Less time is spent in formal classes, and more is spent on your own private reading. Whichever subject you choose, university-level work is designed to develop your ability to think critically for yourself, to assimilate and analyze new concepts, and to apply your knowledge in new situations. The education you get at university will give you the intellectual equipment to grow with your subject in your future career, whatever that may be.
Teaching methods vary with the course of study,but all contain similar elements.
The Lecture is a prepared talk given by a member of staff on a particular aspect of a course. A series of lectures gives all students a common basis on which it approach a course, but lectures should be regarded as a starting-point for your own thinking and reading, rather than as providing all the facts or answers you need. The Seminar involves a smaller group of students, and is much less structured. One aspect of the subjects will be discussed in depth, led by a member of staff, often based either on example sheets which all students will have worked through, or on a piece of written work that one individual students has presented. Laboratory and Practical classes are vary significant in science and engineering courses.