At my uni the rule was that 5% of each module was for attendance, over 80% attendance and you get the 5%, otherwise you don't. This only applied in the first year though. I don't agree with them deducting marks from an assessment though, your attendance is irrelevant a to whether your assignment was good. In my experience you would certainly learn more by staying at home and reading everything on the reading list than by actually attending the snore-fest lectures and falling asleep.
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Looking at it from another perspective, why do you deserve top marks when you could only be bothered to attend one lecture throughout an entire module?
Because I could obviously do the work? and just because I only attended one lecture doesnt mean I didnt work my arse off to get that top grade.
I may have only physically attended one lecture but that doesnt mean I wasnt reading through the notes and doing the tutorial work
I agree, i have done this before when the module is pretty basic and easy to teach yourself.
No one should be penalised for not attending lectures, that will just result in people with higher attendance getting better results who are actually worse performers, thus potential employees being of lower quality even though they have higher results, hurting the economy, which is bad for everyone. Attendance does not matter, only performance.
I did the same with all of my first and second year maths modules, and always came out with As, most of them at 100%. Quite a lot of first year at least is a repeat of A-Level/Advanced Higher for people who didn't do those subjects but need them for their degree.
depends on module, attendance can be used towards judging professional attitude, motivation etc, which can be part of the marking scheme for modules.
If you pass the module and are a first year i wouldnt worry, since it doesnt count towards your degree.
Ever think that they may have mentioned in one of the lectures about marking you for not turning up.
Also, does it specifically say on your marks that you have been marked down on attendance, or are you just moaning because you didnt get 100%?
Just because you pay for the lectures yet dont attend doesnt mean you can complain about the outcome. If I apply for the electorial role yet dont vote, can I still complain about who our government are?
Face it, the University are a lot more powerfull than little old you, yet you seem to think you dont need them yet deserver better result. Quit moaning and get on with it.
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As for attendance, most of my lecturers just read out the notes. If they have nothing further to add then sometimes (not always) I don't bother to go as I will sit there clock watching, drawing pictures or filling in a sudoko / crossword. If I have a lecturer who adds further value to the notes and who I find interesting I will attend and pay attention.
I know a few people who missed all the lectures but did a past paper every week and aced the exam. Lectures generally don't mean much, it's tutorials / labs you need to attend. Lecturers usually give a certain number you must attend or fail, although this is not always stuck to. It's there to scare you into going.
The only other point is in exams (edit: or assignments), if you lecturer knows you attended the classes and can see you tried to answer a question but found it difficult they may give you partial marks. If they never seen you attend they may just think 'this kid is just talking crap trying to BS through exam' although our exams are sealed so names are not shown when marking.
I know a few people who missed all the lectures but did a past paper every week and aced the exam. Lectures generally don't mean much, it's tutorials / labs you need to attend. Lecturers usually give a certain number you must attend or fail, although this is not always stuck to. It's there to scare you into going.
The only other point is in exams (edit: or assignments), if you lecturer knows you attended the classes and can see you tried to answer a question but found it difficult they may give you partial marks. If they never seen you attend they may just think 'this kid is just talking crap trying to BS through exam' although our exams are sealed so names are not shown when marking.
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Interesting, but wrong.
Very few lectures are non-informative. Many are. If your doing a subject you dont already know then you will need the lectures for information.
And as for Exams, they are all anonomously marked, so there is no way you could get 'sympathy' marks...
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Exams / assignments.
As for lectures being non-informative. Thats all down to the course / lecture. In my experience 70% of my lectures have been like this so to call it wrong is your opinion and not true in all cases. I did say 'Most of my lecturers', Not 'Most lecturers'. I can get the lecture notes from the web for information and go through them at my own pace, googling / looking up the course text for further information.
I'm not here to argue or call anyone wrong. Just to give my opinion and my personal experiences the last 3 and half years.
As for lectures being non-informative. Thats all down to the course / lecture. In my experience 70% of my lectures have been like this so to call it wrong is your opinion and not true in all cases. I did say 'Most of my lecturers', Not 'Most lecturers'. I can get the lecture notes from the web for information and go through them at my own pace, googling / looking up the course text for further information.
I'm not here to argue or call anyone wrong. Just to give my opinion and my personal experiences the last 3 and half years.
One of my modules trialed a system where if you didn't show up to at least 6/10 seminars then you'd fail the coursework element of that module (10%)...
needless to say they scrapped it when people showed up to seminars just to show up and not contribute anything.
needless to say they scrapped it when people showed up to seminars just to show up and not contribute anything.
I had a first year module where we had to turn up to a 9am tutorial on a friday to hand in a single page report on what was in the weeks lecture, and be assessed on our attendance accordingly. That entire 10 credit module was assesed on our attendance (40%) and a CV (60%)...
Please tell me at which point am I moaning about not getting 100%? As my mark was an A16 that is basically 100%.
No where in that post did I complain about the outcome I was actually bloody chuffed with it.
Im not completly sure what your banging on about unless you think im the OP if this is the case please make sure you know who your having a moan at before you bother
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I'm glad in my department lectures are usually entirely optional. Sometimes there are more productive things to do than go to lectures. For example in my first year I picked an optional maths unit, which happened to cover a lot of the same stuff as one that was a core part of the course. So there was no point in going to a whole load of lectures since I'd covered the same content in another unit.
This morning I decided getting an extra hour's sleep was more productive than going to my 9 o'clock lecture on SQL syntax, since I already know SQL syntax quite well and by being less tired, I'll probably get more work done during the day.
This morning I decided getting an extra hour's sleep was more productive than going to my 9 o'clock lecture on SQL syntax, since I already know SQL syntax quite well and by being less tired, I'll probably get more work done during the day.