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[packbacker]

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Hi USCers,


Do any of the sophs, juniors, or seniors have old tests and/or study guides for Dr Donavan's materials class?


Thanks,
PB

 

[jonnytight]

HAHAHAH thats funny 🙂

Dr. Donovan used to be faculty here but not any longer.. he moved to UNC thats right...

If you didnt know we have PBL at USC... thats problem based learning.. and we dont have classes...

So no, no one will have them... unless you find someone that graduated before 2004 (when they started full-PBL).

 

[mkasu]

What exactly is PBL. I know what it means, but how does it work?

 

[tightwade]

We are paying $20,000 a semster to teach ourselves dentistry, USC dental is probably the worst program in the country and treats is students badly.

 

[Mysteree]

I hate to agree w/him but it's true, I do feel like usc doesn't care too much for its own students.

 

[jonnytight]

MMM PBL does work.... if you want it to.

If you're really against it from the get-go then nothing would end up working for you. There will always be some freshmen that end up hating PBL because they are skeptical about it.... hey I was too in the beginning but it does work.

Honestly though... I went to UCLA for undergrad and sat in like 50-400 student lecture halls... most of the time the instructors didnt know how to teach and I ended up teaching myself the material in the library up until late nights...

Does this sound familiar? MMM teaching yourself... If you think about it sitting in a lecture hall then going to study in the library for hours on end to teach yourself again isnt much different than teaching yourself in the first place... then teaching what you learned to others in a small group...

I think the later is better... but thats just my opinion. And by the way.... PBL at USC is by no means perfect (just to play devil's advocate).