How many contact hours are there in biomedicine and science?

[ariawuu]

Thanks

[Gloamglozer]

In science, it depends on what subjects you take.  But if you do the popular science subjects (eg. chemistry, biology, physics), it will usually consist of:

1.  3x 1 hour lectures/week.
2.  1x 1 hour tutorial/week
3.  1x 3 hour laboratory (if it happens to be that week).

1st year maths subjects with the exclusion of Accelerated Maths:

1.  3x 1 hour lectures/week.
2.  1x 1 hour tutorial/week
3.  1x 1 hour laboratory/week (if applicable).

But overall, for first years, you are looking at around 18-24 contact hours.*

*Full-time load with 4 subjects a semester.

[ariawuu]

Thanks very much Glo! Now... i need a biomed student to post their contact hours; would help a lot with my course preferences

[abeybaby]

For biomed, its about 20 hours of core subjects, and then 2-4 for your breadth subject. the core subjects have:
3x1 hour lecture
1x1 hour tutes
1x2-3 hour pracs, which are generally every alternate week

so for me, I have 23 hours a week, but because pracs are every second week, i really average about 20... but the ones i ACTUALLY show up for, that means im really doing about 10-14 hours a week, cos you know, uni makes you lazy like that

[Russ]

Biomed contact hours drop off after first year. I had 23/21 from memory, second year was 13/17, third year was 12/16.5

[simpak]

Every contact hour drops off after first year!

I go to Uni three days a week and I do first year Science.

[Gloamglozer]

Every contact hour drops off after first year!

I go to Uni three days a week and I do first year Science.

But that's special first year science. 

[simpak]

Every contact hour drops off after first year!

I go to Uni three days a week and I do first year Science.

But that's special first year science. 

EVEN if I took breadth I would still only go three days a week, because I am a God at timetabling.
But first semester 2012 is looking dismal on the contact hour front >:

[ariawuu]

Every contact hour drops off after first year!

I go to Uni three days a week and I do first year Science.

But that's special first year science. 

EVEN if I took breadth I would still only go three days a week, because I am a God at timetabling.
But first semester 2012 is looking dismal on the contact hour front >:

you make your own timetables? wicked...

[slothpomba]

Go to the handbook and look up which subject you'll have to do. They usually have the hours listed there and just simply add them together.

Each particular subject has different times for the same thing. So, lecture #1 for chemistry is repeated maybe 3 times during the week. Say, once at 11am monday, again at 1pm tuesday. Same with labs, i know at monash the same chemistry lab runs every day throughout the week.

[Gloamglozer]

Every contact hour drops off after first year!

I go to Uni three days a week and I do first year Science.

But that's special first year science. 

EVEN if I took breadth I would still only go three days a week, because I am a God at timetabling.
But first semester 2012 is looking dismal on the contact hour front >:

you make your own timetables? wicked...

Make our timetables given the times of the lectures/tutorials/pracs/etc.

So you make your timetable around the university schedule and your personal schedule (if applicable).