Although these websites may be helpful in learning the information taught in this course, nothing takes the place of the notes you get from class, especially if you take it with Dr. Pegge Alciatore, who is currently the only professor teaching this Biol 318 at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Here are a few other helpful tips to get you through this class.
>Bring a tape recorder to class. You can use it as a refresher when studying as well as catching information you may have missed before.
>Never skip class.
>If Dr. Alciatore gives you a drawing in class, redraw that picture on your own several times. You will likely be asked to reproduce that picture as part of the essay portion on the test.
>If you did not take Biol 220 with Dr. Alciatore, consider finding someone in class who has the notes from 220 because she refers back to them often.
>Take every opportunity to get extra credit. Even if the amount of points being offer does not seem worth it for the amount of work, she will take into consideration how much you tried when she is tallying the final grades.
>Try to go over the material for the lecture before class. Sometimes the information the professor gives you can become overwhelming if you have never seen it before and this will cause you to tune it out or become confused.
>Study with other people. It is helpful to hear the information regurgitated from another student's perspective. Also, being able to say the information out loud is a really good test of how well you really know and understand it.
>It should go without saying that you should not start studying a day or two before the test. This class is not an easy one and the information will most likely not sink in that quickly unless you are very gifted.
>Do not take this class during a semester that you are taking a heavy course load or if you have a lot of time consuming things going on in your life unless you have to. This class requires a lot of time and effort.
