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[quote=Anonymous]It really depends on the subject matter as well as how well the lecture tracks with the textbook. My area was math and I did have trouble in grad school with courses that did not track closely with the textbook regardless of attendance and notetaking--I really needed the text as well. But generally, if you are dealing with hard sciences and math, as long as the content is the same and you're paying attention to the textbook (or whatever passes as resource material) and going to tutorials and you can do it--sure.

My undergrad calc class was scheduled with the dept chair who had a strict attendance policy, and I had a conflicting job I needed in order to pay my rent, so my advisor told me to talk to the chair about the attendance conflict and showing up just for tests. The chair declared I would flunk calc and flunk out of school, but when I got the highest score of all his students it turned into a scholarship recommendation.

But I also had classes at undergrad and grad level where even if I could have done fine without attending class I never wanted to miss the lecture/discussion. But also never had to sit in a lecture hall with 150 other people. [/quote]

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