BIO 201 at Rio Salado

AZMOMO2 · Mar 29, 2009

I found it helpul to watch the lectures from Berkley once we got indepth on the material from cell recognition to functions to help study. It broke up all the reading. Rio is memorize memorize memorize. Good luck! The instructor can be a make or break when it comes to the parts with the essay's and they are a big part of your grade. Bio 201 instructor didn't like my essays at all, even though my ENG, PSY, SOC and BIO 202 instructors did! Go figure!

Here is a link to the lectures I was talking about.

http://webcast.berkeley.edu/course_details.php?seriesid=1906978375

kimmerc · Mar 29, 2009

Have you taken the final yet?

imapsychrn · Apr 1, 2009

I took it online at Rio two semesters ago. It was super hard because of having to teach yourself everything. My teacher expected me to know EVERYTHING from the book. It was about memorized, not learning.

kimmerc · Apr 1, 2009

How do you do on the final?

imapsychrn · Apr 1, 2009

I really don't remember. I know I was able to pull off a C in the class.

kimmerc · Apr 1, 2009

I am really nervous about the final -

imapsychrn · Apr 1, 2009

Sorry I can't remember more!! Good luck!!! :up:

Betty711 · Apr 1, 2009

Bio 201 is a lot of information to cram into your head! I was able to get enough in there to pass with a B though. I would just recommend using any extra time you can to read the chapters until you understand the info.

kimmerc · Apr 1, 2009

I have spent numerous hours reading, how were you able to get a B? I am an A student in all of my other classes but am not doing well at all in this class.

I need a good study guide and feel like I am all over the place when I am trying to study since there is basically no guideline to go on. Do you have any advise?

Betty711 · Apr 2, 2009

Well, for some reason, the first half of the class made sense to me. So, I did really well. After the midterm, however, there was so much information that I could not keep up. It was really hard for me to actually learn all this information in the time allotted. So, the quizzes are timed, but they are also open book. There are two books (with the lab manual), and most, or all, of the questions on the quizzes are taken directly from the book. So, I became really fast at flipping pages. This is not the best study technique, but it got me through the quizzes, so I had time to go back and actually learn more of the information. Obviously you'll still need to find a way to absorb enough of the information to do well on the final, but this is how I was able to get through it. :rolleyes:

kimmerc · Apr 2, 2009

Do you have any sugestions for studying for the final?