The number of hours you will spend in lectures, tutorials and seminars will depend on what course you are studying. Generally students on a science-based course can expect to be in college for at least 20 hours a week, with extra work being completed in your own time. Students on arts-based courses can expect to study for less time than this, with more work to do in your own time. You will have full support from your tutors for any course you take. During your time at Cardiff University you will find that you will be taught in the best way possible for the course you are taking.
All courses employ several teaching methods, each one the most suitable for the subject studied.
During lectures you will be given written material, information about exams and essays and multimedia presentations. These are smaller discussion groups with your lecturer and between three and ten students present. This is an ideal time to discuss any questions following lectures, and an opportunity to really get to the core of subjects you are studying. Any issues that you feel need attention can be alerted to your student representative who will raise the query with the panel. This way the opinions and ideas of students get a hearing which can lead to the way your course is run being changed.