3				Bio
3-4				101
4-5	Chamber			Bio
5-6	Choir			Lab

How's that?

[Alex Efasteyo]

@sean, to me that looks like a reasonable schedule. But...(you knew there had to be a but, didn't you)...

I doubt it actually works, at least not without a slight retcon from Griff. Our biology class was from 8 am to 9 am, not 8:15 am to 9 am or 8 am to 8:50 am, etc. So classes will probably NOT be starting on the hour (like your 10 am Literature class) as even though it's a small campus, it does take time to get to the next class.

I made up a sample schedule too (though I PMed it to Griff), and I based it on hour long classes with 15 minute breaks to get to the next class. My sample doesn't fit as nicely when including the Bio lab, but, oh well. Using the Bio lab's start time as a clue, implies we might have a 12 minute gap between classes that are typically an hour long.

But it's really all speculation for now.

Edit: The more I think about it, the more I am going to hope for a minor retcon by Griff so we can have classes starting on the hour. It makes this stuff soooo, much simpler. But as Fate is a bitch, I won't bet on this happening.

[Sean Regan]

Dec 8, 2010 11:47:42 GMT -5 Alex Efasteyo said:

@sean, to me that looks like a reasonable schedule. But...(you knew there had to be a but, didn't you)...

I doubt it actually works, at least not without a slight retcon from Griff. Our biology class was from 8 am to 9 am, not 8:15 am to 9 am or 8 am to 8:50 am, etc. So classes will probably NOT be starting on the hour (like your 10 am Literature class) as even though it's a small campus, it does take time to get to the next class.

I made up a sample schedule too (though I PMed it to Griff), and I based it on hour long classes with 15 minute breaks to get to the next class. My sample doesn't fit as nicely when including the Bio lab, but, oh well. Using the Bio lab's start time as a clue, implies we might have a 12 minute gap between classes that are typically an hour long.

But it's really all speculation for now.

Edit: The more I think about it, the more I am going to hope for a minor retcon by Griff so we can have classes starting on the hour. It makes this stuff soooo, much simpler. But as Fate is a bitch, I won't bet on this happening.

Hehe. Why thank you. This is a very similar schedule to a number of my friends in college...I was good friends with most of the Music and Theatre departments.

As for the times, I like my neat little chart...hehe.

[Ren Panganiban]

So, posted a possible schedule for Ren on his charrie sheet, but it breaks down to:

• Bio101/L (4 units) MWF 8-9am/TTh 2-6pm
• C++ Programming (4 units) MF 9:15-10:40am Ren skipped the intro CS course (This is the one I had a problem with, since Ren runs off right after class to go to this one ><; )
• First Year Japanese (3 units) MTWTF 11:15-12pm, because Ren didn't past the placement since his speaking is awkward, hahaha
• Accelerated Calculus (3 units) MW 1:30-3pm
• Lecture Series on Computer Security (2 units) W 4:30-6:00pm
• Random Sewing Class (1 Unit) F 6:30-8pm, because Ren chose whatever 1-unit class he could find that he didn't need a prereq for. It's a weird class, but, yanno, it's small and maybe there's a hot chick....

This puts Ren at 17 units, although if his programming/math/bio classes are anything like the ones me and my friends have had, it'll seem like over 18 units of work ^_^;

[jahierasaladin]

Dec 8, 2010 11:25:50 GMT -5 Alex Efasteyo said:

Jahiera, just a thought, but being more advanced than a typical starting freshman might be sort of appropriate for your character and her education. Especially if the subject is related to archeology. But with home schooling, your educational level could be quite different from the norm. And I know that when I was going to Cal, they did let you take placement tests for most advanced courses instead of having taken the prerequisite courses. (Though Harmon obviously may have a different policy.)

That's one of the routes I had thought of at first...I mean, she doesn't need to take basic hieroglyph reading (she could easily T.A. that) and neither does she need Ancient Egyptian Mythology. But that's all if she decides to focus on Ancient Egypt (which she won't), she'll be doing archeology in general, so she can be considered a freshman when not dealing with Ancient Egypt.

[Sean Regan]

Dec 8, 2010 15:16:01 GMT -5 Ren Panganiban said:

• Bio101/L (4 units) MWF 8-9am/TTh 2-6pm

The lab is only on THursday according to our illustrious ST.

[Alex Efasteyo]

I'll jump on the bandwagon and list my proposed schedule for Alex here. Note the more I look at it, the more I want to tweak it, but...

MWF 08:00-09:00 Bio101
MWF 09:15-10:15 Calculus
MWF 10:30-11:30 Physics 101
MWF 11:45-12:45 Engineering
TTh 10:00-11:30 Art - Sculpting
Mon 14:00-18:00 Engineering lab
Tu 14:00-18:00 Physics lab
Th 14:00-18:00 Biology lab

I was thinking tis would be 18 credits, but now I realize the art class should probably be lower in credits because it's hands on, a lot like a lab. I also want to throw in P.E. class for sports, but I am pretty clueless at this time as for an appropriate way to add it to the schedule.

[jahierasaladin]

Hmm, with a major in Archeology, and minors in Ancient History, Anthropology, and Mythology...*shakes his head in amazement* Jahi's gonna be busy.

MWF (08:00-09:00): Biology Lecture (3)
Th (14:00-18:00): Biology Lab (1)
M (09:30-11:30): Introduction to Mythology (2)
MWF (12:00-14:00): World History (3)
Th (10:00-13:00): Introduction to Anthropology (2)
Tu (15:00-16:00): Primer on Linguistics (2)
F (10:00-11:00): Communication Studies (1)
W (15:00-17:00): Introduction to Archeology (3)
M (15:00-16:00): Essay Writing (1)

Okay, as it is, I really don't know much about the university schedule conventions in the US, so I more or less based on how it's done over here at home. If anyone has any comments or suggestions please feel free, I need all the help I can get ^^;;;;;

[Gabriella Velas]

MWF 8-9am Biology Lecture
TTh 9-11am Journalism 101
M 9:30-11:30am Introduction to Mythology
W 10-12am Journalistic Ethics
MWF 11:45-12:45 Chemistry Lecture
MWF 1-3pm Creative Writing
T 1-4pm Chemistry Lab
Th 2-6pm Biology Lab
F 3-5pm Journalism Research