Help with studying for ECC1000 (Principles of Micro)

[vashappenin]

Hi guys,
I don't say this proudly, but I've kinda been neglecting this subject for a while in order to try and stay up to date in my other subjects.. With exams over a month away, it'd probably be best that I started focusing more on catching up. I think I just lost interest in the subject so it became my bottom priority and got the better of me eventually! So normally, the process I'd go through was to do my readings from the textbook, watch the relevant youtube vids by King and then watch/attend the live lectures. However, with so little time left and other subjects to worry about as well, I don't think I'll be able to do all of that because it does take up a lot of my time.. Of course, when I have time I will but for now, I need to get though a few weeks' worth of content so I need to do that in the best way without doing all of those things.. If that makes any sense.

Based on experience, what do you think would be better to do?
- Readings and youtube vids
- Readings and live lectures
- Youtube vids and live lectures

My aim is to do whichever of these combinations with the intention of understanding the content well enough to get through practice questions and practice exams. Any advice guys? Obviously this is probably not the best thing to be asking, but desperate times call for desperate measures and if I DO get the time I WILL try to get through everything!! But for now, I'm more concerned about getting through content and doing practice questions, and then filling up gaps as I go.

Thanks guys!

[kinslayer]

I am doing ECC1000 this semester as well. The youtube vids are good but the live lectures are better. IMO you should focus on getting up to speed on the basic concepts so that the live lectures make more sense from this point forward.

I haven't got the textbook but I've borrowed it from the reserve a few times and I think it's a good way to get up to speed on concepts/vocab quickly. Also the questions in tutorials would be a good place to start if you're unsure on any of that.

Good luck

[BigAl]

I don't know if this will work for business..but here's my suggestion...I think you should jump into the past exam questions...and digest them...take your time and spend 1 hour on one question but make sure you go through the relevant sections very quickly for that question...this works for me

[Rohmer]

This subject (much like the introductory macro subject) is really just about examining two things: Graphs, and explanations of said graphs. It's all about theory, although the theory isn't always easy to understand as although it's simplified theory (being a first year subject) it can seem a bit abstract. Your best bet is whichever option helps you understand the material. If Youtube explanations are better than dull lectures, go with those, if the book seems to make the most sense, use that. If you've tried all the methods (and talked to your lecturer/tutor for in-depth explanations) and it still isn't sinking in, then it's time to ROTE learn, i.e. memorise what's depicted in the graphs and the explanations of it.