From the syllabus
A discussion session will be held every Tuesday during the semester with your TA. During this time, material and problems relevant to the course will be discussed. The first Discussion meetings will be on Tuesday, 9/3; there are no meetings on 8/27. There is no direct grade associated with Discussion, however, bringing your attempts at completing problem sets to meetings with your TA will have indirect positive impact on exam performance. Materials will be posted under Resources in the DISCUSSION folder of the Canvas site prior to each meeting.
- At the end of each week, a problem set will be posted to Canvas in the DISCUSSION section.
- You should work the problems out on your own prior to heading to your Discussion meeting. You may discuss concepts with others, but you need to be sure that you understand the problems and have solved them yourself.
- During Discussion, you will be called upon to explain your solutions and discuss solution strategies with your peers and TA. This is a positive, friendly learning environment, and any remaining questions or problem-solving strategies will be clarified as a group.
Additional information
- There is no direct grade associated with Discussion.
- Answer keys will not be posted for discussion problem sets (PS). To confirm your answers, please make sure to attend and actively participate in the Discussion. If you miss Discussion or if the group runs out of time before covering all the problems, student hours are available to provide clarification on these or any other problems.
- You do not submit your answers to your TA or the Professor, however, you must have the problem set completed prior to your Discussion meeting.
- Attending a different Discussion section from the one you’re enrolled in, even if it’s with the same TA, is against University policy.
Missing a Discussion meeting
- In the event that you cannot attend Discussion you do not need to contact your TA or Professor. If you want to check your answers after the fact, you can come by Student Hours.
Organic Chemistry I | Chem 201DL Syllabus Fall 2024 | Jim Parise | Duke University