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Couple of questions
1. When do we buy textbooks for our classes?
2. What kind of supplies do we have to buy for first year? I'm guessing that it's not like high school where you have a binder per class...? I will probably have a laptop if that helps.
3. Do we need to buy tape recorders for lectures, or will using a laptop be sufficient?
2. What kind of supplies do we have to buy for first year? I'm guessing that it's not like high school where you have a binder per class...? I will probably have a laptop if that helps.
3. Do we need to buy tape recorders for lectures, or will using a laptop be sufficient?
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I only bring my laptop and a few pieces of paper to lecture. Taking notes is pointless in most classes and you'll get a better grasp of the material by paying attention to the prof and not trying to scribble down every word that he/she says.
Some classes have the lectures taped and put up on a website somewhere. Most profs will make any slides or notes available to you online.
Otherwise if you're getting a laptop, you just need a laptop.
Sometimes you don't even need take notes since its provided prior to class so just go and listen or download the recording later.
2. since you have a lappy you pretty much don't need anything else.
3. many profs record their lectures, and you're mostly not allowed to record them/take pictures/videos yourself anyways.
Some profs base their tests only on their notes
Some profs base their tests only on their texts
Some profs base their tests on a mix of both
Some classes you NEED to take notes, sometimes the prof will even say what portion of the class is based on lectures of notes, or you can ask, on the first day theres always a point for questions. Hell, sometimes I've had classes where I didn't even go most of the semester and just studied the textbook and got an A.
I have a laptop and I personally find it annoying to lug around, and realized sometimes it'd be more convenient to just have a pad and paper
Dont carry around binders or pencil cases.
Also *****don't try to write down every word they say, instead try to listen and think of the point theyre trying to make, rather than what they say word for word.*****
If you're taking philosophy, don't buy any book. It's useless cause it's not even a textbook, it's just a giant collection of essays, articles, and etc. published by philosophers. Useless since it makes no sense and the notes provided are clearer.
Math and Science courses you'll probably need the book. Other classes, probably not.
You can actually go through a course without the textbook. The notes should be sufficient. But some lecturers base exam questions on material from the book.
Maybe it depends what department you are in, but in -most- of my classes the textbook was a must. There are profs who just use their lecture time to ramble.
Also, not everyone's learning style is best suited for lecture as opposed to text.
That said there have been courses where i regretted spending 100 dollars on that i could have gone without out
you can find out on my.sfu.ca, you may have to hit refresh after you log on, and it should show you waht books are required in your enrolled classes tab
or you can check in the course outline wherever it is on sfu, sfu hasnt standardized this so i cant tell you where
or you can wait util the first day of classes to get your course outline then buy them
id reccomend buying them a week or two before classes to get as many used as possible to save money, also used textbooks often have highlighted passages which is good if you forget to do your readings
That makes sense, so the textbooks we get we take them into class? Or we just use these for our own studying at home/library?
In my 1st and second 2nd years I never brought my books except to tutorials. In general your first class per semester is a write off. You do not do anything, the instructor goes over the class, you get an outline, you can ask questions, and most of the time you go home early.
You are assigned a weekly reading schedule, and each week a lecture corresponding to the readings (maybe not, depends on the profs style).
Bringing your books may help in tutorials when you have to discuss stuff, so on days you go to lecture probably dont bring your books, on days you go to tutorial bring your book.
In 3rd and 4th year classes I'm in all the classes are seminars, no lecture, and no tutorial. I bring whatever books are relevant to the readings im assigned.
And I'm kinda glad about not bringing all the books all the time... my HUM 102 class has 6 books according to an outline I found (may be outdated though...) Hopefully the prof tells us ahead of time what to bring for the next class...
PRECALCULUS W/CALCULUS PREVIEW & SG PKG
LITTLE BROWN COMPACT HDBK CDN W/MCCL2
COMPLETE PLAYS
CANADIAN CRIM TODAY&BOUNDARIES RDR
That's not that bad I guess.
Every single one of them says, "Required" sooo darn.
Can textbooks be found in the library??? Can't I just borrow it and scan it instead of buying it =_=
I would suggest checking out Amazon.ca as well. You can buy your books for cheap from sellers...I've saved quite a bit of money going that route.