Has anyone taken PY 205 online. If so how hard is it.

4/12/2006 7:28:34 AM

no one has ever taken it online

you'll be the first

4/12/2006 8:39:10 AM

I'd recommend against taking it online

4/12/2006 12:29:34 PM

another vote for against.

4/12/2006 1:07:08 PM

havent had experience in it what so ever, BUT every single person i know that takes courses like py or ch online hates it with a passion. It all really depends on how well you already know physics and how good you are at teaching yourself new material if you are new to the field.

4/12/2006 2:05:16 PM

if you took physics in high school, you should be able to do fine.

if you didn't, or just dont remember it well, take the lecture.

4/14/2006 12:20:59 PM

yeah I'm taking it this semester - too much busy work in my opinion, and the tests are so short you feel as if youve read 4 chps for 2 pgs

you have a reading quiz, activity, and web assign due every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
you have a lab due on Fridays, which are simple, just take your time

the tests on the other hand are only 3 questions, which can be completely off the wall and if you miss 1 youre screwed - I kept an 87 or so avg on them, but I studied my ass off - I hate physics though

you can look at this page http://courses.ncsu.edu/py205/lec/601/ and see a few thnigs, most you have to be in the class for, but class objectives and so forth should be listed

4/14/2006 10:10:10 PM

What always screwed me up on the exams in PY205/208 was drawing and labelling arrows indicating direction of forces, electric fields, etc. It was a 50-50 shot, I usually ended up guessing wrong...

4/16/2006 12:50:45 AM

do not take it online

4/17/2006 10:32:00 AM