During your career as a student, you are expected to attend and participate in lectures, tutorials, seminars, and labs.
What are the differences and what is expected of you?
| Type | Description | Group Size | Room |
| Lecture | · oral presentation
· open to public · lecturer may establish attendance requirements |
total internal enrolment | tiered venues (lecture halls) or flat spaces for smaller groups (seminar rooms) |
| Tutorial | · attendance is mandatory
· less formal than lectures · allows students to actively participate · provide an opportunity to ask questions and to discuss key topics · valuable to students who need clarification and/or extra help · great learning tool through discussion with other students under the guidance of the instructor |
up to 25 students | usually flat teaching venues (seminar rooms) |
| Seminar | · attendance is mandatory
· students have an opportunity to give |
up to 25 students | usually flat teaching venues (seminar rooms) |
| Laboratory | · attendance is mandatory
· there is a practical component or task that must be completed · usually there is a requirement to complete a lab report · allows students to actively participate · provide an opportunity to ask questions and to discuss problems |
up to 12 students | science laboratory |
| Computer Laboratory | · attendance is mandatory
· there is a practical component or task that must be completed · allows students to actively participate · provide an opportunity to ask questions and to discuss problems |
up to 25 students | computer laboratory |